Williams speaks of future in therapy
Editor’s Note: Franklin’s Future is a regular feature spotlighting a high school senior in Franklin County and what they have planned for life after graduation.
Most people in Franklin County would not put football and Belgreen High School in the same category, but as far as 2010 BHS graduate Kayla Williams is concerned, she shares a passion for both.
Kayla Williams
Williams and her 2010 classmates recently received their diplomas on May 28 from BHS and, after knocking out her basics at Northwest-Shoals Community College in Phil Campbell, she plans to roll down to “T-town” and root for the crimson and white at the University of Alabama, she said.
“I am pretty enthusiastic when it comes to Alabama football and I really like the environment in Tuscaloosa,” she said. “I know a lot about the rules and stuff that goes on during football games. I can’t wait to move down there, and after I get settled I want all my friends to come hang out and go to the games with me.”
Williams said snagging football tickets at a cheap price will definitely be one of the perks, but her main focus will be on getting her degree in speech pathology.
“I always wanted to be a kindergarten teacher, but there probably won’t be any of those jobs left by the time I get out of school,” she said. “My mom works at a rehab where speech therapists work and I thought that would be an interesting field to go into.”
As one of the youngest people in her BHS graduating class at 17 years old, Williams said she will miss the laid back lifestyle of her high school days, but believes she is ready to take it to the next level.
“I’m probably going to miss walking down the hallways between classes and talking with my friends,” she said. “But I won’t miss having to follow some of the rules like the no singing rule that was put in place because of me and I’d like to be able to choose from Pepsi products when I get thirsty at school.”
Williams believes her collegiate career will probably take her six to seven years to complete and said after those days are over she hopes to either end up staying in Tuscaloosa, come back home or get a job close to a beach somewhere.
“I would like to own a home someday out in the country probably because I like wide-open spaces,” she said. “I’d also like to be either close to a lake or beach because I love the water.”
Something people may not know about Williams is that she knows how to hunt.
“I don’t particularly love to hunt but I did kill three deer this past year,” she said.
Friends describe Williams as talkative, outgoing, good attitude, fun to be around and spunky.
Williams said her perfect day would definitely include the beach scene.
“My description of a perfect day would be waking up at the beach on a trip with my friends, eating chocolate-chip waffles for breakfast, then spending all day shopping and lounging around in the sand. It would make it an extra amazing day if my friends and I could run into Channing Tatum or Taylor Lautner while at the beach. I’m not sure what we would do if that ever became a possibility.”
One place Williams would like to visit someday is the Atlantis resort located in the Bahamas and, if it were at all possible, she would also like to go on an underwater adventure to see the Titanic.
Williams’s biggest fears include losing someone close to her, being in a tight spot and feeling trapped and elevators.
She said just the feel of an elevator frightens her.
“I hate elevators,” she said. “I will walk up five flights of stairs with heavy luggage before I will ever get in one of those.”
Williams played a role in student government at BHS and hopes to get involved at UA once her two-year career at NW-SCC is complete.
Williams said she plans to enjoy her time spent at NW-SCC, but when it comes time to move on she will definitely be glad to refer to herself as an official student of the Crimson Tide nation.
