Interesting! That makes more sense to me. I was surprised when she told me that. I stand corrected. Totally agree on the be yourself, be curious. The only time I got really annoyed with a student was when they showed up in sweats (and not because they were coming from practice) and it was clear from our conversation that she was not really interested my school. It didn’t reflect well on them for obvious reasons (don’t waste anyone’s time—it’s rude and discourteous) but also, it reflected poorly on her school of which I’m sure there were kids who were truly interested. It seemed really incongruent with the high school’s reputation.