Pairs
Tajhana Allen
Professor Morrison/Nicolaides
Sophomore Core
December 11, 2012
Community Service
P.A.I.R.S
Lets face it, when we hear the words “community service”, we automatically think it’s going to be torcher, hard labor or something scary. At least, that’s what I thought when my professors first told me I had to do 30 hours of community service. I thought it was going to be impossible for me to do 30 hours along with commuting back and forth to school; transportation was already an issue for me. At this time, my professor was handing out a long list of possible places we would have to contact for community service; I was terrified. Then, Jennifer Troxell came in to explain what P.A.I.R.S. was. It was like music to my ears. Partnerships and Initiatives with Returning Students (P.A.I.R.S) is a form of community service; mentoring program, where upper classmen at Bloomfield College are to mentor freshmen; mentees. Jennifer explained that we were to choose a freshman, develop a friendship, introduce the mentee to the campus; staff, peers, community, answer all the questions that the mentee have about college, learn from each other, develop a sense of social responsibility and develop time management skills. Since I am a commuter, I believe P.A.I.R.S would obviously be the most convenient for me. The freshman I choice to mentor was my sister, Shanise Allen. I know some might thing I took “the easy way out” but on the contrary it was just the opposite. Growing up, my sister and I have always been close. We usually did everything together. We went to the same middle school and high school I was always 3 years ahead of her. As we got older, that all began to change. We slowly started to separate especially when I graduated high school and started to attend college. I became busy and she was involved with sports. We both ended up not having the time for each other. When I learned Shanise was going to attend the same college that I attended, we
Professor Morrison/Nicolaides
Sophomore Core
December 11, 2012
Community Service
P.A.I.R.S
Lets face it, when we hear the words “community service”, we automatically think it’s going to be torcher, hard labor or something scary. At least, that’s what I thought when my professors first told me I had to do 30 hours of community service. I thought it was going to be impossible for me to do 30 hours along with commuting back and forth to school; transportation was already an issue for me. At this time, my professor was handing out a long list of possible places we would have to contact for community service; I was terrified. Then, Jennifer Troxell came in to explain what P.A.I.R.S. was. It was like music to my ears. Partnerships and Initiatives with Returning Students (P.A.I.R.S) is a form of community service; mentoring program, where upper classmen at Bloomfield College are to mentor freshmen; mentees. Jennifer explained that we were to choose a freshman, develop a friendship, introduce the mentee to the campus; staff, peers, community, answer all the questions that the mentee have about college, learn from each other, develop a sense of social responsibility and develop time management skills. Since I am a commuter, I believe P.A.I.R.S would obviously be the most convenient for me. The freshman I choice to mentor was my sister, Shanise Allen. I know some might thing I took “the easy way out” but on the contrary it was just the opposite. Growing up, my sister and I have always been close. We usually did everything together. We went to the same middle school and high school I was always 3 years ahead of her. As we got older, that all began to change. We slowly started to separate especially when I graduated high school and started to attend college. I became busy and she was involved with sports. We both ended up not having the time for each other. When I learned Shanise was going to attend the same college that I attended, we