Looking back on our first couple weeks as a class brings nothing but excitement for the rest of the semester.
In our first meeting (Wednesday, August 27), we spent the class period getting to know each other and our mentor, Carol Smith. We played name-games and did ice-breakers for the majority of the one hour, forty minute time period, though we did talk about the foundation of our semester syllabus at the end of class.
Our second class period on Monday, September 1st brought much of the same, with more small group exercises to strengthen us as a cohort. Time was also dedicated to determine the curriculum and grading policy for the semester. We concluded with an assignment to meet with two other class members outside of class to further discuss the breakdown of the syllabus.
In our most recent class, (Wednesday, September 3rd) we opened by charting each of our study abroad plans in order to determine who would be away from campus in future semesters. After that, we split off into six small groups to start to form a concrete syllabus. At the end of the period we then came together to pool our ideas and make plans for our session on the challenge course Saturday! (Which will be discussed in an upcoming blog!)
Even after a only a short time together, we have already begun coming together as a group and can’t wait to see what the coming weeks will hold for the Periclean Class of 2017!
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