#class 21

[talesfromshell-blog]

Better late, than never.

So, in case you haven’t noticed, I’m really bad at keeping up with a blog.

I’ve been in the program for about 5 months already, but to be fair to whoever is reading and my self, i think i should back track………a lot. So I’m going to remember everything from the beginning to the best of my abilities. 

I said I was writing this thing….and I need to do it.

So, first things first: Getting to campus.

When I arrived in Sacramento from the airport, There was a shuttle waiting to pick me (and a few others) up. Once we all got to campus, I dropped my bags off in an assigned area, and got herded along with other people (like cattle) to do a brief, but thorough campus tour. Then I went through in-processing, where I learned what team I’m assigned to, where my dorm room was, and yada-yada-yada. Lucky me, I met someone on the plane who ended up being on my team, Andy.

(Andy and I talked the night before our flights on FB, we both were coming from North Dakota.)

(Basically how In-processing works)

Before CTI begins, you are already assigned to a team of 12 people. (First impressions are everything because you will be with these people for CTI and the rest of the program.) I was put on team Green 4.

 Alright, next is CTI which stands for Corps member Training Institute. Its basically a 4 weeks of training before you go on any real spike project. During CTI, you go through various types of training for an entire month. 

(First Aid/ CPR was my favorite training. )

(I was assigned to be one of the flood fighters on my team. The training for it is pretty cool.)(p.s. I'm not a fan of the uniform shorts....they show my tiny chicken legs. Lol!)

Basically, we're always busy during CTI, free time is scarce. Here is a list of some of the training you go through.

CPR/ First Aid from Red Cross

Van Driving Education

Diversity training

Tool safety

Flood fighting/Hazwoper/ Forklift operator/ Chainsaw training (Assigned to different team members.)

Specialty role training (I'm a Service learning Initiator and Peer Helper.) 

The list of training goes on-and-on.

[thundercatcall]

Rafiki once told me that: "IT IS TIME"

So after weeks and weeks of not receiving my Team Leader acceptance packet, it FINALLLLLLLY came today (after much phone and email harassment on my part to NCCC headquarters). 

Ack! so I still haven't received my packet, BUT I got my stuff to go get finger printed today, and so begins my shortened journey to Denver come this January.  

and let me just tell you... I AM PUMPED!

[mylifeportfolio]

Class 21 - Making Amends

1.     It hit home that as much as Republicans and Democrats disagree about policies, when one wins an election that results in a shift in power, we accept it because the election was a fair representation of what the people voted for.

2.     Justice for everyone doesn’t necessarily equal amounts of success or prosperity for everyone.

3.     A person’s perception of justice is influenced heavily by the way he was raised and the societal norms around him.

4.     Justice has to fairly represent both sides. It’s unsustainable to only provide justice to one party in an argument. The size of each side doesn’t matter.

5.     Sometimes it’s better to be forgiving of someone’s actions than to inflict a punishment upon them. Justice doesn’t supersede human interactions. Example: when someone cuts you off while driving you don’t or is speeding down the highway, you don’t call the police or expect them to be punished. You just let it go and that’s okay. A world that was completely just would be awful.