Ripon College Experience Report

Overall the conference was great but there was one con. There was a guy who was such a douche excuse my language, but just the way he carried himself had some things he said, for instance "I don't mind being a token black guy at a firm".

SOC 110 Week 3 Assignment : Group Leadership and Conflict Summary Resources: Ch. 5 & 8 of Working In Groups and the Week 3 videos, "Planning a Playground" and "Politics of Sociology"

Overall, I thought that this conference was well presented to us and it had very interesting stuff that I didn’t even know before. I also thought that our speaker was very passionate about the subject which was a good thing and a bad thing at times during

NAR-ANON GROUP During this semester, we were asked to attend different groups. This was to see how they were conducted, who could attend, and the purpose of the group. I found this to be challenging, in our area, due to the lack of groups offered or provided. I attended Catholic Mass, Catholic Community Meeting, Nar-Anon, Human Trafficking Seminar, and an on line marriage counseling group. I found each of these to be very interesting and informative; however, I found Nar-Anon to be the one that I fit in the best.

Mrs. McIntyre spoke very well but a few things she said stuck with me. She talked about how many commercials have everyday animals and objects that are now speaking. The keynote speaker was trying to say that we need to step our game up in society because everyday things are now

Presentations are common at college level. For the past month or so I observed several group presentations about different topics of Shakespeare era. Also, I presented with my group. The presentations were about topics that not many people knew by heart. It required a bunch of research and time in

The presentation by Beth Hughes was by far the most interesting for me. It was a great experience to have her as a guest speaker. Being able to relate to the guest speaker and getting to hear all of the things that she has gone through was helpful in better understanding what families like Beth’s go through. Also knowing that she is an average person like myself helps to be able to empathize with her and other families like the Hughes. The experiences that she went through with her two boys opens my eyes that not everything in life is going to go perfect and that not everything can be fixed. Just like Beth, I see myself as being a “fixing it” type of person, and I felt as though I could relate with the frustration she felt when she realized

The small group I had an opportunity to facilitate was an interesting experience in that we fell easily into disclosure on the first day of class and were already forming strong bonds and trust. The openness of the group made working as a facilitator on the second day an

There were many things I enjoyed hearing at the event; however, my favorite was the idea of tokenism and its effects at St.Olaf College. I enjoyed the detail to your opinion on tokenism and the people who you referred to in the presentation are highly educated in the area of tokenism. Many of the students claimed to be tokens of the school, but I didn’t really receive a full perspective or idea as to what direct actions make them

As a participant there were different feelings than others because I am white, privileged female within the social work profession. When discussions such as racism were talked about, was somewhat uncomfortable since I could not relate to racial issues. Even though I am not a minority, there was still chances for myself to discuss how I see friends cope with feelings of racism. While discussing racism, I was exposed to how minorities feel when they are denied certain privileges that I am naturally born with because of my race. This shocked me because I was not aware of the amount of privileges I receive daily. This discussion gave me a way to be thankful for all of the opportunities I have without facing racial discrimination. Another feeling

In order for me to be successful at CWU is being strict with my time management, when I get invited to go out and hangout I usually say yes. Unfortunately I still have work to get done, so I have to work on saying no to my friends. Another thing I need to work on is to focus more in class, we are all paying money to go to class. So I need to "get my money's worth" when I go to class.

The group did I learn the most about is group identification. Some of my group mates pointed how some positive outcomes from it and some were negative. People who had the positive outcomes was stating how they will like to people to know more about their racial/ethnic group because it is very important to get to know someone that’s different from who you are. The negative outcomes are basically describing how they feel when the world looks at them differently. In the discussion one of my group mates stated that she her religious affiliation is that she is a Muslim who practices the Islamic faith. Just because she is a Muslim some people automatically thinks that she’s a terrorist. I truly understood where she was coming from because I feel

Honestly before the event i was not very nervous. One would probably quite often say the opposite, but i have experience with the subject. Someone i am very close to ran a group in college for victims of rape. This has made me very sensitive to the subject, but also very aware of it. I was curious though, what exactly was meant by rape culture. before the event i was wondering about that and the only conclusion i came to was that rape culture is essentially a sub culture in our society that makes the victimization, and objectification of woman alright, It was deplorable to think of, but given the society that we live in, that was also the most rational conclusion i could come to. During the event i was a little disappointed. It was not very powerful. It was mainly just a slideshow of facts. While it was very well put together, and the woman presenting did do a good job, it just didn 't trigger emotion in me. Going into the event i was hoping it would be similar to the trans event i attended earlier in the day. That panel really helped me understand what being trans is. I understand the nature of being a survivor of a sex crime such as rape has a much higher burden than almost anything in the states, but i deep down was hoping for a panel. After the even though when i collected my thoughts i really learned some jarring facts. I made a point to speak with the woman who hosted

Overall, I enjoyed this event. It was a learning experience that I did not expect and I am glad I was able to brainstorm with other students whom I will see again once out in the