Self Reflections

I realize how short my presentation was. Mainly because I'm terrified of being in front of a group to do anything, and I also had a really emotionally rough two weeks. I hope it wasn't as bad as I thought.

What I was trying to show in my presentation was that I was a personality roller-coaster. I used to hang out with people that weren't like me, and because of that, I never got to find out who I was. I still have no idea who I am really. I felt like if I didn't fit in, then I never would and that really got me down a lot of the time. When I said that it got better when I joined chorus, not much helped except for feeling a little more part of a group than the odd one out.

When I came to Converse I felt so welcomed and so very much at home that I didn't notice my pain-filled past as much. Unfortunately, the further into the year it came, the less and less I saw of people, and I thought it was because they didn't like me. But of course, it was my paranoia. They were just as busy as I was, if not more. It's still taking me some time to get over that ditch in my confidence, but I'm getting better by the day, it seems. Coming to Converse was a big part in that for me.  And now it's happening all over again with my family here at school.

I want to be able to help younger people realize what they need to do for themselves. Music saved my life so many times, and I want to be able to share that with my future chorus classes. I want them to know that they can crawl out of their cocoons to be beautiful people too.

And so, I want to thank all of my new friends here at Converse College. You're the best people a girl could ask for :) ♥

New Tradition

There are many traditions that surround Converse College, no matter how young or old they are. 1889 Week, Peppermint Ball, Big Sis Little Sis Week, May Day. There are silly traditions as well; Humans Vs Zombies is becoming a great hit after its second year. They are all so much fun and bring the campus together in such simple ways. Big Sis Little Sis severs the divide (if there ever was much of one) between the classes like in high school.

Dorm doors all over campus get decorated at some point or another, whether it be BSLS or any other time of year. Thus, I think we could turn it into a traditional contest.

There could be a series of contests, too:

Dorm building series: each dorm building decorates the main entrance door.
Dorm hall series: each room on a hall competes.
Hall-to-Hall series: the winners of the Dorm Hall series compete against one another.
Overall: the winners of the winners of the winners. If you can follow that!
Voting would be anonymous, then winners move to the "next round", if any.

I think it would be a fun and creative experience for everyone!