I hate to say it, but the program is officially coming to a close. No more missing school to attend our monthly Skype sessions with Chile and Sri Lanka. No more weekly meetings with the girls from all over the Syracuse area. No more dialogs about our thoughts on human rights. No more learning about and growing from all these amazing people that I now call my friends.
All year the group has been a huge commitment and a lot of work. Not everybody is cut out for this, nor do many people care about it. However I can honestly say I enjoyed learning about Matilda Joslyn Gage. I relished in bonding with these peoples, all united in the common goal for a better position of women and frankly a better world. Though I want to be an Environmental Engineer I really do recognize how important this type of work is in society today. There is still so much to be done! I can only hope that Ill be a part of it!
Just recently I won an award and scholarship through the University of Rochester, titled “The Frederick Douglas and Susan B. Anthony Award in Humanities and Social Sciences”. I cannot help but feel proud. Through I don’t know who, someone nominated me: they saw all the hard work I have done this year and how much I have changed for the better. I think that really summed up how influential this experience has been. It is completely unique to anything I have ever heard, and truly allowed for its members to empower themselves and become better people of the world. When I tell others about the program they saw “Wow... thats college application gold”. Ok yes it is, but it is for a reason. What many don’t understand at this point in their lives- while beginning to think about college- is that the people who are going to excel are not just the extremely smart perfect gpa kids. We want our generation to be problem solvers and to care about improving our society- not just caring about being on top. I think Im just beginning to show some of these qualities and for that I am glad. You haven’t heard the last of Mikayla Jaz Cleary-Hammarstedt yet. Thats a name your gonna want to remember, because I’m gunning for greatness. I will make a difference. You just wait.
All year the group has been a huge commitment and a lot of work. Not everybody is cut out for this, nor do many people care about it. However I can honestly say I enjoyed learning about Matilda Joslyn Gage. I relished in bonding with these peoples, all united in the common goal for a better position of women and frankly a better world. Though I want to be an Environmental Engineer I really do recognize how important this type of work is in society today. There is still so much to be done! I can only hope that Ill be a part of it!
Just recently I won an award and scholarship through the University of Rochester, titled “The Frederick Douglas and Susan B. Anthony Award in Humanities and Social Sciences”. I cannot help but feel proud. Through I don’t know who, someone nominated me: they saw all the hard work I have done this year and how much I have changed for the better. I think that really summed up how influential this experience has been. It is completely unique to anything I have ever heard, and truly allowed for its members to empower themselves and become better people of the world. When I tell others about the program they saw “Wow... thats college application gold”. Ok yes it is, but it is for a reason. What many don’t understand at this point in their lives- while beginning to think about college- is that the people who are going to excel are not just the extremely smart perfect gpa kids. We want our generation to be problem solvers and to care about improving our society- not just caring about being on top. I think Im just beginning to show some of these qualities and for that I am glad. You haven’t heard the last of Mikayla Jaz Cleary-Hammarstedt yet. Thats a name your gonna want to remember, because I’m gunning for greatness. I will make a difference. You just wait.
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