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Coming from a different educational program the US Collegiate academic experience was a shock to the system.\u00a0 Whilst in my younger years in the UK I was considered a good student based on test scores, certainly not on my engagement or behaviour in class.\u00a0 As I entered my teenage years my scores also waned, leaving with me with relatively poor qualifications.\u00a0 This continued in my first semester at college.\u00a0 I then started to figure out how to get good scores, yes some of it was due to hard work and studying, but a lot of the courses were formulaic.\u00a0 There are things I learnt in those classes I still use today in my job and probably my life, but I had an idea that as long as I did x, y and z I would get a grade B+ or higher.\u00a0 I don\u2019t think I am alone in this, as I remember the endless conversations of students when choosing classes of which teacher you should get for which subject.<\/p>\n
This all changed in the second semester of my Junior year when I took tom’s Leadership course.\u00a0 This was very different.\u00a0 I remember it being the smallest class I took in my time at PC, I guess I had not got the memo regarding the Professor!\u00a0 So for you students taking tom’s class here is the warning \u2013 by the end of the class I had no more understanding what Leadership meant to me, in fact I was less sure, but by the end of the course I knew that this uncertainty was a good thing.\u00a0 Secondly, whilst I was no clearer, because of the format and the engagement of the class, I definitely knew more about what leadership means to other people – I guess that is the point!\u00a0 It is definitely something that impacts my life daily, whether that be as a parent, or a manager or colleague.\u00a0 There are many positive things I can say about tom and his class, but most of all it was by far the most impactful educational experience of my life.<\/p>\n
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