Upon my family’s sudden move to Annandale in the summer before 5th grade, I was totally lost. No longer could I turn to my best friend of five years, I had to start all over and begin a process that I dreaded with every fiber in my being: making new friends. At age 10, I was shockingly awkward and shy, and felt intimidated at the prospect of moving to a new school filled with people I didn’t know. Throughout the whole of fifth grade, I made one friend, and it took me quite a long time to grow accustomed to the school itself. My personal experience with wishing that I had someone to help me get acquainted with a new school inspired me to apply for Peer Leaders, so that I could be the guide that helps the anxious new kid find his or her place …show more content…
I am the most experienced member of my team, having done the club for three years in a row, so newer teammates often rely on me to guide them through the research and writing process as well as calm their nerves when we have to present our paper to a committee of 40+ people. Outside of school, I work as a teaching assistant at the Kumon Learning Center in Lebanon, where I sometimes have to keep almost twenty elementary school students focused on math and reading worksheets. It’s not an easy task, but I’ve gained valuable experience in appeasement and …show more content…
Just as well, I would absolutely be willing to help incoming freshman with issues like choosing courses or finding their way around the school, as I remember having those very same problems just a few short years ago. I have done a fair amount of research into the college application process as well, so any upperclassmen worried about anything related to that would find me a fairly valuable source of firsthand knowledge. For transfer students, I imagine that my abilities to help them would mainly be focused on showing them around and helping them grow accustomed to the school. If they are a foreign transfer student, I have a level four honors education in Spanish at my disposal, as well as fluency in Mandarin Chinese, a language that I have spoken since I was a