Facts About Room 17

When	Who	From Where	Journey	Why
1926	Ms. Surber	West Brook, Texas (via Colorado)	truck, 3 years	good farmland
17 Years Later
1943	Zoe	New Brighton, Pennsylvania	car, 2 weeks	GI bill
3 Years Later
1946	Courtnae	Wasco, Texas	train, 3 days	better place to live
15 Years Later
1961	Nicole	Plandome, New York	plane, 6 hours	Hollywood actor
3 Years Later
1964	Annie	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada	car, 6-7 days	medical school
6 Years Later
1970	Isakk	Guadalajara, México	bus, 5 days	better life
4 Years Later
1974	Declan	Baltimore, Maryland	car, 1 week	job at Stanford
7 Years Later
1981	Jack	Minneapolis, Minnesota	plane, 4 hours	work
6 Years Later
1987	Aditi	New Dehli, India	plane, 4 days	join husband
1988	Jose Luis	Zacatecoluca, El Salvador	foot, 2 months	better life
1989	Emma	Ithaca, New York	plane, 6 hours	work
1989	Kyoko	Tokyo, Japan	plane, 8 hours	Stanford
1990	Evelyn	Michoacan, México	bus, 3 days	more jobs
5 Years Later
1995	Kayla	Annapolis, Maryland	plane, 6 hours	job
1996	Beej	Cologne, Germany	plane, 18 hours	join husband
1997	Abby	Acapulco, México	plane, 6 hours	weather
1997	Nirav	Toronto, Canada	plane, 6 hours	work
2 Years Later
1999	Demetri	Cambridge, England	plane, 11 hours	job
2000	Yamilet	Acapulco, México	plane, 6 hours	more jobs
4 Years Later
2004	Yuki	Oiso, Kanagawa, Japan	plane, 9 hours	job
2005	Dylan	Tucker, Georgia	plane, 5 hours	new job
2005	Jeff	Seoul, Korea	plane, 10 hours	Stanford
2006	Sally	Suwon, Korea	plane, 11 hours	Stanford

On September 7, 2006, we recorded interesting facts about our class that were displayed in bar graphs and Venn diagrams in our room.

Two students are left eyed and left handed. (Demetri)
Seventeen people can roll their tongues and write with their right hands. (Abigail)
Fifteen students can roll their tongues and are right footed. (Beej)
Most people in the class are tongue rollers. (Isakk)
There are 16 people who can roll their tongues and are left handed. (Jeff)
There is only one person in our class who has their earlobes attached and cannot roll their tongue. (Nicole)
One person in our class is 60 inches tall. (Jose Luis)
The height with the most people is 58 inches. (Yuki)
Six kids have sisters. (Evelyn)
Exactly half of the class speaks only English at home. (Aditi)
Only one person speaks French at home. (Nirav)
Most people in our class come to school in a car. (Courtnae)
Thirteen people ride a bike or come in a car to school. (Dylan)
Two people went on a bus this summer. (Yamilet)
Fourteen people are planning to attend Stanford college. (Annie)
Most people in our class like Cookies ’n Cream ice cream. (Kyoko)
Seven people like Rocky Road ice cream. (Jack)
Three people like Banana Split ice cream. (Declan)
In Room 17 there are eight kids that like chihuahuas. (Kayla)
Three people liked bush babies the most. (Emma)
Five people like cats best. (Sally)
Nobody likes to run or play basketball after school. (Zoe)