When I started at Wright State University in the fall, I didn't know what to expect from the students or the staff because coming back to school was a new experience for me. I was a little nervous being I as an older student and how intense the studies would be and dealing with a family at home.My fall quarter was the toughest, trying to get my study habits together well as making time for family never the less, I made it through onto the winter courses. The winter quarter instilled confidence within me when I pass all my classes and scoring a grade point average placing me in my major. 

      In the winter courses, I met one young man who was twenty years old and was struggling in a couple of classes. We would talk about how we were doing in our classes, sharing information and opinions on how we could improve in our classes. I told him that I was going to work harder to absorb the material in Political Life because I had a hard time in the beginning, this made him want to work harder also. At the week of the finals, I was sitting where I wanted with an A in the class while my buddy was still struggling. I told him that he has to make time for study and leave whatever that was blocking his time from studying. He had to take care of his priorities first because there will be time for playing afterwards. He would call me and talk to me about his situations and he wanted me to be proud of him. This made me happy because he cared about my opinion about him and after he left whatever that was disabling him, he done well. We still talk today from time to time; just touching bases with each other.

     I was feeling more confident in Spring Quarter knowing I can pass and achieve anything if I put the time and effort into it. I met an older man who works in Millet Hall, we talked about how it feels to be a non traditional student. He was happy to have non traditional students in the university because of the experience of life and possibly being mentors. He told me that there were going to be students coming to me for advice or for some one to listen. It was a pleasure to meet him because I look at him as a mentor.

     In Fall quarter, I met a young man in my Art class and we seen each other from time to time through the school year. Here we are three weeks till the end of Spring Quarter, I seen him while I was going to see my mentor and he stopped me to chat. He poured out his feelings about how hurt he was about the ending of Spring Quarter, praying he doesn't have to go back to his parents house because of the verbal and emotional abuse. He needed a job so he could stay on campus instead of going home to deal with the madness; I really sympathized with him. I told him that I was in a rush to see someone but whenever I tried to cut the conversation short by telling I had to take care of this important business for myself, he would keep on talking. I didn't want to leave this young man until he was done pouring out his emotions because he told me that his parents shut him down when he was a kid and he has been holding these feelings inside for a while. This young man had a hard time talking to anyone about his pain he was experiencing. We exchanged numbers and I told him he could call me anytime if wants someone to listen. What made him come to me intrusting in me with his problems; it blew me away and confirmed my choices in the major I am perusing.