Consensus
I think the hardest thing about going abroad and having the kinds of experiences I had, is that when you come back home, you dont know how to articulate them to other people.
If you asked me about Thailand, I likely struggled to talk about the "group process" I was involved in and the alternative education model that I experienced. Perhaps terms like "facilitation," "growth," and "the process," were thrown out. I'm willing to bet that you had no clue what I was talking about, but you shook your head in the hopes that I would stop not making sense, and produce a story worth listening to.
In the midst of occupy Wall Street, a short video was produced about the Process going on there. Watching it, all I could think was, "that's what I did for an entire semester!" I worked on my facilitation skills, spent hours is meetings that I felt were unnecessarily long, and waited until everyone's voice was heard. At times it was annoying, but I wouldn't change it for the world, because during those four months I learned some valuable lessons.
I suppose I should let this go, again you have no idea what I am talking about, but I won't. The process was the most important part of what I did in Thailand and it would be an injustice to bypass it for the more entertaining aspects of my trip. So alas, watch this (it's under 9 mins) and you will finally understand what I've bene trying to articulate for so long.
If you asked me about Thailand, I likely struggled to talk about the "group process" I was involved in and the alternative education model that I experienced. Perhaps terms like "facilitation," "growth," and "the process," were thrown out. I'm willing to bet that you had no clue what I was talking about, but you shook your head in the hopes that I would stop not making sense, and produce a story worth listening to.
In the midst of occupy Wall Street, a short video was produced about the Process going on there. Watching it, all I could think was, "that's what I did for an entire semester!" I worked on my facilitation skills, spent hours is meetings that I felt were unnecessarily long, and waited until everyone's voice was heard. At times it was annoying, but I wouldn't change it for the world, because during those four months I learned some valuable lessons.
I suppose I should let this go, again you have no idea what I am talking about, but I won't. The process was the most important part of what I did in Thailand and it would be an injustice to bypass it for the more entertaining aspects of my trip. So alas, watch this (it's under 9 mins) and you will finally understand what I've bene trying to articulate for so long.