James Toy

Senior Economics major minoring in communications

Hello! My name is James Toy, and I am a senior economics student with a minor in communications. This is my first year as a Neidermeyer scholar, and I am a scholar for ECON 202. I chose to become a Neidermeyer scholar because I have always enjoyed helping people and teaching them new things. As a scholar, I get the opportunity to do just that. I also get to do it for a class that a lot of students have struggled with in the past. I know from experience that it is hard to enjoy learning new content when it is difficult to understand, so my goal as a scholar is to help people understand the content so that they can enjoy the class. It is an important subject that I really care about, so I want other students to enjoy the content as well, and since learning more about the world and ourselves is how we grow as people, I think that we should strive to learn as much as possible. It may sound vague or cliché, but I think that the more someone learns, the better off they become. Learning exposes people to new ideas and experiences, some that they will really enjoy or benefit from greatly. You never know what experiences will be great, though – so try doing as much as you can!