Jordan Smith

      The manager who oversaw me this summer was one of the best mentors I've had for anything I've tried to learn, he allowed me to go out on my own and do what many would not have been allowed to on their own. Like our own class discussions he attempted to promote safe speaking of one's values to all we came across in the areas we were sent to campaign in. The office was similar to the Marshmallow Challenge in the sense there were so many walks of life in the office that is sometimes made it hard to unify ourselves but luckily we still recognized the common goal. This I believe made us so successful in made us both feel a real sense of accomplishment when the election passed. He made my summer of working and interning feel not like a constant barrage of to-do's but instead helped me to fight off the feeling of resentment for the everyday battle. Trying to register people to vote and influence the minds of random individuals on the street is a daunting task with a lot of negative responses, "We won't always win our battles. So no matter what happens, we need to avoid berating ourselves for what we should've done or what we did wrong" ("Coping With Burnout").