A "Real" Class

So on the fourth day of class for CSR 309 the professor actually showed up. I was really excited to see what he had to say and how he was going to run the class. He started out by doing a PowerPoint presentation about leadership and what we can do to help others. I loved all of the commercials that he showed to help illustrate his points. The commercials were funny, but they also were very moving. I really liked the one about clapping for the soldiers in the airport to tell them thank you. I almost cried while I was watching it! It was very nice to see a professor that wanted us to give back to the world and help others. Going along with the Armed Forces commercial he gave us a challenge. He said "Next time you see a man/woman in uniform to go up and just say thank you." I am going to take that challenge to heart and I can't wait to brighten someone else's day.

The "Leadership" Experiment

On the next day of class I was wondering as I walked in if my teacher was actually going to show that day. When the clock reached 5:30 and no teacher was at the front of the class I knew it was going to be another long day of confusion and frustration. On every desk there was a sheet of paper with a task written on it. The paper stated "The primary task for today's class is to discuss leadership in the here and now." After I got done reading the task I thought how can we discuss leadership in the here and now if our "leader" for this class wasn't present for the here and now. As the class progressed I realized that the professor was at the back of the classroom observing the leaders in our class. I believe that he did this "leadership" experiment to show us different leadership styles and how a group falls about when there is no leader to keep everyone on task.

First Day of Class

When I walked into CSR 309 for the first time, I wondered how the class was going to run since it was such a large lecture hall. I thought that a class on leadership should have been in a more intimate setting. How was I going to learn about leadership if I didn't have the chance to be a leader in my own classroom? As class started and the "sub" said that the teacher wasn't going to be able to make it to class I was a little upset. What type of teacher misses the first day of class? After we watched the Tony Robbins video, I could tell that the class was a little confused as what to do next and how to perceive the video. There was no teacher figure to turn to for the answers. Since there was no real teacher telling us to stay there after the video was over a lot of students got up and left. I wasn't sure what to do so I stayed in my seat until the end of class. I was a little upset and confused,however, as I walked out of the class at the end of the power hour that day.