Neal is a very nonchalant person who is yet determined, adaptive and resourceful when it comes to his academics. While those are some great qualities to have, Neal is also quite the procrastinator, he tends to get assignments just in time before the due date. He does not like to be forced to do things; handling things on his own time is more of his feng shui. Neal is proud of how flexible he can be with his academics, and he also says that his family and himself motivates him the most to keep going in school. 

     Oakhurst Elementary School is where it all started for Neal. Both of his grandparents are teachers and coincidentally his grandfather taught at Oakhurst. So, growing up Neal had someone to always make sure he was on track with all his academics. He does not remember much about what kind of student he was in elementary school, but he remembers things from grades 6th to now. In 6th grade he was always on top of his work and did not think twice about getting his assignments in before the due date. A year later in 7th grade is when he started to procrastinate a little bit, nothing major. 

     Now, transitioning into high school Neal carried on with his delaying tactics. Though procrastinating never really puts a strain on Neal, which is why he still does the same thing now. He may not do the work as soon as it is assigned, he makes sure all his work gets in before the due date.  

Neal is majoring in engineering; he wants to be a mechanical engineer once he has finished school. He is quite a math whiz and enjoys solving problems. It’s something about working out a problem step by step and finding the answer is rewarding to him. Moreover, He is an in person type of person, he was not a fan of online learning, because he just was not as engaged as he would be in person with his classmates and professors.