@tutumom2001 Well, I’m happy for the Elliott grad. As I may have mentioned before, my daughter didn’t attend the Yale program simply as a resume builder. This program allowed her to actually gain a plethora of information regarding the foreign/international affairs.
Further, this isn’t the only item on her resume. She completed a leadership program called Youth Leadership United through the United Way. This program allowed rising sophomores to work with non-profit organizations to assist low income families in obtaining many services we may take for granted (medical, continued education, transportation etc). The program ended with a class community service project.
After she graduated from the leadership program she was asked to consider a full board of directors position with a regional youth organization. She made a presentation to the board and was voted in. She volunteered to serve on several committees which include the public policy and advocacy committee (she provides the organizations lobbyist which her opinion on different issues affecting youth to assist in their communications with state senate/house members). She also sits on the governing board. She also recruits new students for the leadership program. As a result of this she was selected by the United Way (along with 24 other students from across the country) to participate in a global conference at the Department of Education in DC. They met with members of different government agency’s to include the FBI, The Peace Corp and others to discuss education barriers for low income students (i.e. gun violence). They provided a list of solutions from a young person perspective.
The only thing we paid for that “enrichment” was $50 which was the application fee for the leadership program (the trip to DC was paid in full the the DOE). Not only is she continuing to give back to her community because she is still a very active board member but it strengthens her understanding that not everyone has been blessed with the opportunities she has been blessed with!!
Here resume also includes the following “enrichment”
State Senate/ House Page for a Day Program (from 5th to 12th Grade) Cost: $0
Selected as a Girls State (Won Nationalist Party nomination):
$50 application fee
Two foreign exchange trips to France:
(well that wasn’t free but she gained lifelong friends, lived with a Diplomatic family, visited the European Counsel, cathedrals and concentration camps). I’d say she was pretty well “enriched” when it was all said and done.
She was a member of a regional orchestra and she is a classically trained violinist. The orchestra was invited to play at Carnegie Hall and had an awesome time. (Well, that wasn’t free either but working with 100 other musicians, practicing for hours a week and on the weekend, and partnering with other little beginner violinists I’m sure was pretty “enriching”.
@tutumom2001 This is just a snippet of her resume. As you can see she was and continues to be involved in so much more.
As I said using such a broad brush isn’t always the best approach.
When my daughter came into high school she was a six foot volleyball and lacrosse player, who decided she wanted to do more for others and stretch herself. So proud of her decision to “enrich” herself and others as she has.
