As I stepped into my LAST first day of school, I rewind to my first day ever in high school, and realized how everything has occurred in a blink of an eye. Sometimes, when people realize they have only two more months to live, or know they have to quit their jobs, maybe move to another city, or are one step to graduating from High School, many of us have that desire to leave a footprint wherever we are. I began my first day of school knowing that this semester, the biggest thing I wanted to accomplish, was the only and most important task I have in BlendZ: Habla Roosevelt. The reason I enjoy having tasks like these ones—organizing the social responsibility aspect of my company—is because it’s one of the few tasks that end up being truly fulfilling. Yes, it might be exciting to see how much money we’ve made, or be creative with a really cool ad that EVERYONE will see, but it's priceless to know that you’ve made an impact in your community and see a positive change in other people’s lives, knowing that we work hard at BlendZ to be able to run a program like Habla Roosevelt. Habla Roosevelt consists of providing English classes to the workers’ children in FDR. We are in charge of hiring a well-prepared and experienced teacher to provide the best English education to our students, as well as FDR student volunteers to help along the way. Seems like an easy job, but when we are talking about committing to every Saturday, it’s hard to find the perfect match. Plus, trying to plan what the best way to teach a kid a language is for the first time, can get challenging because the majority of us mostly grew up speaking English and don't know otherwise. On the other hand, as challenging as it can be, it’s also the most interested and most real-life it can get in the IA. How? Let's see... Last week, Carolina, Corey and I, actually conducted an interview to a possible teacher candidate. In my entire life, I have only been to two interviews: the one for entering the IA and another for an internship. The difference with then and now, is that I was at the other end of the table. I had my computer open, I was reading off questions and typing some notes that came along the conversation. Our minds had to be working 100mph, trying to think what the smartest, appropriate, and necessary thing to ask was.
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Corey Topf
3/7/2015 04:24:02 am
Great point Special K! You, Carolina and the rest of the BlendZ crew have a cool opportunity here to leave behind a smoothie business AND one of the coolest service projects as well. Habla Roosevelt!! It's crazy to see how far all of this has come, and I know you're as excited as I am to kick off the first class next week with Habla Roosevelt!
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