Reflective Essay: My Freshman's Best Buddies

During my freshmen and sophomore years, I helped organize the Muses book for the year which included advertising and promoting submissions and purchases of the book, collecting art and literature and deciding which would fit in the book, and editing the literature pieces (primarily the short stories). Because there were so few people in this club each year, I made an effort to attend all the meetings and help in any way I could to make the book the best we could. I often was one of two or three people at meetings which meant the amount of time and work I had to put into aiding with the assembly of the book increased. Despite this large contribution of time and work, I did not let my grades or studies waver during these years and I was able to effectively prioritize my time effectively between my studies and the contribution I made for this club.

Best Buddies
While in Best Buddies, I was able to make some great friends with some of West’s and Hope Wall’s mentally and/or physically handicapped students. One of the most important things in this club for the Peer Buddies was commitment and attendance to the events because so many students would go to one or two things and never show up to anything the rest of the year which made it difficult to host organized events not knowing if the Peer Buddy to Buddy ratio was big enough. The Buddies also often looked forward to seeing their Peer Buddies, so this is why it was even more important for me to attend and help at all the events I possibly could because the club relied on me as one of a small group of students who consistently attended and helped at these