Leading Class

Well, I think leading class went exceptionally well. To lead class Shaheen, Nick, Marissa and I met in the library for over two hours to assign duties, plan a syllabus for the day and discuss the topic of decision making. Shaheen had met with Marisa Bueno and she had given us a lot of good information and resources. We talked about what she had discussed and emitted some information and added a twist of our own. Shaheen told us that his flight was getting in at one so if it was even a little bit late that we would have to do his two elements without him. We all had read over all the material so it wasnt much of a problem. over the weekend. I went over the material two more times and reviewed my lecture slides and gave my speel to an imaginary audience. I also typed notes of what i could say for each slide. The day of class it was very nice weather and I wore a dress to look nice but also because I felt like dressing like spring. Me and Marissa met in Wilson at noon and went over the slides and printed notes. We also bought a small prize and ballloons for our game. When class started we began as soon as Deedee handed out papers. My two Australian friends joined us as well as Shaheen's friend from New Zealand. Shaheen was still not there so we started without them. We started and immediaitely jumped into a fun game that showed how you subconciously make decisions all the time. After the first two minutes I relaxed and I had a lot of fun leading the class. I liked it a lot and i felt very prepared and that I was ready for whatever came my way. I tried to share the spotlight and I feel like we did that really well. Class went smoothly. Some students were not talking much but that is okay because we had a lot of material to go through. We were running late so we decided to skip over some stories and other activities. We made time to ask questions to the foreign students and Matt in particular was pretty talkative. This semester I have found the foreign kids to be the nicest and some of the most fun. They are innocent fun and we always do a lot of outdoor activities.
     i think the best part about teaching class is the worksheet we made with the steps of decision making.. It has already helped me out a lot. :) Shaheen never showed up but he put a lot of effort into it from behind the scenes. He met up with Marisa because I had no time and he organized the powerpoint . Our class went really well but would have been even better if he had been there with us. He had a lot of stories to tell and points that he told us he was going the make that really sent the message home. I think being the leader was a lot of fun and I would love to do it again.