Why President Shane Reese Almost Unenrolled from BYU as a Student
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- When President Shane Reese was enrolled as a young freshman at BYU, he really struggled to feel like he belonged there. Through a mutual connection, he found himself in a meeting with a young law professor by the name of Kevin Worthen.
Watch the full conversation:
• BYU President: "This I...
In the full conversation, we had a lot of questions for BYU's new president.
Is there anything he’d do differently? What is BYU's "divinely established" mission? What's at stake if BYU doesn't fulfill its mission? What is the current student experience, and how can we improve it?
We discuss President Reese’s hard time acclimating as a new student at BYU, what it’s like to report to General Authorities, and his hopes for the future of BYU.
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To go off the title of this vid, so he would have a story to tell now that he is Pres. Is not God in the details? I thinka so!
Growing up LDS in a non-LDS part of the country, and then going to Idaho or Utah is a huge culture shock for a lot of us "mission field" people. I totally relate to his story. In low LDS areas, the members really look after each other. Growing up in Wisconsin, my calling at church felt more important. As a member, I felt like I had a ton to offer, especially since almost everyone I associated with wasn't LDS.
When I first went to BYU-Idaho for school, I felt like a small fish in a big LDS pond. On the rare occassions I made comments in Sunday school lessons, it felt like other members would raise their hands to try and one-up my comment. I felt like I wasn't as good as other members of the church on campus and wasn't that important to my ward.
I totally relate to Shane Reese's story here. Yes, the gospel is the same everywhere, but the church culture in high LDS populated areas is way different from "mission field" areas. I love and sustain the general authorities, but many are from Utah and I don't always think they grasp what life is like for an average member in low LDS populated areas, especially for youth in those areas. It's nice to see a school president represent and understand what students from these areas who come to BYU are going through, and the culture adjustment they have to make.
I really enjoyed interview 💕
wow, that's wild
getting strong "sir, this is a Wendy's" vibes from this story tbh