The Importance Of Personal Experience

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Social activities are mostly intriguing and inspiring while at the same time it can benefit you with certain set of skills that allow you to widen your horizon. From personal experience, I have been a part of many volunteering events, and Junior Achievement is one of them. I have never heard of the program before attending the Business-Professional class with Kiki; frankly my first impression when I knew about the program was not the best, but after being a part of the program I started to enjoy the experience that I had with it. In this paper, I am going to provide some personal experience of what I taught as well as the valuable experience I gained along with some factors that can be improved by the organization in the future. My intention would be that it could help JA becoming an even better education provider to all the children around the world in the future.

Since my major is Economics, it was a benefit for me in order to explain the students in more detail as I have some background knowledge …show more content…

All the students were really active in every activity we did; everyone tried to participate by raising their hands to give out ideas. I was surprised by their inspiring little mind; they did not fear to give out opinions, and that made me think of why I should be more open to people around me regardless of any factor. After the event, I started to change my reaction whenever I want to express my idea; I am more confident and concise in the speech I give.
Moreover, improvisation was another skill I improved with the JA program; being a third graders teacher even for a day does not mean that they are not going to ask you questions, which are off the topic. In order to give out any negative influential fact about the world these days, I need to alter what as well as how I express my idea in front of

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