The Eulogy of Khalil Dorsey

Khalil Dorsey was at a turning point of his life. He was in his junior year and it was about time for him to to start thinking about colleges. He didn't get to go down that road, so let's take a look at a few of the things he's done so far.

If you ever met Khalil, you would know that he may come across as a bit shy and on the weird side. But just give it time and he'll be one of the nicest friends you could possibly have."I'll still be weird, though. That's just who I am," he says. You may have also recognize him from somewhere but not remembered immediately. "Then eventually, someone says 'Hey! I saw you on that Gamefly commercial!' and you'll know. It wasn't just me, it was the whole family." He's not the only one that had face time in his family. His mom, Jocelyn, has been in movies and TV shows for over 10 years now. His little brothers, Matthew and Kyan, are both extras on the new NBC series "Chicago Fire". He's been a TV extra for the award-winning series "Boss" on Starz. And his entire family was recently in another commercial, this time for Kyocera. "It hasn't aired, though. I don't think it will and I'm almost hoping it doesn't. I don't like drawing attention to myself. It's embarrassing." That was another thing about Khalil. He would do things just to do them, not be recognized for it.

A look at a few of his other achievements reveals that he was on the Whitney Young Math Team for 4 years and was the only student from his elementary school, Poe Classical,  to get accepted into Whitney Young in his class. He received Young Authors awards for each of his books. And he hoped to design and customize cars in the future. Khalil used to always say, "The one person I want to be like is Ryan Freidlinghaus. He's the creator of West Coast Customs and I really admire all the work that they do. One day, I want to own a company like his."

He was always that kid that everyone wondered about. What goes through his mind? How does he see things? He didn't even know. It was one of his goals. "I've always wanted to understand me. Who am I as a person?", he would ask himself. It was just another one of those traits that separated Khalil from the rest.