First week of class

Meeting the new group of Hixson Peer Mentors for next fall was really exciting to see who I'll be spending a lot of time with this semester and next fall.  It's also slightly nerve racking meeting new people, but that's like it is in any situation.  I can't wait till everyone becomes comfortable with each other and we can bond and be friends not only in class but outside of it as well.  Our group seems to get along very well and I'm excited to see what we can accomplish within the Hixson program this spring and in the fall.  

The activities that we have done in class so far I feel have been very helpful in getting to know one another.  Although some people get tired of icebreakers they have been nice and help with opening up about different things.  It helps with different ideas so then we can better understand what we need to do next year during our recitation classes.  Along with that, I find it helpful with most of us being first year peer mentors that we have other peer mentors from the previous year.  It’s good to know that they liked it and had so much fun that they wanted to do it again!  That makes me excited to look forward to this semester and the fall to see what great opportunities and experiences we will have together.

I also really like that the previous peer mentors can helps us with what we are going to go through.  They know where we’re coming from as being students and having to juggle all the class work with the majors and the Hixson program.  It will be helpful to ask them questions about being a leader and recitation class because they have already gone through it and they will give us a better idea of how to go about everything.  If I decide to be a peer mentor after next year I hope I would be someone that the incoming peer mentors would be able to go to too because I would like to be able to help out anyway I can because I would’ve been in their position just a year before.