I finished orientation on Wednesday for being a Supplemental Instruction leader at school today. It was a 2 day thing, from 10am-1pm and I must admit it was a whole lot more engaging than I thought it would be. I never knew that there were so many ways to passive aggressively get students to participate, or even shut up. I was told I must go through several steps before the "I'm sorry, where were we before we were so rudely interrupted?" Too bad, because that's usually an effective way of telling someone they're extremely rude without flat out saying it to their face. However, I really do hope the group of students I get won't make me go there.
During this whole orientation, I actually also got to learn more about myself. I found out that I'm kind of sort of over my fear of going in front of a group of people and taking the floor, taking charge, being like HEY LISTEN UP I HAVE SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO SAY TO YOU. Not only did I learn that my Public Speaking class might have actually been somewhat effective, I learned about what kind of person I am according to some guy who came up with a method in determining what kind of personality you have. Are the results I got really true? Or is it just another load of bullsh*t? Well, it depends on how you look at it. I used my results to look deeper into myself, my habits, and I looked to see if I can make any adjustments to make me a better student, a better person, a better doctor.
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