To high school and beyond!

Pick ONE class you have had at any point in high school and be specific on how that class has helped you while you have been at your mentorship.  This can be an academic class or an elective class.  Only choose one class however and write another well developed paragraph, with details, on how that class has helped prepare you for what you are doing now.

          The class that has helped me the most for my mentorship is AP US Government. I didn't realize that the information, vocabulary and all, is actually used in the daily lives of the Hall County Government Administration. In the first part of my mentorship i was with Katie Crumley, the Public Relations Admin. On Tuesdays I would often help her prepare for a "Work Session" where the heads of each department would gather in a court-room-like setting and would inform the Board what was going on in their department, whether there were changes, problems, fixes, or if everything was running smoothly. At this meeting, although i cant remember specifics, I was surprised that I heard vocabulary from the simple vocab quizzes I took in AP Gov, and understood what was being discussed at the Work Sessions at my mentorship because of it. It also greatly helped me get a jump in the Elections office. I already knew how voting was supposed to work and also knew much of the terminology, which pleasantly surprised them. That knowledge better helped me communicate more efficiently with the people who came in to vote. Even if I didn't realize it at the time, what I learned in AP US Government truly and greatly assisted me in understanding what was happening throughout the offices of my mentorship, which helped me impress my coworkers.