Ants creep up the non-placid surface, crevice by crevice, inch by inch. Trees as wide and tall as some buildings, reach out to touch the sky. The tree is encompassed by a semi circular, condescending step-like pattern: brushed designs on the concrete on top, with porous lava rocks residing underneath.
This tree in the quad I just described can be related to the community at Punahou. The tree resembles everything which transverses here. The tree is reaching out into the community, pulling in students regardless of background. Here at Punahou, we are all equals. Regardless of status, if we want to succeed, we all have to work equally hard. In that way, we are like the ants, working up the tree. From the bottom, the daunting height of the tree seems impossible to scale, but as we assist each other, we become capable of many things we wouldn't be able to accomplish without each other's assistance. Whether trekking a tree as a mere ant, or doing everything possible to get into a top college, if nothing else, I hope that what I will leave behind at Punahou is helping the community improve as much as I can. Right now, I am at the bottom of a seemingly insurmountable tree. But hopefully by working together, one day I will be able to look down at the accomplishment I achieved. And it all starts with an inch.
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