Lydia Radcliffe

Meet Lydia.

Age: 15
Grade completed: 9th

Her mom: Same as Jo's mom (mother and babysitter)

Her dad: Same as Jo's dad (surgeon)

They have been here in Papua New Guinea for: 29 years

Most challenging thing about being an MK:

Being away from family

The best:

The people you get to know and the family that you develop in whatever country you do your growing up in.

Favorite thing about the MK highschool:

The relationships developed as you do your school, between the students and the teachers.

Learning style:

Sometimes reading, I think I can retain knowledge pretty well from reading. And also when people explain things. I’m not sure if I have one style that works the best.

Favorite subject:

Biology

Because it is easy to see the knowledge that you learn in biology applied to the world around you – you get to understand how life works. 

Least favorite subject:

Grammar

Because it’s kind of just a whole lot of rules that you learn over and over again.

Favorite things:

Climbing trees

Mountains

Puppies

Sunshine

Teen bible quizzing

Favorite hobbies:

Playing guitar, playing sports. 

Voted most likely to: 
Spend all summer finishing her math lessons

Marry a horse breeder from Wyoming

Memorize the entire Bible

Own 22 pets

Best quote from the year:
"You are treading on DEEP WATER."

My favorite thing about Lydia:
Her dedication to excellence.

And her neat handwriting.