Simmons World Challenge Reflection

Simmons World Challenge Reflection Danielle Morency I really enjoyed my experience here in Simmons World Challenge (SWC). Although it had its difficulties, SWC has been an incredibly positive experience for me. I have discovered many new aspects about myself and how I work in teams, as well as uncovered my passion for working in teams. It wasn’t perfect, but SWC was a fantastic way to start my new year. What I thought was most invaluable to my experience was the faculty and TA role in SWC. Unlike in other classes and programs, SWC allowed my team to discover what mattered to us and what we wanted to work on. Nevertheless, the guidance received from faculty and TA was equally invaluable. I appreciate the confidence you put in us to come up with our own ideas, problems, and solutions. Another thing I thought was valuable was the check ins. Although I detest getting up before 9:30am, if we didn’t have check ins, I know that I would have slept in a wasted that morning time. I have learned many things through SWC. In addition to research …show more content…
It triggers so many happy memories made with my team and with the other students, that it's hard to narrow it down. I think the most fun moment with my team was when we were struggling understanding one graph because the percents did not add up to 100. As Shelby and I discussed what we thought the graph meant for over an hour, Victoria was searching for other studies and graphs to replace the one we didn’t understand. Victoria started to read off 5 things that one study thought to lead to civic engagement. The first 4 all seemed relevant, but the 5 reason started with the word “Meerkat”. After hours of trying to understand the graph, we were all going a little crazy, but the word meerkat pushed us over the edge. We erupted with laughter. That is my happiest memory from SWC. It was so fun to work with Shelby and Victoria, and if anything sums up our team, it is that