Hello all!
First off great job to Josh and Greg on your first time leading class! You guys did an excellent job of getting everyone engaged and keeping us all on task. Loved the Skittles too.
I enjoyed discussing our fears about college and how they have changed over the past few years. Whenever I look back to my freshman year I think of how some of the simplest assignments stressed me out, yet I had SO MUCH more free time than I ever do now. I would nap a couple times a week, spend an hour or so in the dining center at each meal catching up with friends and still put off studying for a test until the night before because that’s always how I did it in high school. Luckily, I excelled freshman year but it was a drastic change from my high school where I knew the teachers personally and I could easily get the due dates on assignments switched to fit my schedule with my wonderful negotiating skills : ) College and high school differ so greatly and it’s good to reflect on how far each of us has come over the past few years from our transition from high school to college.
The chapter discusses the important of First Year Programs at colleges. As a first year student I didn’t understand how important these were to us, but now I realize how much they impacted my first year. Of course I’m grateful for the Hixson program and everything it has done for me over the past 3 years of college, and what it will continue to do for me until I graduate, but that first semester I thought I was a know it all, and if I didn’t already know it I could figure it out on my own. I was (of course) wrong. The program to this day continues to teach me things about college but more so life in general and my growth as a student. It has even led me to what I hope is my chosen career path in Student Affairs and working with programming like this at a university in the future.
Hope everyone had a great weekend. I know I did! See you all on Tuesday for MBTI. Woo!
--Chels
Thats so cool that you are now looking into a career in student affairs! I definitely agree that the Hixson program has done so much for all of us and it's a sweet little community of people. I'm sure with your experience as an ex-slacker ( ;) ) that you will be able to take that and help a lot of the incoming students get on the right track. That's awesome that even what you might feel was kind of a waste will have a sweet purpose!
ReplyDeleteWell said Chels. I totally agree with you, and Zach. College is a huge transition from high school and the student programs really are a great way to get involved and in the loop. It's awesome that you are thinking of a career in student affairs. :)
ReplyDeleteChelsee- Great post! I'm glad you're thinking student affairs- yay! You did stupendously at incorporating your experiences of first year in to this post. Try to incorporate the readings as well. -Allie
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