Bein As A Role Model

Three times a week, I volunteer an hour of my time to tutor and guide middle and elementary school students at my former elementary school. Since I was in middle school, I have been the most passionate about math, science, and service, and it was important to me once I reached high school to share these passions with younger students. On some days, I am helping a seventh grader understand the orders of operations, while on other days I am guiding second and third grade Girl Scouts in a craft. These short encounters have been among the most defining experiences in my high school career, and I did not expect to gain from these afternoons as much as the students do. Not only am I helping a younger student develop her skills and values, I am learning more about myself. I learn how to approach problems unconventionally while I teach the students how to use the Pythagorean theorem properly. I learn patience while I teach the students how to make blankets for the children’s hospital. By applying what I am passionate about, such as being service-minded and math, I witness other students develop their interests and passions. …show more content…
Being a role model to these students causes me to be a better person through the building of my leadership qualities while exercising my interests in hopes that I can, one day, apply my interests in a future