Essay On Taylor Challenge

Taylor Challenge provides the Gunnison eighth graders, with experiential learning in an outdoor classroom. The Taylor Challenge is an opportunity for the students to build personal growth and experience team building skills through activities such as, rock climbing, rafting, archery, ropes course and gaga ball. Professionally, my peers and I led the students in initiatives, as leaders, teachers, and role models they can look up to. On day one, their teachers assigned one advisory to each group of Western students to direct different initiatives. Day two we had all ninety-five of them to ourselves at one time. My participation in Taylor Challenge enhanced my professional leadership skills and gave me an opportunity to interact with older students. The coordinators positively blended the idea of the environment and learning. Simultaneously,
Late September, I was referred to Eric with the chamber of commerce for volunteer work. I didn’t know what I signed up for, however was surprised by the six-hour volunteer position he assigned me. He offered me a position interacting with guests by watching for “hole in ones”, greeting, directing, serving and guests around the course. I found this volunteer work kind of nerve racking because Id never been on a golf course before and failed the golf portion of gym class in junior high. I still can’t understand the enjoyment of the sport, sorry. I was in charge of hole three, as exciting as watching a hole and talking to strangers sounds, I feel as though I began to appreciate the strategy in the game. If the player got a “hole in one” they won a free trip. I would greet guests and answer any questions they had for me to the best of my knowledge. Most of the golfers were good players with the exception of the younger group that had been sauced up toward the end. My take away from being involved in a golf tournament is to not be in