“Anytime I learn to do something new in math.”

— Ben Novorr, Deerfield School third grader, Lawrence

“Getting my master's in education and becoming a full-time teacher.”

— Jennifer Leeper, elementary school teacher, Kansas City, Mo.

“Probably getting one of my poems published in a book.”

— Sophie Tate, Pinckney School sixth grader, Lawrence

“I'd say learning Arabic, Urdu, Hindi, Spanish, German and now Italian.”

— Shaju Ahmed, U.S. Army, Lawrence