{"id":4362,"date":"2013-09-27T06:58:42","date_gmt":"2013-09-27T06:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/floc.org\/?p=4362"},"modified":"2018-10-06T07:03:32","modified_gmt":"2018-10-06T07:03:32","slug":"passing-on-life-lessons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floc.org\/flocold2020\/passing-on-life-lessons\/","title":{"rendered":"Passing on Life Lessons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4362 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-large'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/floc.org\/flocold2020\/passing-on-life-lessons\/beautiful-quotes-20\/'><img width=\"500\" height=\"468\" src=\"https:\/\/floc.org\/flocold2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/beautiful-quotes-20.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/floc.org\/flocold2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/beautiful-quotes-20.jpg 500w, https:\/\/floc.org\/flocold2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/beautiful-quotes-20-300x281.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>This quote began to have meaning for me when I started volunteering at FLOC in September 2012.\u00a0 I was a recent college graduate, finishing up my very first internship in DC, and yearning for an opportunity to give back in this community.<\/p>\n<p>For just a couple of hours a week, I started helping a Scholars Program Instructor facilitate a workshop for a diverse group of 10<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0graders.\u00a0 The curriculum sought to empower the 10<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0graders to build the skills they would need to succeed in college and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>As they started to work on their 10 Year Plans \u2013 a project that enables them to reflect on high school, navigate college and postsecondary life, and explore careers \u2013 I realized how little time I spent thinking about my own path.<\/p>\n<p><i>What are my personal strengths?\u00a0 In what environments do I work best?\u00a0 How can I be both happy and successful in the work I choose?\u00a0 What makes me \u201ccome alive\u201d?<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Before long I realized the answers to these questions all pointed me back to FLOC.\u00a0 I wanted to help FLOC students feel empowered while navigating the ups and downs in their individual journey.\u00a0 I wished that they would develop a life-long love for learning.\u00a0 I aspired to be a caring adult in their lives who would help them identify \u2013 and not lose sight of \u2013 what makes them \u201ccome alive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A year later, and with a greater sense of clarity about my purpose, I am so grateful for the opportunity to continue serving our FLOC community as one of three Scholars Program Instructors.\u00a0 I am looking forward to build relationships with our 6<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0and 10<sup>th<\/sup>grade Scholars this 2013-2014 school year!<\/p>\n<p><i>(Jessie Garrett is a Scholars Program Instructor at FLOC).\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This quote began to have meaning for me when I started volunteering at FLOC in September 2012.\u00a0 I was a recent college graduate, finishing up my very first internship in DC, and yearning for an opportunity to give back in this community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[48,57,58,56],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.4 - 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