Editing Rachel Scott (section)

==Personal life==
Scott struggled with [[self-esteem]] issues as a teenager, and has been described by her family as being "blind to her own beauty".<ref name="auto1"/> By the age of 17, Rachel, although popular among her peers, would occasionally resist efforts to attend certain social events with her friends out of fear she would succumb to the [[temptation]] of drinking alcohol.<ref>''Rachel's Tears'', p. 48</ref> In her mid-teens, Scott had a serious relationship with a boy, but she chose to end it over concerns that it might develop into a physical encounter.<ref>''Rachel's Tears'', p. 45</ref>

According to friends, Scott often chose to wear clothes of a style reflecting her colorful personality, and occasionally wore eccentric hats, fedoras, or even pajamas to amuse her companions.<ref name="auto2">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1696&dat=19990425&id=NLMaAAAAIBAJ&pg=6781,3540368&hl=en/|title=Friends tell victim goodbye|access-date=September 10, 2016|newspaper=Daily News|date=April 25, 1999}}</ref> In addition to her passion for fashion, music, and photography, she was an avid viewer of classic movies, and often spoke of her desire to become a renowned Hollywood actress.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2169&dat=20080215&id=NlslAAAAIBAJ&pg=2749,3629952&hl=en/|title=Rachel Scott touched 'millions of people's lives|access-date=September 21, 2016|newspaper=Hollis Brookline Journal|date=April 15, 2008}}</ref> She is known to have conveyed these aspirations to her family and to have combined her sense of humor into everyday family life with lighthearted gestures such as leaving a message on her family's answering machine stating: "You have reached the residence of Queen Rachel and her servants, Larry, Beth, Dana, Craig, and Michael. If you have anything you'd like them to do for me, please leave a message."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/archive/united-they-stand-vol-51-no-17/ |title=United They Stand |publisher=people.com |date=May 10, 1999 |access-date=October 8, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010081811/https://people.com/archive/united-they-stand-vol-51-no-17/ |archive-date=October 10, 2016 }}</ref>

Scott was an aspiring writer and actress. In 1998, she performed a mime act to the song "Watch the Lamb" at the school talent show. The tape jammed halfway through the song and [[Dylan Klebold]], who ran audio for the school theater production club, came to her rescue and fixed the tape, leading her to thank him afterwards.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l0IlAQAAIAAJ|title=Day of Reckoning: Columbine and the Search for America's Soul|access-date=October 5, 2018|date=2001|page=183|first=Wendy Murray|last=Zoba|publisher=Brazos Press |isbn=9781587430015|quote=Devon Adams, who was a friend of Rachel and Dylan, was in the sound booth with him when it happened. She said Dylan rescued Rachel's performance. 'He was freakin' out,' she said. 'He's going, 'Stupid tape!' Rachel kept going, and he tried his best to get it back up. It was just a bad tape. He got it to work better than it had been. He adjusted the levels a little bit and it came out okay.' Devon said Rachel was 'a wreck' after that performance but that she thanked Dylan for fixing the tape.}}</ref> Rachel's sister would later perform the same mime act at her funeral.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://acolumbinesite.com/victim/rachel.html |title=Rachel Joy Scott |publisher=Acolumbinesite.com |date=August 5, 1981 |access-date=December 10, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028090308/http://acolumbinesite.com/victim/rachel.html |archive-date=October 28, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.famousinterview.ca/interviews/beth_nimmo.htm |title=Beth Nimmo Interview |publisher=famousinterview.ca |date=April 27, 2009 |access-date=October 3, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002120702/https://www.famousinterview.ca/interviews/beth_nimmo.htm |archive-date=October 2, 2016 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last= Cullen|first= Dave|date= 2009|title= Columbine|url= https://archive.org/details/columbine00cull|url-access= registration|location= United States|publisher= Twelve (Hachette Book Group)|page= [https://archive.org/details/columbine00cull/page/18 18]|isbn= 978-0-446-54693-5|access-date= February 7, 2018|df= mdy-all}}</ref>

In order to repay her parents for the [[Acura Legend]] they had given her, Scott worked at a Subway sandwich shop on West Coal Mine Avenue in Littleton shortly before she died.<ref name="auto7">{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2000-02-15-0002150308-story.html|title=2 Columbine Teens Found Shot to Death|first=Judith Graham, Tribune Staff|last=Writer|website=chicagotribune.com|date=February 15, 2000 }}</ref><ref name="auto11">{{Cite web |url=http://extras.denverpost.com/news/shot0216b.htm |title=Colorado News and Denver News: The Denver Post |access-date=December 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215173215/http://extras.denverpost.com/news/shot0216b.htm |archive-date=December 15, 2018 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="9news.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.9news.com/article/news/crime/17-years-later-murder-of-two-teens-in-subway-restaurant-still-unsolved/73-438110665|title=17 years later, murder of two teens in Subway restaurant still unsolved|website=KUSA|date=May 9, 2017 }}</ref> In one instance while working there, she felt remorse for not assisting a homeless woman who had come into the store and vowed to be more helpful to such people in the future.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.racheljoyscott.com/gloves-of-conviction-1|title=Rachel Joy Scott Memorial – Racheljoyscott.com – Gloves of Conviction|website=Rachel Joy Scott Memorial – Racheljoyscott.com – Home|access-date=December 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215174627/https://www.racheljoyscott.com/gloves-of-conviction-1|archive-date=December 15, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

At the time of her death at age 17, Scott lived in the [[Columbine, Colorado|Columbine community]]<!--From the CDP map: https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk1990/st08_Colorado/08059_Jefferson/90B08059_030.pdf it was there, and not in the Littleton city limits. See https://www.littletonco.gov/Community/Map-Gallery/Littleton-ZIP-Codes which explains not every place with a Littleton address is in Littleton--> and was debating as to whether she should become an actress or a [[Christian mission]]ary.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19991127&id=q8kwAAAAIBAJ&pg=2269,3922533&hl=en/|title=Columbine Victim's Dad Traveling to Share his Daughter's Journal|access-date=September 21, 2016|newspaper=Toledo Blade|date=November 27, 1999}}</ref> She also had plans to visit [[Botswana]] as a member of a Christian outreach program to build homes in the upcoming summer<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1842&dat=19990423&id=vWseAAAAIBAJ&pg=1579,3068939&hl=en/|title=Victims in High School had Big Dreams, Plans for Future|access-date=September 17, 2016|newspaper=Times Daily|date=April 23, 1999}}</ref> before moving into her own apartment in late 1999.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://extras.denverpost.com/news/shot0425g.htm |title=Rachel's Joy Lives On |access-date=March 25, 2017 |newspaper=The Denver Post |date=April 25, 1999 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318165204/http://extras.denverpost.com/news/shot0425g.htm |archive-date=March 18, 2016 }}</ref>