I came into this class because I wanted to do something meaningful with my senior year. I was wary at first because I am not the best traveler, but eventually our teacher Bryan convinced me by informing me that there is a rain forest national park that we will be able to visit. Unlike most of my peers I have been privileged to be able to travel fairly often. I have also been fortunate enough to not have to work for many things in my life, and I wanted to prove to myself that I have the ability to. Raking isn’t so bad...Right?
Wrong. I am used to barn work, but at least doing stalls and such chores don’t have you using the same muscles over and over. I would get dirty and gross and sweaty every day, and on the days that we did not rake after school, I was napping until 5pm leaving only a small fraction of my day to the things I like to do. As horrible and grueling this all was I would not trade this experience for the world. It helped me prove to myself that I really can push myself when motivation gets hard for me.
Another wonderful experience is social aspect of this class. I see us more of a team than a class though. We go through everything together and I can’t say enough how rewarding this is. We get into squabbles some but everybody really comes together on a job. I learned so much about the others in this class, many of them people whom I may have not naturally gravitated to. This class is helping me to grow in so many ways. I feel so lucky that I am able to participate in this class!
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