Personal Narrative: My Trip To New Orleans

During my sophomore year of college, I led an alternative spring break trip to New Orleans for eight college students. One night, our group visited Audubon Park to explore. For safety reasons, I asked everyone to stay in groups. Immediately after I turned my back, one student, Conner, had darted out of sight and disappeared. I searched with the rest of the group and found him after thirty minutes. When we arrived back to the hostel, I asked to talk to him as coolly as I could compose myself, since I was still rattled. I simply asked him why he had walked off. He responded that he had wanted some alone time. We kept the conversation going and he eventually apologized. I realized that talking through a matter and listening to the other person
with full attention is highly effective and keeping calm helps immensely in stressful situations.