Diversity Night Experience

Over my past two and a half years of high school, I have participated in many activities. From the many events I contributed to and the many activities I took part in, two activities taught me much about myself and also helped me teach others. The first one I would like to introduce is Diversity Night at Carl Wunsche Senior High School. Diversity Night is an eventful night in which different cultures around the world are represented by individual booths.
I helped my older sister run her booth as her assistant. First, I gathered my friends from school and a few other friends I have and informed them all about the rich knowledge we may receive by volunteering to help. After I explained to them the event and the activities that would take place,

most of them agreed to lend a hand. Subsequently, recruiting many helping hands and selling as many tickets as we could, we were ready to participate in Diversity Night.
On the day of the event, everyone helped me set up the Pakistan booth.

Many of my friends brought Pakistani dishes for the audience attending to taste. We had come up with many props and displays for people to see and learn about our culture. My job during the setup was to supervise everyone and make sure everything was just how my sister and I planned it. Once the decorations and the setting up of the booth were finished, the event began. Many people showed up, starting from young children to our senior citizens. So many different cultures from divergent places around the world coming together in one big room were truly beautiful. I got to learn more about not only Pakistan, but also the other places and their cultures. As the people attending the event came around to our booth, they had many questions about our food, our displays, and our henna tattoos that we had. During the night, I was given the job to inform everyone about our culture and answer any questions asked, or at least try my best to. As the questions kept coming, I began realizing how much I actually know about my culture. Explaining our traditions, the art of henna, and telling them about many of our dishes, gave me a warm feeling knowing I was expanding others knowledge and spreading

mine.
Another event I participated in was helping elementary kids for a couple of days. It was a Community Club service learning project. Along with my club members, I was assigned a group of kids to inform about diversity. As the kids continued their daily activities, I monitored them. I still remember teaching the children diversity and trying to help them learn their multiplication tables. They were so young and curious. They had many question to ask and I answered all of them to my best ability. This field trip and activity taught me to cope with not only people my age, but ones who were much younger than me. After teaching the kids about the importance of diversity, I was able to get to know them a little better. I also told them about myself and it was amazing to see how inspired they were by just knowing what I have learned in the years that I attended school.
While helping others and leading them, I have learned to lead myself to a successful path along with others. I admire teaching others, whether it’s about culture, diversity, or even simple school subjects such as math. When teaching others, I learn as well. I know how to cope with my surroundings and the people in them and I am able to lead a team when given the chance.