Encore!

 This past Thursday was the LEGACY Connect event, where my leadership and mentoring program went to a local high school and spoke to junior students about preparing and attending college. Aside from our 15 minute delay, the program ran smoothly. The students were receptive to the speaker who spoke about the key to having multiple plans for college success. In order to prove the need for multiple plans, the speaker shared a story about his high school experience of believing he would go to college upon receiving athletic scholarships, but in his senior year he tore a critical muscle, which forced him to decide on an actual academic major college. As he shared his story I observed the students' facial expression modeled shock and concern. At the end of the his speech, he joined the panel discussion and immediately the students hammered him with questions about  his experiences and asking him for specific instructions to pursuing their dreams. The most intriguing aspect was the way the students were drawn to us [college students offering advice], even though it was expected since most of these students will be the first to attend college in their families. Some great moments of the event, were when a student asked about double majoring in aerospace engineering and mechanical engineering--so ambitious-- then when a student was extremely excited to begin college at a state college. My favorite moment was when we were invited back. The guidance who invited us back was extremely humble and would like us to take it even a step further by having us entering classrooms to speak with the students. I am so encouraged to execute this project multiple times next year.