So this is my first blog post as a Hixson Mentor YAY!!! I really enjoyed the retreat. I thought that have more class time to really get into some issues was really nice. I'm not saying that class always needs to be 3 hours long :) One of the activities today was the "4 P's" that Heath brought up and we discussed. That actually got me thinking about how I do things. Like, how I spend time studying and, how I stay organized and things like that. I guess I just do what I do and really don't think about it. I am organized, my room is always clean and everything has its own spot. I could tell you exactly where everything in my room is at. However, I don't keep a calendar of all the stuff I do, I just put down all the stuff I have due that week on a posted-note and cross them off as they get done.
I also like the discussion about the drinking situation. I really thought that almost everyone there really got into that discussion because we are all "afraid," I guess is a good word, of that situation arising and having to make a decision about what to do. While that was being said it made me think of another, less likely, but more difficult situation that could arise and that's having a personal relationship between men-tee and mentor. I feel that it would be inappropriate for the first semester for sure, but after that who is to say that two of them could not be in a relationship. Because the age difference is not very big, however you were supposed to have a "leader" role for that person for an entire semester, and for that just to change would be hard, in my opinion. So, I guess I would be on the fence on the right and wrong after the class is over.
On a final note I really like how the class is coming together. I feel like after tonight a lot of us are closer to really understanding each other than before. Just an hour a week really is not that long of a time to really get to know people, so the retreat today (the 31st) was really good on many levels. I feel like we are all becoming friends to a certain extent, and I am meeting new people, and getting to know them that I would never have met otherwise.
