Personal Narrative: Uplink

I have been involved in UpLink. This is an organization within the school in which one must apply for to see if one can get accepted. This organization is to provide incoming high school freshman with advice and guidance. I became a mentor for them this year, and I help them with anything they may need. I knew that for the students to feel safe and comfortable with me I needed to showed them I cared. I did this by asking them about their day and what questions they had about high school. I also organized activates in which we all interacted. One of the activities was where each person had to say their name and something they like then keep going around the circle, each time repeating all of the previous names. An example of a way I helped a freshman was when one of them needed help due to their language barrier. I made myself available to her an anything she needed, whether it be school related or not. I member that when I told her I would always be here if she needed anything her face lit up and she thanked me. Also one time her parents saw me ask her how she was doing and they told me hey really appreciated what I do. …show more content…
I already had these skills, but I was able to strengthen them. This experience influenced my goal because I saw how much one can do for a person. Becoming a nurse or physical therapist would let me help people on a daily basis and that would be a very fulfilling