Friday, February 8, 2013
Preparation
A couple of days ago I found out that the urban school my mentoring program will host a college -ready program for is going to be held in the cafeteria instead of the auditorium. As well as I was told there will be at least 60 students. My immediate reaction to this insight was, wow what can we do in a cafeteria and only 60 people? At that point I questioned my negativity and my desire to blame the school for this change in plan. Then I heard the word intimacy in my mind and realized that its in those smaller settings I can educate with greater depth. I envision this event to be extremely informal and for true connections to be made amongst the high school students and my college scholars. I now need to further organize my scholars and solicit their thoughts on cultivating these high school students because these students are the reason we have an opportunity to serve and with that in the forefront of my mind then I can play my role as organizer to the best of my ability.
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I love that you took an otherwise undesirable situation and turned it around. We all need to have this attitude and a more positive educational system will follow. I hope it comes together how you envisioned. Best of luck!
ReplyDeleteThe first thing that came to mind after reading this was "go big or go home", but like you said smaller settings sometimes have the biggest impact. You are able to address every student, if needed, and allow them to experience that attention. Hope everything turns out great!
ReplyDeleteGreat way to use positivity to transform thoughts. Just think, as this becomes a successful program at your school the word of mouth accounts shared by the participants will encourage others to take part. "If you build it, they will come", I am sure you will see growth in the numbers in years to come.
ReplyDelete~Neshea