Getting Involved Reflection

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September 18th was really an amazing day for all NJIT students. This was when all the clubs or organizations come together as a whole. When I walk into the campus, I was wondering what was going on. I saw people setting up a giant tent on the campus. That was where the NJIT club fair was held. I really enjoyed exploring clubs and activities at the fair. It was a great experience for me. It was so crowded that it took me about 5 minutes to get out. I got to meet almost all the leaders of the clubs. It was really great to see them representing their clubs with pride like they are meant to be there. After exploring all the clubs, I really liked New Jersey Institute of Technology ACM Chapter and I attended the first meeting. The meeting was actually fun. I realized the difference between high school clubs and college clubs. I have always heard that it will be different, but I never realized the difference unless I had attended the meeting. Like in high school, the clubs are fun by a teacher. They usually tell you shut up when you get loud or use your phone. No one does that in college, because it is run by students and we are mature enough to understand when we should be quite. It is a matter of self-discipline. I realized lots of people doesn’t have that after I went to the meeting. “The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) at NJIT is the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society. Its primary goal is to provide resources (publications, conferences, job boards, mentoring services, etc.) that advance computing both as a science and a profession. With that goal in mind, the ACM Student Chapter facilitates communication and collaboration within the university’s computer science community and the larger community by organizing a variety of events throughout the year, including technical talks and programming contests.” This group of people
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