Friday, January 04, 2008

For my last post I thought I would reflect on some sessions of Crimson & Gold throughout the fall semester. My favorite session was when we watched videos of the group that helped the one man find a job. At the beginning of the video he was mad at the world and blamed his problems on anything he could find. He went to a couple of job interviews and finally found an owner who could hire him soon and at a decent position. When the film crew showed up over the holidays to see how he was doing, he was surrounded by his family including the daughter he thought he would loose. He was happy and doing something he loved. It is amazing to me how something so simple can change a person's attitude and perspective on the world. I also thought the Earthquake session was interesting. When we did the begining part by ourselves, I would have made some simple mistakes that would have probably killed me, but when we got into groups, we worked well together and we talked through each step. We comprimised on the order of things and ended up getting a very good score.