Week 4 Blog

Hello again everyone. We are into week 4 and suprisingly enough it's snowing in February and sad enough, this week's class got cancelled. Chapter three is about defining roles and what are the mentors roles in the mentoring relationship. They give five big roles of a peer mentor which include a trusted friend, peer leader, student advocate, learning coach, and connecting link. I beleive students are more likely to respect you if they can trust you first and become friends. Without building trust and friendship it is hard to communicate effectively. As a connecting link you can open up to students the plethora of opportunites available on campus here at Iowa State. I beleive having the ability to connect with others, create freindships, and know the people around you can become a huge asset in the future. As a student advocate you want the best for your students and hope that they succeed and I believe that could be one the most important parts of this program is watching new freshman students become more independent and transtition to college. As a peer leader you are no longer just focused on your own success, but the success of your students and as you show your success they will want to do the same.210

I really enjoyed the keynote speaker this Saturday. I especially liked the list of questions he had asked us and as we all sat down is was neat to see everyone's own reactions to the questions. It made me think about all the little things that I was doing wrong in my everyday life that I could easily change if I had thought enough about it. He encouraged us to start our own list of wrong doings and I believe I'm going to do that. I thought it was cool how he was nominated for entertainer of the year compared to Chris Rock and the others that have been previous entertainers of the year.

One of the sessions that I went to was the one on interviewing. The speaker was very good and I learned a lot and was very glad that I attended. Interviewing these days is one of the key factors in obtaining the job that you want. Without good communication skills it is hard to sit down with a stranger and answer questions that you maybe are not prepared to answer. That it is where preparation is key and in the future I planned on being much more prepared for any interviews that I have lined up.