Reflective Essay: Why Am I Volunteer At My School

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I’ve always been willing to take a leadership role and volunteer, although often outside of the Gull Lake school district 's boundaries. My freshman and sophomore years I was captain of a club swim team located in Plainwell, a team that I had competed within since the beginning of middle school. I took pride in taking the younger, newer athletes under my wing, helping them grow a love for an intense and all consuming sport mentally and physically.
Prior to freshman year I volunteered at a restaurant and campground in Marshall because I felt like I needed something productive to do in my spare time over summer break. I spent countless hours helping the owners with small but crucial tasks for their business, giving me a sense of self worth as I watched how important even the most minute contribution is. I continued to volunteer until Junior year, when the owners offered me a paid position within the restaurant, due to the enthusiasm in which they watched me perform my jobs on a voluntary basis.
I also have maintained another job closer to home since fall of 2014 at Gull Meadow Farms. During my first season I refused to remain idle and always asked to do something more, to learn
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Granted, I haven’t enjoyed the challenges the whole way, but I realize that I have grown from them in a positive manner. The first challenge I overcame was the confusing matter of why I couldn’t properly process numbers, and earn the math grades I considered sufficient. Upon the end sophomore year I spoke to my parents about numbers switching on paper and my dad, suggested the reason: I’m borderline dysnumeric. From there I forced myself to work harder and go over my work multiple times in math and science courses to ensure that I was correctly doing an equation. The work has paid off because eventually I was able figure out a check system that made math easier, and my grades and confidence soon raised in the

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