Reece Knight

15-year-old artist and student at @alphaschool building the new go-to boutique hotel in Austin, Texas.

[Reece Knight @ReeceKnightx]

One week. One ambitious goal.

As a sophomore at Alpha High, I challenged myself to earn an Interior Design Diploma from Oxford Home Study College in just 7 days.

After 3 books, lots of studying, and a final exam… I scored a 94% and earned my diploma!

Officially a mini interior design expert!

[Lulu B @lulubressan]

I spent this week learning that people will electrocute a stranger if someone in a lab coat tells them to.

That's the Milgram obedience experiment, and it's one of the wildest studies in social psychology.

I went in knowing none of this a week ago. Just took Khan Academy's actual MCAT unit test on it and scored 100%.

[Aheli Shah @aheli_ns]

Have you ever gone on a walk with your teacher?

At @alphaschool, we have guides whose entire job is to be there for us.

Every week, we get a limitless meeting time with them, where we can talk about AlphaX, academics, or just life.

[Reece Knight @ReeceKnightx]

One of my favorite parts of the week at @Alphaschool? My Limitless meeting! It's just me and my guide, one-on-one, making sure my academics AND my AlphaX are on track.

No distractions, just full attention to make personalized academic plans, motivation models, and AlphaX goals to get me where I want/need to be.

[Reece Knight @ReeceKnightx]

Okay, but WHY did nobody tell me interior design school could be this fun?! I am a sophomore at @Alphaschool, chasing my dream of becoming an interior designer, and I just started my 20-hour course with Oxford Home Study College. No regrets so far!

[Reece Knight @ReeceKnightx]

Just started reading Grit by @angeladuckw. The first 3 chapters alone are already changing how I think.

3 big takeaways:

Talent isn't what makes you successful; effort applied twice (to build skill, then to use it) is.

Grit = passion + perseverance for long-term goals. It's not working hard for one day; it's showing up again tomorrow, and the day after that.

Grit predicts success better than IQ or talent. Duckworth even built a "Grit Scale" that predicted who'd survive West Point training and win spelling bees.

Turns out "gifted" was never the whole story.

[Reece Knight @ReeceKnightx]

Today at @Alphaschool, we learned that teamwork isn't about being perfect; it's about what you do after you mess up in front of everyone.

And we learned it by playing:

- Wheel of Fortune
- Family Feud
- The Price Is Right

Never thought game shows would teach me more about handling pressure than an actual lecture would.

[soli @solisolsoli]

no feelings — saruhan saral

[Reece Knight @ReeceKnightx]

I'm a 15-year-old who just climbed Mount Everest…

Just kidding, not for real.

I'm a sophomore at @Alphaschool, and for our team-building challenge, we did the Mount Everest Summit Virtual Challenge, the SAME ONE @HarvardHBS students take.

The average score for a Harvard student? 57%–63%.

My team of 5 high schoolers? 91%.

[Reece Knight @ReeceKnightx]

This is genuinely impressive; 390 skills across 9 stages is way more thorough than most self-assessment tools I've seen, and the structure actually mirrors real art school curricula. Love that the capstone section makes you diagnose why an image is failing instead of just checking boxes.

Only feedback: it's a lot to take in at once. A shorter "quick check" version (30-40 core items) that funnels into the full list could help people stick around instead of bouncing at the size of it. Also a progress bar per stage would make it feel more like an interactive test.

Solid tool overall, this took real thought to build.

[Reece Knight @ReeceKnightx]

@Oliviatavn Love the vision! But would rather see a real human do it rather than AI! :)

[Reece Knight @ReeceKnightx]

@lunecrumbss Love this rug! But would rather see a post where it's real rather than AI! :)

[Reece Knight @ReeceKnightx]

@picab0da I love your art style. I would focus a little more on the facial details of the characters and make them really look like the people who played the roles. :)

[Reece Knight @ReeceKnightx]

@brucelystad I'd say no, honestly. AI usually doesn't give a very accurate depiction of a space; lighting, proportions, and materials often look off compared to how the room actually functions in real life. Good for inspiration, not for real planning. :)

[Reece Knight @ReeceKnightx]

Honestly the trailer surprised me, the hair actually looked good, not the usual live action wig fail. Animated Tangled set the bar high with how realistic that 70ft hair looked, and it's rare live action pulls off something that ambitious without it looking like a costume shop prop. They clearly put the budget where it mattered.

[Reece Knight @ReeceKnightx]

@87shenanigans Kirk's innocent tho. Never hurt anyone, just oversold you on his latest scheme. Meanwhile, Rory ghosted people, Emily manipulated Lorelai for decades, and Luke hid his daughter from his fiancée. Kirk's the only unproblematic one in Stars Hollow.

[Reece Knight @ReeceKnightx]

First day of sophomore year at @Alphaschool = the start of Bootcamp.

I just found out a dream I've had since I was 9 years old is actually coming true in ONE MONTH: we're playing our own version of @survivorcbs .

I've watched every single season, even the ones that aired before I was born. I know the strategy. I know the blindsides. I know how the jury thinks.

I can outwit, outplay, and outlast my peers.

So hear me out, because this is my pitch to the jury before the game even starts:

I didn't come to make friends. I came to make history.

AHS 2026 Sole Survivor is already writing her winning speech.

@JeffProbst