Before I post for this week I want to write about my experience 2 weeks ago at the Teen coalition. I have been meaning to post this for a while now.
I went in on a Tuesday afternoon and the students were busy at first. After a few classmates and I helped them organize some papers, they were free to do whatever they wanted. A senior named Patrick came over to John and I and said he had a question about college. He wanted to know what he should expect when hes in college. It seemed like he was looking for a simple answer but I said wow that's a big question. Looking for a good way to start answering that question I asked him what schools he was interested in. He was trying to choose between Northeastern and Umass Amherst. We talked about the differences between the two school and what he should look into before deciding, like financial aid and his interested major. John brought up a very important part of college life, time management. I was very glad that he brought this point up because if someone talked to me about this before I got to college I may have done things very differently. I really struggled with time management my freshman year and I made sure to explain the negative effects to Patrick. We talked for a while about dining hall food, working out, class work and roommates. I tried to give him examples of my experiences so he could relate. This whole experience just made me think back to when I started college and how little I knew going in. I hope that we helped him by taking to him about college and I think it will make a difference when he gets there. Also, I'm glad he felt comfortable coming to us to ask about this and I hope we will get more questions like this the next time I go.
