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Personal Narrative: My Trip To An All Boys Catholic High School
So, here is the problem: I go to an all boys Catholic high school. There are two groups of students in the school: those who play sports and those who participate in the drama club. If you are not involved in either group than you have no place to be. Therefore, there was a group of students whom had no place to socialize and make friends. I realized that this was an important issue to address because I understand what it is like to have friends, and to not have friends. Everyone needs a friend to relate with and share common interests with. I wanted to address this issue. I thought it would be fitting to make a club specifically designed to bring students together and find like interests between one another. I first was tasked with creating the club and getting approval. I consulted with my counselor and then met with the principal. I explained the problem and discussed of a possible solution. My principal really enjoyed the idea and pushed it forward. The next step was to find a good name. After careful thinking, I came up with the …show more content…
I had brought cupcakes, snacks, and drinks to share. I did an abundance of research on icebreaker questions. There were hundreds of questions to choose from. I chose about fifteen questions that seemed to give the most information about each other and what we liked to do. I then printed out a stack of them. The meeting began directly after school at 2:30. I introduced myself and my counselor who had been helping me throughout the process of organizing the club. I handed out the sheets, pencils, and supplied snacks. We waited until everyone finished filling the sheets out. We then went around the room and shared our answers and feedback. We all seemed to have learned a little bit about each other. The next step was deciding how often we wanted to meet. It was voted that we would meet every other Thursday until the end of the

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