User:Switch 1166057

Intro/Summary

Hello from CTYer 1166057.
I go by my nickname (Switch) and my real name is Sarah Badenhorst or 건장미 (I'm double nationality). If you think you know me from CTY, I'm that English girl in the green jacket who runs everywhere... and was also the JHU 22.1 Empress
I'm currently a 16 year old sophomore from Birmingham, England. I've done CTY every year (except for 2019) from 2014, although I've only done three years onsite. Frankly, I'd probably be six feet under and with no headstone without CTY, so if you're young enough/smart enough to do CTY, PLEASE DO!
Well thanks for all the fish.
-Switch
19:44, 5 February 2020 (GMT)

Course list

Here is a list of courses I have done in previous years/are currently doing/am confirmed to do. If you are a classmate/site-mate feel free to contact me.
2014.6 (CTY Online) YRS Wild Things –––––––(Course started 2014, ended 2015)
2015.1 (CTY Online) Elementary Problem Solving 2
2015.3 (CTY Online) YRS Robot Encounter
2015.2 (ALEXANDRIA) Mathematical Problem Solving 2
2016.3 (CTY Online) YRS Magical Life Lessons
2016.5 (CTY Online) The Process of Writing
2017.2 (SANDY SPRINGS) Inductive and Deductive Reasoning
2018.3 (CTY Online) Honors Algebra 2
2020.3 (CTY Online) Honors Pre-Calculus
Sadly, I did nothing in 2019
2020.3 (CTY Online) AP Calculus BC –––––––(Course started 2020, ended 2021)
2022.1 (JHU/BALTIMORE) Investigations in Engineering (IENG)

• YRS=Young Reader's Series

Passionfruit speech

“Notice. Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted. Persons attempting to find a moral in it will bu banished. Persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot…” So let the chaos begin.

Hello. I’m Sarah Jangmi Badenhorst, but I go by Switch. And I would like to apologise if I sound groggy, as I’m about to do the second all-nighter of my life, with my first being on my double-flight journey here. And many would ask why I bother with some summer camp for all that. Afterall, this isn’t my first year. I have had the pleasure of 8 years of CTY mania, despite living at least 3000 miles away from any site. So I think I should explain myself. Especially to the members of the community and culture that, as a position holder, I’m honoured to aid and advance. One thing many CTYers come to accept, whilst remaining completely baffled by is the sort of magic of CTY. The force that by some miracle allows so many weird and wonderful people to forge some of the best relationships of their lives in a matter of weeks. This is why I keep coming back. Although I love the opportunity to seek more advanced or intuitive knowledge, I have that at CTY online. It’s culture I’m onsite for. It means I come out to the states where the swallowtails flutter under the sun and fireflies burn through the night, instead of back on the overgrown rock I inhabit. There’s this “CTY spark” that most of us have that allows us to make a connection and a home here. I would quote admin and say “I found my tribe.” And it may be true that I’m not very well-liked back “home” and I’m seeing light for the first time in the dark, but I KNOW this community is unique. I’ve never found another place where I am so free to act so nerdy and intellectually obscure yet so personal and so genuine. And even IF people back home listen, they never hear you. At CTY there are so many people who not only listen but understand. And maybe teach you to do the same. The people here are individuals. They go out and DO things to the world.

So with that said, I would also like to explain why traditions are so important to me and why I value them as part of CTY culture. It is my job to spread them and adapt them, even though some may seem trivial or obscure. And as unconventional as traditions may seem, they give the community something to connect with. Even across halls, residencies and even other sites, we all have our tales of dancing with glowsticks through the night, coming home with love tape peeling off our shirts and the myths, legends and SCANDALS of casino night. (Listen, I played, I won, I got pick-pocketed $400, made it back and lost a horse race. It’s a joy-ride). And I know how much tradition means to people. I know. Honest truth, when boarding my first plane here, I met a forevermore. An alumnus. A past student. She recognised me from the lanyards I had tied to my violin case to stop them from getting in the way of my hands when she was waiting behind me in line. And the one thing she did before we left was say “I went a LONG time ago. So… do you still have those dances every Friday?” And the only thing I did was crack a joke about how we still couldn’t talk about it in public because of a certain line. And she got it! And that was it! Nothing about the classes or the staff or the students, but the culture that makes them all so much sweeter. So even if some may scorn spirit days or curse our chants, tradition is worth protecting. And although tradition changes, that’s ok. We find new rituals to share that mean something to us as we also preserve old traditions that meant something to someone else. And although some traditions may not resonate with people as much and drop in popularity, that’s ok. Because they belong to us now. And it’s been an honour to help spread such traditions. And it’s a job I was entrusted with by a past monarch, Amelia Orwant, who was one of the most passionate, persistent and free-spirited people I’ve ever come across, who I hope I’ve done proud. And with that in mind, it’s not just me who can spread traditions. And it’s not just any monarch either. If ANYONE is in any way inspired, go out and build your own traditions. Go out again to CTY if you can or even go make your own “CTY” and spread the things YOU value. Although position holders act as figure heads, we’re ultimately figure heads. We act to represent our culture. It’s the community that truly embodies and endorses it. So if anyone HEARS and UNDERSTANDS, I have a final request. There’s a spirit day. A very special one here called “Remembering Sunday.” It happens the sunday after each session, and it is a day to reach out to and remember with all the people we’ve met. To tell of the legends and the lore of our time here and establish the fact that even off-campus, CTY never goes away. It’s a long 49 weeks away from camp, so why spend it alone? Reach into your contacts app (If you can find it -Looks to Gabriel Dowd!-), check out the realcty wiki, go on community portals like the discord server, “Server 42” or your group chats and keep the conversation going.

So back to tradition. I stand here as a maybemore. I’m possibly a twomore, probably a onemore and hopefully not a nevermore, but I don’t know how long I have left. And although I may not be around next session to ride the chaos and spin my tales, I know of a number of individuals who speak of their own stories. And some I particularly want to give some volume to. So I’m passing on my title as empress and the holder of the book to someone who has the true CTY spark as she goes about life with an air of eagerness and wonder. So Mare, do you have anything to say? - Mare’s acceptance- I would also like to bring up a future monarch of the blood. Someone who is entrusted to assist the emperors and empresses. A true center of calmness and person to rely on. Sam Nyo, do you have any words? -Sam’s acceptance- So before I disappear in a puff of logic, I’m going to leave you with a quote. It’s the one I used in my foreword when transcribing the book of love, the “good parts,” version, from the scans of it’s lost second edition. A quote I left to explain my feelings for CTY and one I’d quite like to share ("We're going to meet a lot of lonely people over the next week and the next month and the next year. And when they ask us what we're doing, you can say 'We're remembering.' That's how we win out in the long run) Sincerely yours and one day forevermore, Switch. I like you I love you, I CTY you, I love CTY and I love the passionfruit -Swings lanyard-

Contact

RealCTY: Comment on this page's comment section below.
Email: "Switch.1166057@icloud.com"
Discord:Username:"Switch", ID:"1431". My DMs are always open and you can find me on Server 42. If you are a CTYer and want to join click here[1]
Reddit: I am on the CTY reddit as Switch_19102, although I rarely check it.