{"id":92894,"date":"2020-10-19T22:29:42","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T19:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/what-it-was-like-growing-up-at-college\/"},"modified":"2020-10-19T22:29:42","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T19:29:42","slug":"what-it-was-like-growing-up-at-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-it-was-like-growing-up-at-college\/","title":{"rendered":"#What it was like growing up at college"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#What it was like growing up at college<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n Aidan D\u2019Souza has been \u2018going to\u2019 Seneca College most of his life. He\u2019s built websites, run cross-country and done an Instagram takeover. He also found time to earn a diploma.\n <\/div>\n
\n I started going to the Seneca summer camps when I was eight years old. I took a lot of lessons there over the years, including gymnastics, karate and web design.<\/p>\n

This is kind of cheesy, but I remember the cafeteria. It had so many food options I could choose from. Lemonade popsicles used to be my favourite thing to eat on campus, especially on a nice hot summer day. Also, I remember building my first website. I was into Batman at the time\u2014the movie\u00a0Batman Begins<\/em>\u00a0had just come out, so I made a Batman website. I put up on it pictures of different characters from the movie.<\/p>\n

All the years I spent at camp built my connection to the college and made me choose Seneca as a post-secondary institution.<\/p>\n

I always knew I wanted to do something that involved helping people and giving back to the community. Also, I knew I wanted to do something in the emergency field. So, I picked policing. I completed the police foundations program in 2019, and I am currently studying 911 and emergency services communications.<\/p>\n

During the program, I had the opportunity to go on a ride-along. Seeing first-hand what police officers do every day was amazing! I was in the passenger seat next to a York Regional Police sergeant. One of the calls we responded to was about a missing person. It was an elderly man in Markham, Ont., who only spoke Mandarin, I believe. He was lost, confused and new to the area. The officers set perimeters and looked between blocks. They found him in 30 minutes. I knew I wanted to make a difference like that one day.<\/p>\n

I learned about law, psychology and mental health in that program. I was taught that policing is teamwork. When looking for the missing man in Markham, the officers worked as a team. Now, in 911 communications, I am the person dispatching teams to solve problems.<\/p>\n

Growing up, I was an active person. In high school, I was a varsity athlete. That\u2019s how I got recruited for the cross-country team at Seneca. I was just starting college when the Seneca communications team reached out to me. They had seen me on Twitter<\/a> and on television when I was named athlete of the week at school and asked if I wanted to do an Instagram takeover. It involved showing the college\u2019s Instagram followers around an event and posting my own pictures and videos. I gained confidence from that Instagram takeover and started giving tours at open houses. I recruited students at the Ontario College Information Fair. I mentored hundreds of students at Seneca, helping them adjust to college life, and helping them with the online aspects of the college. Growing up, I would have never imagined myself speaking to a magazine or being seen on TV. After I did that takeover, I said, \u201cWhy not?\u201d<\/p>\n

In January, I was hired by the York Regional Police to be a student cadet. A lot of hard work paid off. In the future, I hope to work for a law enforcement agency in Ontario. For now, I just want to continue enjoying college. Even with the pandemic going on, we do virtual events. We try and make the best out of the situation.<\/p>\n

\u2014As told to Gerlie Ormelet<\/em><\/p>\n\n

This article app<\/a>ears in print in the Maclean\u2019s 2020 Canadian Colleges Guidebook with the headline, \u201cGrowing up at college.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>
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