Today, Mercer compared and contrasted the schools he's been to since Pre-K. He demonstrated exceptionally good retrieval skills, recalling that the first school he attended was Discovery, when he was very young. He then attended Benjamin when we was about 5 years of age, and mentioned that he got sent to the principal for chewing on a pencil. (“Can you believe it?” he asked incredulously). Next was Palm Beach International Academy in Wellington, followed by Global Perspective and then the Greene School. Mercer stated that the best thing about the Greene School was that there were a lot of students there, and the worst thing was that he was given a lot of homework. He then attended Score at the Top, which was in a bad neighborhood in Riviera Beach; he was there for only about 2 months. He then returned to Global Perspective before coming to the Batt School, which he said was his favorite by far. He went on to explain that he was not a fan of online learning at Global Perspectives because he likes to socialize with his peers and it was a very small school with only about 5 other students. In addition, he had to do chores before his online learning. Mercer likes the way things are run at Batt but added that he feels the lunchtime is too short. He is unsure of his plans for the future but stated he enjoys geography. We researched some world geography games he could play online. Mercer then asked me about the countries I visited and the states and elsewhere in the world and shared that he enjoys traveling and has been to 4 continents, North and South America, Europe, and Africa. His favorite country was Peru and here in America, he’s been to 35 states. We finished our interesting getting-to-know-one-another better activity by guessing ancestries. I shared that I was of Polish descent and Mercer asked me to guess his ancestry. I did so and Mercer was surprised I guessed both sides right so fast. I got England right on the first attempt and German on my second try, and Mercer stated that his maternal side is English and his paternal side, German. He somewhat reluctantly complimented me on my guessing skills and it was time for our next class. We enjoyed a very interesting conversation and I commended Mercer on his candor, responsiveness, and engaging conversation skills.