11/28/2019
“So Laurier’s known by UW students as the high school around the corner, but however I feel like there are many advantages that play into being a smaller school, and that’s why I chose Laurier subconsciously. Even in terms of class sizes, and professor availability a school like Laurier works better for those kinds of things/issues. It’s not a college, but the smaller sizes help, for sure. When I was choosing a school, my choices were Laurier, UW, and UTM, but believe it or not, at 11:59, on the dot for the deadline, my brother was like “you gotta pick one”, and at the last second I picked Laurier, and you know what, I was happy with it you know? If I chose UW or UTM, I don’t know if I would have been as satisfied with what I picked. When I came here, and with all the experiences I’ve had here, I definitely made the right choice. In terms of experiences, I’ve been involved in house council, LOCUS, and groups like The Association of Black Students, and the people I’ve come to meet and the experiences I’ve gotten because of these options, has in a sense, thickened my resume, like you never know, I could have had those in other places, but I’m glad that the people I’ve met here, like I’m glad for those kinds of people. For example, I was a part of Radio Laurier’s show called The Basement, with the ABS group, and I had an amazing team, we talked about anything from St. Paddy’s day to Valentine's day, to the struggles of an everyday black or colored person throughout the school. They educated me a lot, there’s a lot of things that we discussed, that if I wasn’t a part of it, if I wasn’t involved, I would not have known, and it really opened my eyes to a lot of troubles that you think you’d know about them, but then you hear about them, and go wow, I didn’t understand it in this kind of perspective. What’s great too, is that this year I’m going to be a don. I’m excited about that because honestly, I want to be able to influence my students and encourage them. School’s hard, sometimes I really feel like giving up too. I feel like we all feel that way, but it's like I feel like I can also give my first years what they need to hopefully finish their degree, or find out whatever they need to do."
