20 Questions Boy/They

20 Questions has been a tradition at Fresno High for nearly 20 years. Though the question go through a bit a renewal every few years, the spirit of the feature remains the same; get the opportunity to get to know some amazing Warrior students.

 

Ricardo Rosas

by Matt Marquez

Q: What is your name?  A: Ricardo Rosas  Q: How old are you?  A: I am 15 years old.  Q: Is it better to book smart of street smart?  A: It is better to be street smart.  Q: What is your strongest school subject?  A: My strongest subject is P.E.  Q: What is your weakest school subject? A: The weakest subject is Algebra II.  Q: How do you make a difference at Fresno High?  A: I make the baseball team better.  Q: What would you have changed the mascot to?  A: I wouldn’t change it.  Q: What’s next after high school?  A: To get a good job and make money.  Q: What makes you the happiest?  A: When the Giants win.  Q: What is your greatest fear?   A: My greatest fear is dying.  Q: What is your worst habit?  A: I bite my nails.  Q: What are your hobbies?  A: I like to work out and box.  Q: What’s your favorite fast food?  A: Lela’s Pizza  Q: Who’s your favorite musical artist(s)?  A: I like Lil Marv.  Q: Do you have a favorite sports team? Who? Explain.  A: The Giants because I like the colors. Q: What is your dream vacation?  A: Hollywood, Florida  Q: What is your dream car?  A: A 1999 Mustang.  Q: Would you rather be loved or feared?  A: I would rather be feared.  Q: What is your spirit animal? Please Explain.  A: My spirit animal is a lion because I’m a king.  Q: Who do you look up to for inspiration?  A: I look up to rappers like Lil Marv.  Q: What is the meaning of life?  A: Nothing, we live and work for nothing. 

 

Joshua Pineda

by Ray Celaya

Q: What is your name?  A: My name is Joshua Pineda. Q: How old are you?  A: I am 17 years old.  Q: Is it better to book smart of street smart?  A: It’s better to be book smart. You can start something and earn. Q: What is your strongest school subject?  A: My strongest subject is English.  Q: What is your weakest school subject?  A: My weakest subject is math. Q: How do you make a difference at Fresno High?  A: I stay positive to make a difference at Fresno High.   Q: What would you have changed the mascot to?  A: I would have changed the mascot to a body builder.  Q: What’s next after high school?  A: After high school military service because baseball is not the plan anymore.   Q: What makes you the happiest?  A: Being able to wake up and walk.  Q: What is your greatest fear?   A: My greatest fear is not graduating.  Q: What is your worst habit?  A: My worst habit is being lazy and procrastinating.   Q: What are your hobbies?  A: I exercise, play sports, and play video games.  Q: What’s your favorite fast food?  A: My favorite fast food is Chick-F-A.  Q: Who’s your favorite musical artist(s)?  A: Drake is my favorite musical artist.   Q: Do you have a favorite sports team? Who? Explain. A: My favorite team is the Raiders because my dad is from Oakland.   Q: What is your dream vacation? A: I want to visit New York on New Years.    Q: What is your dream car?  A: My dream car is a G Wagon.   Q: Would you rather be loved or feared?  A: I would rather be loved.   Q: What is your spirit animal? Please Explain.  A: My spirit animal is a monkey.   Q: Who do you look up to for inspiration?  A: I look up to Derek Carr.   Q: What is the meaning of life?  A: Being overall happy and healthy.  

 

Tristan McDonald

by Kayla Madrigal

Q: What is your name?  A: Tristan McDonald  Q: How old are you?  A: 15.  Q: Is it better to book smart of street smart?  A: Book smart because stuff always changes, and books have stuff, so stuff always changes.   Q: What is your strongest school subject?  A: Math, but I never do the work there.  Q: What is your weakest school subject?  A: My weakest subject is English.   Q: How do you make a difference at Fresno High?  A: By being nice and caring.  Q: What would you have changed the mascot to?  A: I would not have changed it.  Q: What is next after high school?  A: College and try for a medical degree.   Q: What makes you the happiest?  A: Being around my friends.  Q: What is your greatest fear?   A: Being alone.  Q: What is your worst habit?  A: My worst habit is talking a lot.   Q: What are your hobbies?  A: My hobbies are running, drawing, and not doing homework.  Q: What is your favorite fast food?  A: In-N-Out is my favorite fast-food place.   Q: Who is your favorite musical artist(s)?  A: Juice Wrld and Drake   Q: Do you have a favorite sports team? Who? Explain.  A: Raiders because I grew up watching them and I enjoy watching them play.   Q: What is your dream vacation?A:  Paris to go sightseeing in France.   Q: What is your dream car?  A: 1951 Hudson Hornet.   Q: Would you rather be loved or feared?  A: Loved because being feared by people is not something I want to be.   Q: What is your spirit animal? Please Explain.  A: A sloth. I’m lazy and I take a long time to do things.  Q: Who do you look up to for inspiration?  A: I do not really look up to anyone.  Q: What is the meaning of life?  A: Live it to the fullest because you only live once. 

Nathaniel Martinez

by Jazzy Alvarado

Q: What is your name?  A: Nathaniel Lee Martinez.   Q: How old are you?  A: I am 18 years old.  Q: Is it better to book smart of street smart?  A: It’s good to be both because in order to be street smart you have to be book smart.  Q: What is your strongest school subject?  A: English is my strongest school subject because reading and writing is easy for me.   Q: What is your weakest school subject?  A: Math because I don’t think numbers and letters go together.  Q: How do you make a difference at Fresno High?  A: I try to smile at everyone I see.   Q: What would you have changed the mascot to?  A: I would have left it the same.   Q: What’s next after high school?  A: I plan on going to Fresno City to study mechanics.   Q: What makes you the happiest?  A: I love being around people he likes.   Q: What is your greatest fear?   A: My greatest fear is losing to my anger.  Q: What is your worst habit?  A: My worst habit is procrastination here and there.  Q: What are your hobbies?  A: My hobbies are playing guitar, drawing, and working on cars.   Q: What’s your favorite fast food?  A: I don’t eat any fast food.   Q: Who’s your favorite musical artist(s)?  A: I really like listening to J Cole.   Q: Do you have a favorite sports team? Who? Explain.  A: My favorite football team is the Patriots, and my favorite baseball team is the Dodgers.   Q: What is your dream vacation?  A: My dream vacation would be to Antarctica.   Q: What is your dream car?  A: I would really like to have an SRT Redeye Hellcat.  Q: Would you rather be loved or feared?  A: I would rather be loved than feared.  Q: What is your spirit animal? Please Explain.  A: My spirit animal is a bear because when I was little everyone used to call me that.   Q: Who do you look up to for inspiration?  A: I look up to my dad because he was an awesome person.  Q: What is the meaning of life?  A: I think the meaning of life is to be there for others and to spread positivity.  

Rudy Verduzco

by Daniel Pursell

Q: What is your name?  A: Rudy Verduzco  Q: How old are you?  A: I am 17 years old.  Q: Is it better to book smart of street smart?  A: I think that it would be better to be book smart because you would have a lot of knowledge.  Q: What is your strongest school subject?  A: English is my strongest because I feel like I understand it the most.  Q: What is your weakest school subject?  A: Math is my weakest because math just feels hard to me.  Q: How do you make a difference at Fresno High?  A: I make a difference by the younger students with their homework.   Q: What would you have changed the mascot to?  A: I would have changed the mascot to an OWL.  Q: What’s next after high school?  A: For me, the next after high school is college because I wanted a better education for a better job.  Q: What makes you the happiest?  A: The thing that makes me the happiest is being with my friends.  Q: What is your greatest fear?   A: My greatest fear is heights because I like to stay connected to the ground.  Q: What is your worst habit?  A: My worst habit is procrastinating because I always do things at the last minute and it comes out worse than I thought.  Q: What are your hobbies?  A: My hobbies are sports and games because those are the things that I enjoy the most.  Q: What’s your favorite fast food?  A: My favorite fast food is McDonalds because I had it a lot as a kid.  Q: Who’s your favorite musical artist(s)?  A: Drake is my favorite artist because I have been listening to him since I was little.  Q: Do you have a favorite sports team? Who? Explain.  A: 49ers because I watched it when I was younger with my dad.  Q: What is your dream vacation?  A: I want to go to Paris because I want to see the Eiffel tower.  Q: What is your dream car?  A: Tesla because I like the way it looks.  Q: Would you rather be loved or feared?  A: loved because it’s a better feeling than feared.  Q: What is your spirit animal? Please Explain.  A: A wolf because they are loyal.  Q: Who do you look up to for inspiration?  A: My dad because he always gives me great motivation.   Q: What is the meaning of life?  A: The meaning of life is to enjoy life with friends and family. 

 

Valentin Nava

by Isaiah Estrada

Q: What is your name?  A: My name is Valentin Nava.  Q: How old are you?  A: I am 16 years old.   Q: Is it better to book smart of street smart?  A: It is better to be street smart.   Q: What is your strongest school subject?  A: My strongest subject is Biology.  Q: What is your weakest school subject?  A: My weakest subject would be Algebra 2/Math.   Q: How do you make a difference at Fresno High?  A: I make a difference at Fresno High by playing on the basketball team and helping them win.   Q: What would you have changed the mascot to?  A: I would leave it as Royce Hall for no distractions.   Q: What’s next after high school?  A: I will attend college after high school.   Q: What makes you the happiest?  A: Music makes me happy.  Q: What is your greatest fear?A: My greatest fear is failure.   Q: What is your worst habit?  A: Procrastinating is my worst habit that I plan on fixing.   Q: What are your hobbies?  A: Some of my hobbies are playing basketball, watching TV/movies and being with family.   Q: What’s your favorite fast food?  A: In-N-Out burger is my favorite place to eat.   Q: Who’s your favorite musical artist(s)?  A: Mac Miller and Isaiah Rashad are my favorite artists.   Q: Do you have a favorite sports team? Who? Explain.  A: The Las Vegas Raiders is my favorite team because I was born into it, and I'll die a fan.   Q: What is your dream vacation?  A: A trip to Hawaii is my dream vacation because it seems peaceful.   Q: What is your dream car?  A: A 1960 Cadillac Coup de Ville is my dream car since you hardly see them around.   Q: Would you rather be loved or feared?  A: I prefer to be loved.  Q: What is your spirit animal? Please Explain.  A: My spirit animal is a sea otter. I love Monterey Beach and enjoy watching them from far away.  Q: Who do you look up to for inspiration?  A: Kobe Bryant inspires me because his work ethic is outmatched.   Q: What is the meaning of life?  A: The meaning of life in my opinion would be to have as much fun before it’s too late. 

Emilio Orozco

by Daisy Alvarado

Q: What is your name?  A: My name is Emilio Orozco.   Q: How old are you?  A: I am 17.   Q: Is it better to book smart of street smart?  A: I think it’s better to be street smart.   Q: What is your strongest school subject? A: My strongest subject is Spanish.   Q: What is your weakest school subject?  A: My weakest subject is math.   Q: How do you make a difference at Fresno High?  A: I make a difference by being kind to others.   Q: What would you have changed the mascot to?  A: I have no opinion on the school mascot.   Q: What’s next after high school?  A: After high school I plan on going to Fresno City.   Q: What makes you the happiest?  A: My family and my girlfriend make me the happiest.   Q: What is your greatest fear?   A: My greatest fear is losing my family and those I love.   Q: What is your worst habit?  A: My worst habit is being empathetic to those who do not care.   Q: What are your hobbies?  A: My hobbies consist of playing music and soccer.   Q: What’s your favorite fast food?  A: My favorite fast food is Chick-Fil-A.  Q: Who’s your favorite musical artist(s)?  A: My favorite musical artist is Grupo Cizma.   Q: Do you have a favorite sports team? Who? Explain.  A: My favorite sports team is Real Madrid because it’s always been that way.   Q: What is your dream vacation?  A: My dream vacation is Spain.   Q: What is your dream car?  A: My dream car is a GTR.   Q: Would you rather be loved or feared?  A: I would rather be loved. Q: What is your spirit animal? Please Explain.  A: I have no spirit animal.   Q: Who do you look up to for inspiration?  A: I look up to my dad.   Q: What is the meaning of life?  A: The meaning of life is living. 

 

Ian Owdom

by Conor Hustedde

Q: What is your name?  A: Ian Owdom.  Q: How old are you?  A: I am 14.  Q: Is it better to book smart of street smart?  A: It’s better to be book smart because you can go far in life hire people to tell you how to be street smart.  Q: What is your strongest school subject?  A: Spanish since it’s easy.  Q: What is your weakest school subject?  A: My weakest subject is English because I don’t have the best vocabulary  Q: How do you make a difference at Fresno High? A: I make a difference at Fresno High by being a model student.  Q: What would you have changed the mascot to?  A: I would have changed it to a lion because they are big and strong.  Q: What’s next after high school?  A: I’m going to go to college because I don’t know what else to do.  Q: What makes you the happiest?  A: Playing baseball makes me the happiest because it is fun.  Q: What is your greatest fear?   A: Having nothing to do after high school because life would be pointless.  Q: What is your worst habit?  A: Falling off a skateboard and just laying there.  Q: What are your hobbies?  A: I like video games and baseball.  Q: What’s your favorite fast food?  A: McDonalds, I get a quarter pounder with fries. I like it because it tastes good.  Q: Who’s your favorite musical artist(s)?  A: Kanye West because it sounds good.  Q: Do you have a favorite sports team? Who? Explain.  A: The Giants because my dad introduced me to them when I was young.  Q: What is your dream vacation?  A: My dream vacation is a cruise ship with my friends Matt and Miles.  Q: What is your dream car?  A: My dream car is a motor scooter that is rusty.  Q: Would you rather be loved or feared?  A: I would definitely be loved over be feared since I would have no one to socialize with.   Q: What is your spirit animal? Please Explain.  A: A meerkat because they are cool.  Q: Who do you look up to for inspiration?  A: My older brother Bruce because he has made it very far in life in an independent way.  Q: What is the meaning of life?  A: The meaning of life is to not die. 

 

David De la Cruz

by Nick Bonilla

Q: What is your name?  A: David Delacruz.  Q: How old are you?  A: 18.  Q: Is it better to book smart of street smart?  A: It’s better to be street-smart because you’ll have more knowledge of where you need to go.   Q: What is your strongest school subject?  A: English, because it helps improving your grammar.  Q: What is your weakest school subject?  A: Weakest subject is math because it has to many numbers and not good with them.   Q: How do you make a difference at Fresno High?  A: Make a difference by showing respect to other people.  Q: What would you have changed the mascot to?  A: Would have changed the mascot into a spartan because I think it will be cool.  Q: What’s next after high school?  A: Planning on going to city college for a while and then transfer to Fresno State.  Q: What makes you the happiest?  A: Being with my family makes me happy.  Q: What is your greatest fear?   A: Not being able to reach my goals is one of my greatest fears.  Q: What is your worst habit?  A: One of my worst habits is spending money.  Q: What are your hobbies?  A: Hobbies are sports and traveling, I have been sports since I was a kid and I like to travel because I like being able to explore new things.  Q: What’s your favorite fast food?  A: In-N-Out is one of my favorite fast-food places.   Q: Who’s your favorite musical artist(s)?  A: Polo G is one of my favorite music artists because I always like his music.  Q: Do you have a favorite sports team? Who? Explain.  A: Raiders is my favorite sports team because my dad always liked them.   Q: What is your dream vacation?  A: My dream vacation is to go to Hawaii.  Q: What is your dream car?  A: My dream car is a Mercedes.  Q: Would you rather be loved or feared?  A: To be loved because I'm not someone that anyone should fear.   Q: What is your spirit animal? Please Explain.  A: My spirit animal would be a lion because I have a lot of pride.  Q: Who do you look up to for inspiration?  A: My future self is my inspiration.   Q: What is the meaning of life?  A: The meaning of life would be just to live to the fullest.