“Yes, because I like to learn about other people around the world.”

— Mariah Dickson, seventh grade, Southwest Junior High School

“Yeah. I've been to Japan and some other countries, and it's fascinating to learn about how other people live.”

— Sam Passig, freshman, SWJHS

“Yes. I was born in India, so I'm always really interested to see how different other cultures across the world can be.”

— Ali Zaidi, freshman, SWJHS

“Yeah. I think it's important to know how other people live so that you know there is so much variety in the world. Things don't always have to happen a certain way. They can be done a different way in other cultures and achieve the same results.”

— Sunney Tesch, freshman, SWJHS

“Yeah. It's exciting to learn about other cultures because you can learn about different things that Americans don't do that you never knew existed.”

— Rafael Torres, eighth grade, SWJHS

“Not really. I don't have any particular reason. I've just never been that interested in it. Social studies aren't really my thing.”

— Cindy Dunham, freshman, SWJHS