Walker Lezotte

This whole process was a giant headache from start to finish. I have literally not started the volunteering yet because the first problem was that I got delayed the first couple of times. When I did my background check, it took forever to get back to me so that I could even start. The second main problem was finding a time to actually go. Being an athlete and doing school was hard enough and finding the little time to do this was really difficult. Don’t get me wrong I was excited to actually start and volunteer and help young minds grow and grow as a writer myself. So I found the only day that I could go was Thursday mornings. There lies my next problem. Thursday is the only day I could volunteer with my busy schedule and at first there was no problem in volunteering on Thursdays. Contacting the head of the program had its own hurdles in it of itself. When she said I could do Thursdays I was excited, but the day before I was going to go, she emailed my professor that Thursdays was a no go for their schedules. Three weeks have gone by and I have not been to tutoring. This is getting really frustrating for me because I know that I have to get a certain amount of hours in before the semester is done. Being an athlete and having a busy schedule is hard in itself and considering that I am now three weeks behind schedule and having big competitions coming up. It was one big headache. The end of the third week, the head of the program emailed my professor that it was good to go. I was again excited, then not even the following Monday I got an email saying that it was no longer a viable option to volunteer on Thursdays. Thankfully all that is behind us now. I am glad to hear that I will not be failing this class due to lack of volunteer hours. My professor and I sat down and talked about helping with the upper-classmen and shadowing them for a project they are doing.