Introductory Post :)

Hello! My name is Larissa Speerstra. I am 17 years-old and I am a senior at Gilmanton High School.

One BIG thing that has shaped me as a person was/is the experience of being a state officer for Wisconsin Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA). When I was a sophomore I was elected state secretary and last spring I was elected state president. Having to go through the process of campaigning and getting elected helped me gain a lot of confidence in myself that I didn't have when I was younger. I've also learned a lot of useful public speaking, leadership, and team building skills that have helped me in a lot of other areas. Basically, I would be a totally different person if it weren't for my involvement in FBLA.

I believe that studying psychology is important because understanding human behaviors and interactions will be beneficial for my future plans of becoming a marketing manager. Based on what I know, psychology is a social science, and it also deals with one's thoughts, feelings, and emotions. Therefore psychology would probably include studying human behaviors and interactions whether they are conscious or sub-conscious. Psychology can help one understand why they have a strange dream or react certain ways in a situation.