Things to do Instead of Cleaning Your Dorm Room:
Life is hard, being a functional adult is harder.
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Ups and Downs
Even Kenyon students have problems.
Kenyon-Exeter: The Gang
I feel like I have been neglecting to write about one of the biggest parts of this program, and that's the group of Kenyon students that are actually here with me. Today, we're going to Bath, so I thought I'd write a little recap of our group adventures so far.
Comedy at Kenyon
Like stand up comedy? Then you should check out Two Drink Minimum. We don't bite, well some of us don't...
O is for the Opportunity the SKAP Program provides to Inner-City High School Students
It is Fall Season in Gambier and people are falling in love with the campus all over again. As I despise cold weather, I’m not feeling the effects of the love as strongly as others. Instead, I’m counting down to November 9th, the SKAP 2013 reunion, when I will be reunited with my lovely students. The Summer Kenyon Academic Partnership (SKAP) Program is a three-week intensive program for rising juniors and seniors from public high schools in the Columbus, Cleveland, Chicago, Newark and Philadelphia areas. They come to the hill to take classes in English, Writing, History and Neuroscience in preparation for life in a competitive college such as Kenyon. I started helping out with the program as a Teaching assistant in Neuroscience and as a Residential Advisor two summers ago. And, it surprises me each time as I always start out wishing to teach the students so much about Neuroscience, college-life and decision-making and I always end up realizing that I’ve learned so much from my ‘students.’
As a SKAP I 2013 student, Andy (aka Asianboyswagg), put it when I mentioned that I had never gone bowling, “You need to get out of your comfort zone and try new things.” I’m going to tell you all the things I learned about the SKAP program, and about some very talented high school students with the aid of some slogans from SKAP 2013.