Thread: Student body president drops classes, forced to resign

Student body president drops classes, forced to resign

Posted by MCT News, Sub Feature Monday, May 2nd, 2011


He’s facing his 34th birthday, but still plans to get two college degrees, start a law practice, open a nonprofit organization and even run for mayor of Fresno.

His energy and seemingly boundless enthusiasm is, according to friends and colleagues, what made him a dynamic leader at Fresno City College and something of a revolutionary in the college’s student government. Those same qualities also caused him to become so wrapped up in his duties as student body president that he dropped all his classes.

Gai (pronounced “guyâ€

Gai admits he didn’t consult with his advisers or student senators before dropping his courses, knowing they would try to talk him out of it. He thought he could just keep practicing student politics, without the distraction of classes.

Naturally he thought that. What on earth would lead someone to believe they actually had to be a student in order to pratice student politics?

Best stick with the family trucking business.

[quote]Not until he finishes his degree, Gai said: “I get way too wrapped up in it.â€