Goodbye My Full-Time Summer in Duluth
It’s hard to believe it’s already been one week since I said goodbye to Upward Bound students and went to live at my actual house for the summer. I was working with the Upward Bound/Upward Bound Math & Science groups on campus for the past 6 weeks. During that time I acted as a sort of RA, mentor, and friend. These students are low-income high school students whose parents never went to college. The point of the program is to mentor, tutor, and support them towards their college goals. The summer program was a summer school setting, but after the kids were done with classes, us “Team Leaders” got to spend time with them! There was so many activities. We went rock climbing, baked fudge, went to Canal, attended speakers, etc. As a reward, the last week was a trip to the cities. We went to the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, the Guthrie, the Chanhassen, Valley Fair, the Big Yellow Candy Barn, etc. I grew really close to them over such a short time and I look forward to hopefully working with them next year. This was a really great experience for my teaching career because I never had an experience in leadership with their age group. One of the best benefits of this job also was that I got to stay on campus and I found this job through CSS, because it is part of CSS! There are so many jobs on campus even during the summer. A lot of my friends who stayed in Duluth work for ResLife or the GDR. I’m going to miss being able to wake up and just go to Park Point on a whim, or even ordering Pizza Luce at 1 in the morning. I’m going to make a few trips up to visit friends, but it won’t be the same. I can’t wait to move into Kerst and have my own little part of Duluth again!
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