The Christianville Spirit: The Opportunity at Collin College

The Christianville Spirit

The Spirit that Sparks Your Heart

January 19, 2011- TCS # 233

So, A couple weeks ago, Before the start of 2011, One Day When My Mom came home she informed me that her boss at the Community College she teaches at, Collin County Community College now known as “Collin College” had offered a chance for Me to Volunteer for the Grand Reopening of the campus she teaches at. You see, Months ago, Collin College decided to make renovations of the Campus Building that’s been there a while. So, they decided to change it up a little which ended up being really cool. Anyway, they offered me to be a Tour Guide for this Open House which was 2 Saturdays ago, to show people what they’ve done to change it. Now, I didn’t get to be a Tour Guide because the person would have to read off a script and I had to really know the whole place. Anyway, so instead I got to be a Greeter instead which was really cool because I took it upon Myself to also personally escort people to some of the classes that they were having during this open house along with demonstration classes on things. A lot of the times I escorted people to their classes, When they told me where they wanted to go, I would put my finger on the card I had in hand to mark it so, I would remember where I was going even though I knew where they were going. So, A couple of times I would Talk to other people or the person I was escorting and My darn Short-Memory came in and I had to ask the person again just so I would remember. In fact, at one point it happened and I joked with one of other people on The Elevator, I said, “Short Memory; What are You going do?!?”. Also, another highlight was that I got to walk past what was My Favorite Room because it was a Hospital Lab or as I called a “Mock Hospital”. The reason I called it that is because it looked like a hospital, complete with Hospital Beds with dummies on it as Patients and a Scrub Room like the ones people use to wash their hands before surgery like in Grey’s Anatomy. Here’s something that My Mom pointed out to Me after we left. Apparently during my duties, when things were calming down, The President of Collin College was talking to the Collin College Officer about being at the NCAA Championship Game in Frisco in which Vice-president Biden was there and the officer missed it. The President of The College, The Officer, and I were laughing about what he missed and how The College President was having a good time with eating the great food and sitting NEXT TO V.P Biden at The Game. I told The President that the officer didn’t show up because as I put it, “There are a lot of Crazy People out there that need to be Policed”. Anyway, as People started leaving the Open House they did something that surprised me. As they were walking by, the people that I escorted Thanked Me which to me was really awesome. Along with the people, some of the staff, and head of Continuing Education thanked me as well. All in all, It was really awesome to Greet People and take them to their classes because it made me feel like I did my job really well, I impacted them in that way, and I was accepted.

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