Plan and Create Your Own Futures
Kevin said, "I decided to apply for the University of Pennsylvania because in 9th grade, a girl from 12th grade, who was almost good at everything, inspired me to really start think about UP, just because she also applied for UP." UP emphasize on an idea of learning the knowledge and use it. That is what he stands after, he is in ASB …show more content…
Although Kevin put in lots of efforts and time into doing ASB, of course, he joined clubs that was interesting to him. One of the clubs that he introduced the student reporters is called Comfort Zone. It is in the form of volunteering kind but mainly what it does is to set up camps for people who lost their family and relatives and help them recover. According to Kevin, as far as he knew, many “people go into the camps depressed and lonely and comes out happily because they made friends that were just like families to them.” It was, for sure, unfortunate that such things happened to those kids who had not even enter adulthood and they had to face things on their own, without anyone supporting them in their backs. Therefore, Comfort Zone is really meaningful and it encourages the passing of kindness when it gave students the opportunity to think in another person’s shoes and try to contribute to making the situation better. Although the other thing that Kevin introduced to the reporters is really in the form of going on to competitions, the Mock Trial as well gave him memorable experiences and awarded him with a group of friendly people who became more like a family. The Mock Trial is where people in the school who are interested in the current political issues or things related to that can debate about different cases, ranging from different degrees and different types. The cases are rather made up and some are related to what the world is focusing on