So the President's lunch was great! I'm glad I dressed the way I did, I was both not too fancy, and also not underdressed (nor undressed, which would've posed a much bigger problem!). We sat around a big oval table with nameplates and all, and ate off of REAL plates with REAL cutlery, eating REAL food. The emphasis on reality? Generally school functions include pizza, pop, and napkins. This was fancy ciabatta sandwiches, salad, veggies, cookies, coffee, tea, water, pop, served on ceramic plates with metal-like cutlery. It wasn't crazy fancy, but it was better than pizza sitting on grease soaked napkins. After lunch we went around the table and everyone (the five other recipients and the senior leadership team) shared what they enjoyed about Mohawk, a little about themselves, and what they would change if they were president. I jokingly suggested they turn up the heat-a common complaint from students, the school always takes a couple weeks to adjust to the weather. More seriously though, I suggested they improve the Prior Learning Assessment program to ensure that students who have previous learning (academic or on-the-job), actually KNOW about the possibility of skipping ahead a year-which I would've benefited from in a huge way! Oh well, if it hadn't been for having to go through both years, I wouldn't have had the opportunity to:
-get the scholarship
-be a student leader
-have the p/t job in the PTC
-have the f/t job over the summer
-lead the Christian club
-have incredible marks, yay easy classes!
-meet new friends and actually develop relationships
-network with people in the administrative field
-tonnes of on-the-job experiences, reinforcing classroom learning
-volunteer opps
And lots of other stuff too! It's been good and I'm thankful.
Now I need to go back to my homework...but first, me posing with my award from the president's lunch:

great work Niki!
ReplyDeleteI hope you got your homework done, and you are feeling better.
Hope all is well with you, and can't wait to see you on Sunday!
Hugs from our house to yours.
How's the homework going? Are you enjoying the snow? Making snow angels? Sledding? Skating? Stay warm!
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