Addi Hinesman of Ann Arbor, Michigan, made her first cherub friendships in an unmoving, snaking line to set up computers.<\/p>\n
\u201cI got to my dorm, I saw my roommate go inside, and I ran the other way,\u201d Hinesman said. \u201cBut then in the computer line, I met my roommate, Christina, and we got along well. The computer line really helped me make some friends.\u201d<\/p>\n
When cherubs signed up, they were promised the best summer of their lives. But Mariam Ahmed, a cherub from Qatar, had her doubts.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just thought, \u2018Oh my god, how are these people going to become lifelong friends?\u2019\u201d Ahmed said. \u201cBut in the second week, we had a lot of work, and we got closer because we had to ask for help.\u201d<\/p>\n
Three weeks into the program, Annika Singh of Freemont, California, watched the sunset surrounded by friends.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe all went to the Lakefill and sat on the rocks and just blasted music for an hour and a half straight, took photos and lived our teenage coming-of-age movie moment,\u201d Singh said. \u201cJust sitting there and reflecting on everything that’s happened in the last three weeks was very calming in a certain way.\u201d<\/p>\n
When guest speaker Tyler Pager mentioned he was in a fellow cherub\u2019s wedding, Singh smiled. She said she knew her relationships would be just as strong.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think they will definitely be some of my very good friends for the rest of my life,\u201d Singh said. \u201cWho knows? Maybe we’ll end up rooming together in college.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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