This week we had our final class. Due to fears of COVID-19, we are uncertain about what the future of this class will be. However, we had an amazing retrospective of the course. Although the original plan of getting to do a potluck did not pan out (again due to fears of the virus- which is a shame, I still plan on making everyone taste my oatmeal cookies in some way, shape or form), we had bagels and this wonderful French toast souffle. There was much necessary discussion done over our HAPS projects, which needed immediate tweaking in regards to how it was going to be executed. We decided to work around the constraints of the situation by adopting the following measures: making sure that the students type out their mail (for sterility reasons), making personalized gift boxes for them instead of having the students make it, reducing the number of participants from 75 to around 30, and generally taking more of a middle-management role, orchestrating instead of providing.
The later part of the course, we discussed, some with very heartfelt reasons, why this experience had been meaningful. Reflecting on what others said, and what I had to say, I think the actual tagline for the course should be “this was immensely eye-opening”. The experience that was gained by interacting with multiple people from all over the spectrum across so many diverse communities was enlightening and somehow incredibly satisfying. I am so thankful for the elderly folk that let us into our lives, even for a few minutes. Especially in times like these, we look towards counting on kindness and compassion for other people, and I am so glad they reached out to us in return.
Kudos to all of the IAs and Professors’ Bussell and Lewis who worked so hard to ensure we got the full experience out of this course, even though it takes place in a time of administrative unrest and upheaval. Thank you so much to all of their kindness and generosity.
I look forward to taking the second half of the Course in the Spring.
The later part of the course, we discussed, some with very heartfelt reasons, why this experience had been meaningful. Reflecting on what others said, and what I had to say, I think the actual tagline for the course should be “this was immensely eye-opening”. The experience that was gained by interacting with multiple people from all over the spectrum across so many diverse communities was enlightening and somehow incredibly satisfying. I am so thankful for the elderly folk that let us into our lives, even for a few minutes. Especially in times like these, we look towards counting on kindness and compassion for other people, and I am so glad they reached out to us in return.
Kudos to all of the IAs and Professors’ Bussell and Lewis who worked so hard to ensure we got the full experience out of this course, even though it takes place in a time of administrative unrest and upheaval. Thank you so much to all of their kindness and generosity.
I look forward to taking the second half of the Course in the Spring.