The high school counselors who thought she was lying when she said she was accepted into Stanford are a disgrace. These adults don't know the kind of impact they have on kids.
So right. This goes beyond kids too. Discipline and rules are fine, just don’t be a mean, degrading ass to people. It does no one any good, including the mean person.
Bless her heart and I hope she perseveres in her studies but the counselors never had anyone go to Stanford and based on her own experience from the jump, it doesn’t sound like she was qualified academically. “Diversity” was her ticket. Hope she slaughters it though, she is a very genuine person.
@@dontbugme7362 bro what is with all these weird ass assumptions. "Hope she's does well, even though she only got there because of charity!" Wow what a great person you are.
Went to school with her and she was always so smart and sweet. The public school we grew up in is nowhere near the prestige of Stanford. I was extremely proud of her when I found out that someone from our school got accepted there👏🏽👏🏽🌺 it’s pretty cool to hear her story now. Keep it up girl🤙🏽
Much respect to this young lady. To be able to make up so much ground through sheer determination and hard work is extremely impressive and inspirational.
From a fellow Stanford alum, really cool to hear about your story of perseverance and determination. Freshman year is tough for everyone. Glad to hear that you found your groove. There's still plenty of good surf breaks around here too...
I totally agree with you and that tenacity and sticktoitness transfers over to other aspects of a skateboarder's/surfer's life. 🤜🤛 Same goes for mastering other sports and even mastering musical instruments, too.
@Bebtelovimab Nice, I was a surfer and skateboarder when I went to UCSB. Needless to say how stoked I was to get a dorm room with a view of the ocean. Only time in my life. :)
Wow, this young lady is gonna go far. Great outlook on everything. Whatever you do, fluid dynamics, etc, go for it! It’s kids like you that are gonna get us through the mounting challenges humanity faces.
Wow. I stumbled on this episode through missing the surf and ocean (I go to a college that is landlocked after having grown up with the ocean as my playground), and didn't expect this to have much of an impact for me. But man, I'm on the verge of tears at the end of this. I'm struggling currently with finding that community, with classes being in something I hate but not wanting to disappoint myself or my parents or my community back home by switching because what I'm going for is "prestigious" and not easy to get into/complete. This was eye opening for me to know that others are in that same situation. I struggle with asking for help because it makes me feel like I'm not good enough, like I'm not good enough for the school and standards I set myself to. So thank you so much for exposing this side, being so real and down to earth that it's not easy and if you don't have a passion for it, don't work yourself to death. I don't know about anyone else but I know I needed to hear that so badly. So thank you so, so much.
I lived on kauaifor 10 years and learned to surf at Hanalei. I returned to Indiana just before I turned 37, I went back to school when I was 40. Earned my degree in the medical field where I have been these last 23 years. I used the same determination in my studies as I did when learning to surf. I work with Doctors whose children go to Stanford. It is very impressive that a local girl from Anahola made her way to such a University as Stanford. Oh, by the way is Titus your uncle or your father. He chased me out of the water a couple of times great surf story material.
Really inspiring! I’m coming from a somewhat similar story, and now I’m applying to 18 universities! This video gave me a lot of reassurance. Super eye opening.
The power of CAN. This girl is so inspirational in every way. I watched her in the local surf girl series this summer with my 13 year old daughter. Good vibes. 🤙
She makes an excellent point; the great prep and high schools teach/force its students to learn how to learn ie. via good routines, habits, learning from failure, and knowing how to grind. That is the secret of success in life, no one is born smart; they just learn great habits and routines to make things easier.
no one is born smart? what are you, new? nearly every top student that attends a top 20 university is born smart. the schools CAN help develop good habits, but some kids are so smart, they will do well anywhere
Love this positive story, big congrats on going to Stanford and getting out of your comfort zone. I wonder if some of the lessons from surfing helped you? Not a surfer myself but I love the water, something about the ocean is scary to me though. I read a story recently about a Stanford soccer player who took her own life, very sad. I'm glad you were able to find a community on campus, I really think that is so important especially when you don't have friends or family nearby. Best of luck to you in your studies!
wishing this woman all the best. As pro surfing attracts more money, the stuff required of pros gets more and more extreme everyday. Risking your life once or twice in a rare selected gamble can be part of surfing for some. however such a choice is quite different than doing it for money on a regular yearly basis to keep your job.
As an aging and somewhat decrepit ex surfer, and also approaching retirement from my career I sure wish I had the determination of this young woman. I was blessed with quite a good brain and in high school found mathematics and physics easy. But when I got to university I was just way too lazy and my life took a different path. I became an airline pilot and apart from the fact that I wouldn’t have the kids I now have if I hadn’t taken that path I sure wish I had pursued science. Flying an airliner is the most brain dead occupation imaginable. On saying that it’s an easy way to make a dollar, academia on the other hand looks to be somewhat poorly paid.
@@davidgough3512 yes they are. Tennis and study are not mutually exclusive. Surfing requires to be there when the swells roll in, and the wind and everything is perfect, from dawn to dusk. If you want to get the best. Friends that were studying or had a job only got crappy crowded weekends. Fortunately enough at 19 I went to the navy for a year and afterwards I went back to studying. But those 3 mystical years of almost lone sessions in perfect conditions were quite hard to recover
When you are young it’s easy to go to school full-time, and still surf three hours a day, never miss swell. Axesept eye did kut english klass kaus low tide after-noons. .
Your councilors were morons. Trying to keep you in what they thought was your place. Good on you for staying persistent. Never let anybody tell you who or what you are, or what your worth is. And the part with many indigeonous cultures being similar, thats actually more true than you would ever think. Across the globe, all tribal/indigenous religions are similar. Before the spread of christianity there is a very deep pagan root in all of us. 🤙
Maybe sha can speak or help at her high school somehow. Help kids who are interested prep for higher Ed and the world. Every success begins with failure, the struggle to succeed is the thing that we benefit from, it helps us build the tools we can use in all challenges
Surfing is kind of like poetry. It’s really hard to put scores on it. It’s more of an art form that you do out of love than to prove anything to anyone.
she is better at surfing then i am but shes not a surfer. a surfer understands the culture and conforming to society is the opposite. reef doesnt put her boards on their website to shop under her profile.... only cloths, she was more of a model. it is what it is. but articles like this are so sad to see, calling a model who can surf a surfer......
Which is weird! In skating once you become pro you’re kind of set depending on who your sponsors are! For instance if you get a shoe deal with any skating company, Adidas, new Balance, Nike SB, Vans, etc you’re basically set! They give you salary plus shoe incentives. A famous skater named Paul Rodriguez mentions all this so does Ryan Sheckler. The biggest checks you’ll get these days from sponsors in skating are energy drink sponsors (Red-Bull, Celsius, Monster, etc.) This is the reason Nyjah Huston is a multimillionaire, so is P-Rod, Ryan Shecks etc. Sucks how surfing is still stuck in the 80-90’s when it comes to taking care of their riders.
This will be the worst mistake she ever makes. The only thing children need to be taught is critical thinking, the rest falls into place. Parents should be the teachers of it
@@dlmsarge8329 it’s a mistake to believe citizens need help from anyone when they develop an idea or product. You could even look at Einstein's work as a perfect example. A talented individual will always be able to self educate, gain experience. Find funding etc. we’re just programmed to believe otherwise because the government wants to control every sector via licensing and fees and even what they learn
@@bluedoggum8373 Einstein worked for the goverment.. That was a piss poor example and he didn't learn everything on his own either. You have a skewed view of the world and teling others they are making mistakes based off of your view of the world is as egotistical as it gets. It's not about her acomplishments, it's about your ideology, isn't it..?
@@_Jake.From.Statefarm_ maybe because you don’t understand. You don’t have to “learn on your own”. You could seek out any advice or tutelage from anyone you wanted. Look, college is a full blown scam, I’m not gonna write a book here proving my point, but if you don’t think an individual can get a better or equal education without going to college you’re simply mistaken. College is simply part of the program they’ve created to shift more wealth to the corporate sector… just think about it, degrees are requirements at many jobs (even though other people may be more experienced). It all adds up if you just think about it, for once, instead of belieeving the college propaganda we’ve all bought
@@_Jake.From.Statefarm_ what I was referring to btw is Einstein didn’t even have a PDH when he was discovering relativity. Isn’t that odd? How could he do that without even going to school. Oh, because everything I’m saying is true. That’s how. You don’t need college to become great at anything, you need to do the thing and be passionate about it and have solid critical thinking skills. That’s it.
