He has suggestions for public schools and for parents:
“I would like to see more mentors in the public schools. I would like to see more young adults mentoring other young adults. I would like to see speakers go to school every Friday, so kids can learn the importance of networking.”
Oh, and he has a suggestion for young people, too — put down the cell phones.
“A lot of people are stuck on their phones, texting everybody,” he said. “The younger generation is starting to lack social skills, and we’re starting to look for everyone’s acceptance and approval through our Instagram, our Twitter, our Facebook, even our YouTube accounts. We want to be popular. We want to be something that we’re not. We want to be loved, but we don’t know how to be loved. …”
Colquitt said he found his comfort zone — and love — far from the engineering school.
“I found my group, not in the National Society of Black Engineers, but I found it in in the Michigan Gospel Chorale. That’s when I found out how much I was loved. Those people made me laugh. Those people make me cry. They’re there for me,” he said.
Colquitt said he’s looking forward to semester’s end when he’ll return to work as a GM intern, not at the 4-million-square-foot Flint plant where he worked last summer, but at the GM plant in Brownstown Township. Last year, he was a facilities intern who, at one juncture, counted the water fountains. He said there were close to 200.
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