COLIN
Colin is a Senior, Sports Studies major at UNH. This is his third year as Student Manager for the Hockey Team. He is responsible for all of their equipment and helping with day to day operations. Colin loves the job and it is a great learning experience as he wants to work in college athletics or coaching when he graduates this year. A high point of the job is traveling with the team to places like Minnesota and the Fleet Center. Colin was formally diagnosed with his learning disability during his Sophomore year at UNH and it was a relief to finally understand his strengths and weaknesses.
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MAKING THE TRANSITION TO COLLEGE
STRATEGIES
CONFIDENCE
HAVING A LEARNING DISABILITY
USING SERVICES
LIVING ON CAMPUS
WORKING WITH THE HOCKEY TEAM
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CONFIDENCE
The end of high school is great. You
accomplished so much academically and you feel great. I lost a lot of
confidence freshman year. I feel like I got knocked down and I am still
climbing my way back to where I was. It is like an injury that I
haven’t regained my total strength from. I am a competitive person and
a big sports fan. I don’t like to lose. I try to just push through it.
I take a small positive and roll on it. I draw on the positive. Now, I
am much more well rounded as a person and I can do a lot more things. I
am older and more independent. I just don’t feel the overall confidence
that I had. It hasn’t been fun
but you appreciate the fact that you get to grow. It is a huge change.