Quiet high schooler paints portraits of entire class to reconnect before graduating
CBS America · 1 month ago
CBS America
1 month ago
According to many of her senior classmates here at Waunakee High School in Wisconsin, 18-year-old Molly Schafer was a loner. But before graduation, she leaned on her artistic skills to reconnect and learned an important lesson in the process. Steve Hartman has the story "On the Road."
Breakdown
- Molly Schaefer was considered a loner by many classmates due to social anxiety. 5s
- She decided to reconnect by painting portraits of 44 classmates. 53s
- Molly spent about 600 hours on the project, dedicating roughly 13 hours per painting. 1m 13s
- She presented the portraits to her classmates, prompting reflection and remorse among them. 1m 35s
- Molly hopes her experience encourages others to reach out and not assume others are uninterested. 2m 1s