There was one time recently where I had to really step up and be a leader. About a month ago, there was an event at my job. This event is solely sponsored by donations and is ran by volunteers. Parents can pay a set amount and bring their kids. We give them pizza, the can go swimming, play games, do crafts, and at the end they watch a movie and wait for their parents to come get them.

After the kids all ate, we were trying to get them to quiet down so we could line them up and take them to the pool. The kids were screaming and yelling, pushing and shoving, and none of the staff was being loud enough for the kids to hear. So, I yell. Loudly. Not in a mean voice, but in a stern, authoritative voice. The kids quiet very quickly and get into the line. I tell them they all need to be nice and quiet or they weren’t allowed to swim.

From that point on, all the other staff was coming to me with problems. This kid is crying, this one hit his brother, she spilled her juice, what should we have them do next… So I had to figure it out.

Once the night was nearly over, most of the kids fell asleep while watching the movie. When their parents came, they were so grateful that they had the night to themselves and could now put their child right to bed. The kids who were still awake raved about how much fun they had. Even though it was stressful for me, I’m glad everything went well.

I twisted my ankle and I still only got a 70.

One difficult situation I was in this semester was when I had a history exam. A few days before the exam, I was looking for the professors review paper on vista, and I couldn’t find it. I started freaking out because the next time I had her class, was when we were going to have the exam, and I need the paper so I could study all the next day.

I had no idea what I was going to do because I’m not friends with anyone in the class. To be honest, I didn’t really even know anyone’s name. the professor had said that he doesn’t check her emails on certain day and that day happened to be one of them, so I was stuck.

Finally I realized I could find out who is in the class on vista. I found one girls whose name I remember my professor saying in class several times. So I looked her up on facebook and sent her a message. Thank God she answered back right a way and showed me where exactly I could find it.

Now that I knew where the paper was, how was I going to print it? My brother has a printer in his room, but refuses to let me use it. So once again I was stuck. I called my neighbor hoping she was still up, and again, thankfully, she was. I email her my document and she prints it out for me. So, I run across the street, grab the paper, and run back home.