It's Class Time!

This week's class was pretty insightful.  We had to look  back on our freshman year and think of things we were grateful we had some help with.  Doing that made me realize again how thankful I am for this scholarship and this class.  I would have been pretty lost without my peer mentors.  


Making friends, finding a job, and dealing with the new way of life were major points brought up in discussion.  I remember talking to my friends already up here my first week of college about not making any friends yet and I was really bummed about it.  Going to the zoo was a good way to just forget about that and have fun with the people in my Hixson group.  My peer mentors played a key role in that too.  


My peer mentors were both really good about keeping us all together and making sure each of us got to see what we wanted to.  They were really patient with the big group of us and made the time there really enjoyable.  Being patient is a good quality to have as a leader.  Dedication for what you do is also a big thing.  


They volunteered their time to help us, which made me want to do the same for the upcoming freshman.  Another key thing to leadership is being open-minded.  In a fairly decent sized group you have to be willing to take in everyone's opinion.  All of these things are qualities I am going to have to work on, but I am really excited to grow as a person and as a group to take on this responsibility.  It is going to be a fun year!