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“For me and my values, I really value seniority. You should let the older people do the leadership, but when it’s your turn, you need to step up and do that.”
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NUT CHEEPSONGSUK GROWING INTO A LEADER
If you met Nut Cheepsongsuk during his first few months at OES you might have gotten the impression that he was shy. Many around him thought that he was quiet and perhaps a little reserved. But that isn’t Nut. He was just trying to get an idea about his
new home. “I was learning by listening and watching,” he said. “My
English was really bad when I came here. We only had four Tai students my first year so I had to speak English to interact.” Nut, whose full name is Supanut, is a dorm student at OES
from Bangkok, Tailand. He says that leaving your family can be hard and many students will experience homesickness. But the best way to deal with that is to embrace your new family. “Te dorms have been like a really great big family,”
said Nut. “I’m the oldest in my family so I never had older siblings before to look up to. Living in a dorm gave me that experience of having older siblings.” Many of the seniors became his role models, and Nut knew that one day he would want to be a role model to the younger students. “For me and my values, I really value seniority,” he
said. “You should let the older people do the leadership, but when it’s your turn, you need to step up and do that.” Nut’s turn to be a leader came this year in a number of different opportunities, including serving as a floor monitor in
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the dorms, working as the dorm representative on the student leadership community board, serving as a class representative on the Alumni Council, and leading a group of 18 students on a Winterim trip to his home country of Tailand. Working as the student leader of the Super Magnificent
Intercultural Learning Experience trip, or SMILE for short, Nut helped plan all the activities that the group participated in. And many of the places were ones he had never visited, despite growing up in Tailand. “It was really great to show Tailand to my classmates,” he said. “I didn’t value that stuff as much as I should have until I saw how much other people were impressed and valued it. It was great to go to places that I’d never been.” And his experience with the Winterim trip helped him
realize another leadership opportunity he’d like to pursue. “In the future, if possible, I want to be an ambassador,”
said Nut. “Which is really similar to this in a way. You show and represent your country to other people. Tis really could be the start of a journey for me!”
Nut will attend The George Washington University next year. Nut’s younger brother will be attending OES in the fall and Nut is excited for him to be able to have the great experience that he has had on campus.
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