The event was very inspirational and motivating. I love seeing young people do something to help their communities. It shows the promise in these students, as well as, their leadership skills. This conference fostered these young students’ achievements. Being in the audience along with students from the early outreach program, I felt honored to be presented with these students’ projects that are committed to their passion for change.
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I was able to make a lot of connections at this conference for my organization. The most important thing I learned in class is that networking is the key to being successful. It funny how this small this world is and how important networking really is. Usually one Friday a month, the manager team of Each One Teach One gets together to get updates on our progress, Our last meeting a lady that happened to be listening in on our meeting was able to talk to Janisse and get information for her son to be apart of the program, but the was I was positioned I actually didn't get to see her face. Today at the conference in one of the workshops. I met a lady who is a grad student at Governors University in communications. She was talking about a back to school event that she holds every year, so I was able to connect with her on that. She notice that I was affiliated with Each One Teach One and we realized that she was the same women listening in on our meeting. lol.
At the beginning of the semester i was very timid about stepping outside my comfort zone. I was very reserved when it came to completing a new task; however I have gone tremendously. I am no willing to stepping outside of my comfort zone to get thing done because if I don't how else would it get done. I have learned that I have to take more responsibility in the things I do and don't expect anyone else to complete my task. I am getting better at planning and creating an agenda. I have gotten better at time management. I know carry around a planner with all my appointments and my to do list for the week. I am know able to be more forward to get something that I want. I don't make haste to do things anymore. I take my time and thoroughly think about what I want to do and how I will get it done. I learn that hard times is amazing when i am having a hard day or week. I have now found my calling in youth development and/or social work. My goal at the beginning of the semester was to start my own non profit organization, but i have realized why i should start my own... when i can work with someone Else's organization and build from there. This is no point in starting a new organization when there are others out here that need guidance in completing their own goals and objective. i will be a blessing to someone else. The whole planning wall and first steps was a new concept for me, but it was easy to understand. i am going to teach my students a lot of things that i have learned in class and conduct a lot of workshops we did in class. I like that this class was straight forward to the point. There was no room for BS in this class and it help us learn that we can't just do minimal work and expect to succeed in life. We have to bust our bust to make a change in our own lives and other, but we have to do what is needed to make that happen. We can;t sit around and believe that everything will be handed to us. We have to to go search for what we want and pursue it. We can have people along the way that will push us in the right direction, but we have to do the "dirty" work on our own. we have to want the things we want in like and go for it. Today at the conference a saying by a man name Allen Bryson has encouraged me tremendously, "Remember to 1) learn something, 2) teach someone, 3) become someone, and 4) change someplace." This wasn't much about this class that i didn't like because as frustrated as i was with trying to complete all my interview, it was assigned to me for my own good. it pushed me to be more open and aggressive towards people. I hated every bit of it in the beginning, but after each interview the next one got easier and was always refer ed to someone else to help me out. i just had to make the effort to find those people who would actually sit down with and openly talk about their success and how i will be successful too. Leadership for change should be a bigger class because i feel students should be grouped together by there goals and create a project and present it at the end of the semester. A project that could be implemented in our comm unites. I know this idea may be too much for a class, but it would be fun to see projects that students have done. it shows there leadership and the motivation for change. If high school students can do it, we can too.
