About Grey Hamilton

Grey, age 19, grew up on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, with a few years spent on the Rosebud Reservation. He was home schooled from fourth through eighth, returning to public school his freshman year of high school at the Pine Ridge Indian school. After a semester he felt that he was not being challenged to any extent by the curriculum of that specific high school, so he transferred to another high school with a reputation of challenging its students to succeed in academic studies. The Red Cloud Indian school challenged him, pitted him against other talented students, forced him to create within himself a competitive spirit that has pushed him to go beyond a high school diploma and seek into the collegiate world of higher education. Taking the path of least resistance has never been his way, and he does not plan to change. And through this principal, he has decided to attend the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in the fall of 2008. The school of mines has always represented, to Grey at least, a place of studious learning, a place where a man is expected to push himself beyond the preconceived limits of his intelligence. And that appeals to him on many levels. After finishing his degree he hopes to go on to a future untenured by fear or anxiety at any daunting prospect.