I am Shane Palmbush, a Senior going to Mountain View High School. I do water polo and wrestling at the school and go to Freestyle academy. In my free time, I find myself drawing, playing video games, Hiking, watching tv, and playing the harmonica. I hope to become a video game developer in the future
Some of my core values are perseverance, compassion, curiosity, drive, transparency, reason, and balance
My passions are what drive me to do anything that I do and I would say that my biggest passion and inspiration are stories, whether they be from film, animation, literature, video games, music or even real life. For me, good stories and characters are what drive my day to day life and what give me things to think about and consider. I love to play Water polo and Wrestle and find my time doing sports to feel incredibly rewarding and meaningful to how I live. In regards to music, I love to listen to music and to (try to) play music. Some of my favorite artists are Steely Dan, Nujabes, Journey, BONESAW, Los Enanitos Verdes, and Lie and a Chameleon. I also play the harmonica somewhat frequently and while I am better with the diatonic harmonica, I have been learning some songs on my chromatic harmonica lately. For art, I love drawing as well as digital art and animation. For my career, I really hope to do something in game development because I enjoy coding and a lot of the different aspects of game development like the art, music, and storytelling required to make a good game.
I chose to be a Freestyle student for many reasons but one of the biggest reasons was because my older sister is a Freestyle Academy alumni and she had an incredible time and recommended it strongly. Additionally, I’ve always loved to draw and create things which is what we are able to do at freestyle academy. Freestyle has given me the opportunity to be around other creative and expressive people as well as work with software and on projects that no other classes could offer. All of the classes at Freestyle feel like they have meaning and purpose to them and are a strong contrast to the monotony of typical classes. Overall, Freestyle seemed like too great of an opportunity to pass up and I am very glad I didn’t.