Making a mark, literally.

I’ve always wanted to bite an olympic medal. Not to mention, an olympic gold medal.

Once i got a hold of Daniel Igali’s gold medal in freestyle wrestling, there was no hesitation. I knew I was bound for trouble, but I decided to take the risk and plunged my teeth onto that priceless token just to get a perfect shot for the camera. That was only the beginning. It was pretty amazing sitting two desks away from a lightweight wrestling champ as he shared stories about his childhood and present life not knowing that he actually made an effort to tell us that he was, in fact, blown away by what we do as a class. It’s funny how a person like him would be so thrilled and overjoyed over grade 12 students who knew nothing about life but food and sleep. It’s ridiculous how he effortlessly returned the exact same reaction we had when we saw him, only because of what we do. It’s difficult to see how a person as powerful as he would be so kind-hearted to show up and speak about his history. He probably had a better things to do than sit on top of a wooden, unstable high school desk and speak to a bunch of teenagers who probably had their minds set on plans over the upcoming weekend. Instead, he was really friendly. He graciously took his time to speak about what he thought about our project and talked about his life-changing instances growing up. It was ultimately an eye-opening experience and I’m happy to have made a mark on his gold medal.