T.S.

Tommy Simon

“I think Community taught me a lot about my personal limits with productivity and balancing work life. It’s a very adult thing to learn about, so I’m grateful for that. I also think I’ve gone through a lot of personal changes during my years here, so I’ve gotten to know myself a lot better and I’ve had a lot of experiences that have helped me figure out who I am and also make decisions about who I want to be. I think it’s just an accumulation of a lot of small things that have taught me these lessons. I think about them and forget about them, but the lessons kind of stay with me and then they all combine into something bigger. My teachers at community have really helped, they’re personally available to me and all the students and willing to form bonds and kind of raise their students. I want to mention Mike Vial specifically; getting to know every student that well shouldn’t be expected of teachers because that’s just not realistic, but I was really grateful that he was willing to go the extra mile for me in that way.”