Teacher Assistant for ETH 125 =)

Hey everyone! I hope you've all had a restful, fun and hopefully (though unlikely) homework free Spring break! Im sure you all agree with me that this was a MUCH needed break... especially with the beautiful weather we've been having these past few days. Unfortunately I have 2 papers and a bunch of Math homework to do haha. After midterms, im sure all of you were like me and just wanted spring break to come and sit back and relax! Haha, but now that spring break is over... time to focus again! =) (And a side note- I hope you all did well on all your midterms!)
Let me just fill you all in on what I've been up to besides doing mad work trying to keep up with the reading haha. Well, one thing that I am super excited about is that I am now one of your Sophomore Representatives for next year! =) I look forward to helping you all. Another thing was that at the beginning of March, I went to Towson for another debate tournament. This tournament was really fun. Despite not winning any rounds- surprisingly I learned A LOT, more than I did the past 2 tournaments, which is awesome. We also have a John Jay Debate Tournament coming up towards the end of the month, which I am so stoked about! It is basically where all the debaters just go up against each other, so I cant wait for that! Another thing that's been going on is that my friends and I have been really getting the new club together and organizing meetings. I'm not sure if you all have seen flyers around the school, but my friends and I have started a new club called "Her Movement Against Injustice". This is an extremely powerful club and I'll touch more on it in my next post! =]
So today, I'm going to tell you about something I've been involved in. Since the semester started- I have had the opportunity to become a student assistant for an Ethnics 125 course with Professor Navarro. Let me start out by saying- this experience was something I definitely did not expect. It's such an amazing chance to really see things from a different view, and I'm totally serious haha. My job is to just help the professor if he needs help and be there for the students if they need help with anything as well. I think this is a wonderful experience because I am actually able to see the class from a "assistant" perspective, as well as the students themselves. Being a student assistant, I understand the professor's view more (in the sense of how they see things) and at the same time... I understand how the students view topics as well. Another thing that I enjoy is just being in the setting and hearing different opinions! Last semester- I took an Ethnics 125 course with Professor Hodges... so I think its really interesting to just compare and contrast in a way the views of the students and what they feel about certain topics. Another thing is that I am extremely interested in race and ethnicity in general. And for me to be able to help out and be there for the students is great. I have been a bit quiet in class, but when I get to know the students more, I'll get more adjusted and speak more. But I do feel a connection with them when we do group work which is great. On top of that- Being a teacher assistant is just fun and I do love helping people haha =) I am there to help the professor and share my opinion, but at the same time... the pressure of actually being graded academically is off my shoulders. I look forward to helping out more and just being there for Prof Navarro and my classmates if they need me! =) Until the next post everyone... take care!