Cor: PSD Week 1

This is an hour session where the scholar's relate to each other and connect over the downsides of being "gifted."

June 13, 2022

The first thing we did when I walked in the room was push away the tables and put the chairs in a circle. In that circle our teacher, Ericca, asked us questions about how we felt being gifted. Many of the students felt the exact same way I did. Many of us felt that we are always being told that we are so smart and everything is easy for us. However, we are often questioning if we really are gifted or just got lucky on the test classifying us. I know I am smart, but sometimes it feels like people think I am the next Albert Einstein which is just not true. I do well in school because I work hard, not because I was born with extra intelligence.

The next thing we did was a speed dating thing. We each had two minutest to talk about a prompt that Ericca gave us, then we would switch and talk about a different prompt with a new person. I enjoyed having time to talk with each of the scholars individually. I felt like it was a quick and easy way to get to know someone a little better!

June 14, 2022

In cor today, we each got a partner. One partner would talk about a prompt for 3 minutes while the other had stay quiet and listen. After 3 minutes, the roles would switch. I learned that you listen better when you are not trying to think of what to say next. Most of the time when people have a conversation, one person is talking and the other is thinking about what they want to say. In this project, I didn't need to think about what to say and I got to just listen.

June 15, 2022

Today we made a board with twelve boxes. Then, we got 12 qualities of people and we had to put what mattered the most to us in a friend and the least to us. In my first three boxes I put they need to be supportive, dependable, and open-minded. The least important to me was being courageous. My reasoning for this was that I am a scaredy cat so I don't want a friend that loves scary stuff and forces me to watch scary movies. Then, they asked how our list would change with a romantic partner. I said courageous would move up because I would not want a scaredy cat boyfriend.

June 16, 2022

We each had to tell a four minute story about ourselves in cor today. There were a few deep stories but most of them were near death experiences. I talked about getting surgery on my middle finger and everyone thought it was funny. It was not my favorite thing to do because I am a horrible story teller. However, I was able to learn a lot more about everyone else in my class. I think this made our class closer and understand each other more.