summer bridge 2005
probably the coolest group of mofos i know....best week ever
summer bridge is a program where a group of freshman come for about a week to get to know the campus and form a strong tight support group that they can rely on over the next four years. I facilitated a ropes course for them Tuesday night, and it was probably one of the best ropes courses i've ever facilitated.
For those of you who went on TRAIN, remember that emotional state of mind we reached during sharing night and cross the line? Well we were able to reach that point, or pretty close to it, in only 2 hours. Where people felt entirely comfortable sharing stuff about themselves that they wouldn't normally tell people they just met a couple hours earlier. And everyone was so respectful...It was amazing.
And we did partner fall during the trust sequence, where you are paired up with someone else and you face away from them and then fall back into their arms. After we had everyone pair up, there was this one girl who didn't want to do it because, I believe, she thought she was too heavy, and that we wouldn't be able to catch her. So I got her to try catching me first, and then I talked to her a bit and was able to get her to fall back and I'd catch her. She did it and seemed so happy afterwards. It made me smile.
I went back the next day, Wednesday, to hang out with them, and gave them a tour of upstairs hunsaker and gave a little spiel with Ilaria about how to get involved on campus. And then we did True Colors, where you find your personality color. I was an orange, in fact, the MOST orange in the room.
I had a blast this last week with all of them
summer bridge is a program where a group of freshman come for about a week to get to know the campus and form a strong tight support group that they can rely on over the next four years. I facilitated a ropes course for them Tuesday night, and it was probably one of the best ropes courses i've ever facilitated.
For those of you who went on TRAIN, remember that emotional state of mind we reached during sharing night and cross the line? Well we were able to reach that point, or pretty close to it, in only 2 hours. Where people felt entirely comfortable sharing stuff about themselves that they wouldn't normally tell people they just met a couple hours earlier. And everyone was so respectful...It was amazing.
And we did partner fall during the trust sequence, where you are paired up with someone else and you face away from them and then fall back into their arms. After we had everyone pair up, there was this one girl who didn't want to do it because, I believe, she thought she was too heavy, and that we wouldn't be able to catch her. So I got her to try catching me first, and then I talked to her a bit and was able to get her to fall back and I'd catch her. She did it and seemed so happy afterwards. It made me smile.
I went back the next day, Wednesday, to hang out with them, and gave them a tour of upstairs hunsaker and gave a little spiel with Ilaria about how to get involved on campus. And then we did True Colors, where you find your personality color. I was an orange, in fact, the MOST orange in the room.
I had a blast this last week with all of them