[Photo] Madeeha Syeda: Your mindset will change over time, even if you don’t think you can do it Emily Chafe March 27, 2019
![Wayland Historical Society Executive Director Scarlett Hoey explains the history of the Cochituate Gatehouse.
"The exterior is still a nice monument to remember buildings [involved in] water history," Hoey said. "We all drink lots of water, and it's such an important resource that we kind of take for granted nowadays."](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/IMG_2024-1200x800.jpg)
![Freshman Madeeha Syeda (back row, second from right) poses with her karate class, holding her trophy after coming first place in a tournament in 2016. Syeda began karate when she was 7 years old and practiced the martial art for five years before she began mixed martial arts. “[MMA] gives me one thing that I feel good at,” Syeda said. “It's something that I can feel proud of myself about.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Madeeha-Syeda-e1553834694838.jpg)