Week of March 11th-17th

This week was a lot of fun! It was the week of the inauguration so JMU had lots of events on campus. I had a great week at work. I only worked 3 days out of the week because we had an early release day on Tuesday.

In my Explore class I got a chance to teach students communication skills. As RAOS ambassadors they had the opportunity to learn the do's and dont's's of proper public speaking. They created speeches about how the RAOS ambassador course has made them a better leader and what they like most about the class. I really enjoyed students present their speeches on Wednesday. I witnessed the shyest students step out of their shell and present their speeches really well. The speeches were really touching. Based on the speeches students seemed to really enjoy the RAOS ambassadors course. It feels really good know that students actually took something away from the class.


In my basketball beyond course students went over basic basketball fundamentals. Students also got a chance to scrimmage each other, that was a lot of fun to watch. I wish I had more time to work with students individually. To help build their confidence. Having a Beyond once a week is really difficult. Students lose motivation and forget the aspects of last week class.

Team leaders also had a school dance to chaperone Friday, that was a lot of fun. It was funny to see how students are still in that awkward middle school phase where they don't want to dance but they kind of want to.

Overall great week. I would not change anything. I am busy working on my critical review, preparing for a presentation Monday, working on a consulting project and studying for written comps on Friday. I'm really glad that I am halfway through my last semester at JMU!!! its kind of bitter sweet.