classes

Wow. Yeah! I just got out of my second class this semester and I'm so excited about it. It's called "Preparation for Coaching" and we're getting practical experience being an executive coach, or rather, a life coach. The professor already set a really easy going tone for class. First of all, no papers or exams. Just a weekly 3-4 page journal reflection on the class. And some suggested readings. But more importantly she did a really good job demonstrating the 'there are no stupid questions' and 'there are no stupid answers to my questions' rule. I felt very comfortable talking in class, even though it's pretty big, at 40 people. It's very self analytical, which if you know me at all, is what I do well. The journal entries are supposed to be reactions to class, and how we feel, and what we know we know, and what we know we don't know, etc.

We did a fun excercise where one person was blind and had to draw a picture of what their partner's vision was. And then we switched. I did it with a really nice girl, Rebecca. We did an excellent job drawing a face, and a house. Then, of course, we debriefed how we felt being guided and if we would prefer more or less instruction when blind, yadda yadda. After that the professor led us on a discussion about good listeners we knew in our lives and what made people good listeners. Then we talked about how this is all relivent to being a life coach.

Yesterdays class was fun and engaing too. The class is going to be a big overview of an MBA class. The professor seems cool too. He's in a band.

Now it's time to enjoy my 3 day weekend which I have every week because there are no Friday classes.