Attending the first class/meeting of the Life Course Scholar Program was exciting and insightful towards what we will be facing this upcoming quarter. It was truly engaging and fascinating to learn about the reasons behind why people chose their Elder Partner. I did realize that many of my peers chose their fathers as their elder partner, an although the overall idea as to why they chose them was the same, it was the smaller more personal details that they each spoke about that made it different.
The biggest thing that stood out to me the most, was the relatability in which a majority of my peers felt that we only knew our fathers in “dad mode” even though we had known them for our entire life. The fact that we all felt a sense of ability to recognize and familiarize our fathers on a different perspective was quite astonishing. I cannot speak on behalf of everybody in our class, but I am excited and looking forward to our Elder Partner project as it will allow me to build a stronger relationship with my father. And after meeting everyone in the cohort this year, I am looking forward to working with people who have different backgrounds.
The biggest thing that stood out to me the most, was the relatability in which a majority of my peers felt that we only knew our fathers in “dad mode” even though we had known them for our entire life. The fact that we all felt a sense of ability to recognize and familiarize our fathers on a different perspective was quite astonishing. I cannot speak on behalf of everybody in our class, but I am excited and looking forward to our Elder Partner project as it will allow me to build a stronger relationship with my father. And after meeting everyone in the cohort this year, I am looking forward to working with people who have different backgrounds.