Quick Note: I was zooming in from Lebanon in the Middle East by the time I was a Yale Young Global Scholar so my time zones were very different. Most instructors felt bad that I had to stay up till 3 AM every day so that I won’t miss any of my assigned components. On average, my classes started at 6 PM every day and ended at 3 AM.
PLE II (PM Schedule) Day 11: Final Day.
For me, YYGS is a bittersweet experience. My assigned schedule butchered my sleeping schedule and I had to miss breakfast almost every day.
I woke up at 2:45 PM. I grabbed a good bowl of Tabbouleh from yesterday’s leftovers and opened up a pack of salted chips and Netflix. For those concerned, I was watching the Netflix original: Never Have I Ever. For anyone wondering, I am team Paxton this season.
Moving on, my cousins came over at 5 PM that day so I had merely an hour to chill with them till the Closing Remarks session started. Although YYGS was really a bittersweet experience, the closing remarks made me not want to give it away. But I had other things to worry about; my Simulation Project.
I was in a team with a girl called Reina (she’s the best) and we prepared a presentation about the Rise of Hate Crimes during the Pandemic. It went well and smoother than expected but we unfortunately didn’t even procure 1 vote.
I studied for my SAT during the break and waited till Closing Family Time.
I had the best Family Time leader; Annabelle. She was very social but also super relatable. Family Time was one of the safest communities I’ve been part of thanks to her. I am really grateful for the goodbye letter she wrote me and now that I look back at it, it was definitely worth staying up till 3 AM.
It’s 3 AM.
And I head back to sleep. But before I do that, I would love to shout out my instructors and all the YYGS staff members that helped make this experience one that I would look back at and feel gratitude and pride to have participated in. Goodnight.
Author Details:
Jad Shehayeb
Politics, Law & Economics
Lebanon