Math and social studies, who’d a thought?

“Math, I like that my teacher is cool.”

JAMES LAVERY, 10

“Social studies because I have the best teacher -- he’s really

nice and he’s cool.”

MAX BASAKER, 10

“Math, I like that it’s different -- it’s fun and a lot different

than anything else.”

TYLER KESLER, 11

“Social studies because it’s interesting to learn about the past

and what happened back then.”

SAM KAPLAN, 12

“Math because I’m really good at it and it helps me a lot on how

to do things and help others.”

VYQUAN NGUYEN, 12

-- Interviews and photos by Suzie Harrison