The yellow lab in this photo belongs to my husband and I. Her name is Cali. This summer when coming to tour BC, we saw the campus in its calmest state. So calm in fact that Cali sat still for this photo! Well, two weeks of classes have come and gone and its not so still here any longer!
When I say its not so still here anymore, I don't mean that its storming and trees are falling on my car...
Although that did happen. Hello Irene.
What I actually mean is that after three fast paced days of orientation, the first year MBA program is in full swing. We were assigned groups within moments of arriving on campus. I quickly learned that my class is diverse. It was easy to pick out our differences as we looked around the orientation arena and were asked to speak at the microphone offering our name, where were from and one interesting fact about ourselves. It seemed we were from all over the globe. It seemed we've all had different jobs, attended different undergraduate institutions and came to BC for different reasons.
The next day of orientation was designed so that in my opinion, we could realize some of our similarities. We spent the day at Thompson Island performing Outward Bound activities. On the surface, some activities seemed silly...find your way to a specific tree...blindfolded.... some seemed more intense....climb up that telephone pole contraption and let this guy you just met yesterday hold your life in his hands! Trust was required immediately and the day allowed relationships to form. We were all at Outward Bound to become better teammates and realize some common goals, even the obvious ones: eg. Let's not let anyone fall from that rope because that will just be terrible!
Classes have been pretty intense from the get go. As someone who doesn't have a corporate background I've been forced to embrace the fact that I'm totally out of my element. Although I've come to realize that my background may make me feel like a fish out of water, my team and my classmates allow me to feel that I belong. The classroom environment is supportive and there is a general willingness to help and to understand that makes me feel thankful that I've chosen to come to BC.
Our first quiz in accounting was on Friday and I must say that there was a collective bond I hadn't felt before which was embraced upon its completion: We did it!
It's clear we're all in this together. Its clear this is about way more than finding that elusive tree.
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