The most successful Canadian Jeopardy! candidate ever made a special address at Webber Academy, where the 24-year-old once attended.
candidate ever made a special address at Webber Academy, where the 24-year-old once attended.She said Tuesday morning was the first time she had been back on the school campus where she attended up to Grade 4 back in 2007.After a keynote address, she faced-off against four high school students for the trivia game"Reach for The Top," followed by a question and answer session that focussed on life after high school and entering adulthood.
"My advice was find supportive communities if you're moving away especially, that's super important. And pursue things because they're interesting to you and not because some person tells you they would be a good resume line item," said Roach."I found that I just like doing the things I like doing, the extracurricular I enjoy and she sort of reinforced the importance of that," said Andrew Kerr, a Grade 10 student.
He later added,"I don't get a ton of chances to meet cool people like this and I think its just really cool to hear her experiences and to know that my school helped push her on the way a little bit."23 times in a row and she's Canadian too," said the Grade 7 student.
Roach said she may have an advantage at captivating the youthful audience, being only a handful of years older than most of the audience. "Maybe there's a little bit more authority that I have when speaking to certain issues that concern students," she said.She says she hopes to go to law school soon.
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