Week 2 Blog

Chapter 2 was about helping make students make the transition to college which I feel was one of the chapters that I had most in common with. It contained many of the factors that I had to deal with as a freshman here last year. I could relate to many of the concepts and it brought back how I felt about all the new situations and new things that were happening as I myself transitioned to college. The biggest part of this chapter to me was the section on how college is different from high school. There are so many huge differences between the two. Some may affect certain people, yet those that affect one certain group of people will have no affect on another person. For me it was the different teaching styles and how to better manage my time. In high school I really never did anything, but as all of you know once in college you have to try in order to get the grade you want. Some new freshman students already know this, yet they may have trouble adjusting towards a better way to manage their time.
This week me and Greg started the class and it went much better than I had thought it would. I feel like we had many good discussions about each different section in the book. Leading a class for 25 minutes was a little different for me. I found out many of us had different outlooks on subjects. I also found out through the discussions that every one of us made our own different transition to college and that we will each have to deal with our mentees in different ways in order to be successful peer mentors. As the freshman students next fall develop into college students we to will also develop in our own way.