Personal Enrichment Workshop – November 3, 2009 – 1:00pm
The personal enrichment workshop was very fun to attend since it involved the participation of the students. This was different from the other workshops because instead of just listening to a speaker we were able to engage into an activity. There were two speakers who took turns giving different lessons to the students. Most of the time the speakers were not able to take control of the group of students in the room and it was hard to pay attention. The students were very talkative and disruptive until one of the speakers finally spoke up. One of the speakers made us engage into an activity that was thought to relive stress and help us on relaxing every muscle in our body. Some of these techniques were similar to a yoga class I took before and I already knew the basics. It refreshed my memory and I found it helpful because I tend to get really stressed out especially when exams are in the midst. Another one of the activities included a raisin. The speaker handed a raisin to each student and we were supposed to analyze the raisin and then eat it slowly. This activity was supposed to give us a different perspective on eating the raisin when we realize what we were doing. We were supposed to feel the raisin with our tongues and take time chewing it, tasting every moment. I found this workshop fun besides the fact of the disturbance of some of the students. If there had been more control of the group, it would have been easier to understand and fully engage into the activity,