Week One – DONE!
Well, the first week of my Travel & Tourism course is behind me now.
It was a very odd feeling on Sunday night to be packing my backpack and making my lunch for the “First Day of School”
It’s been about 10 years since I had a first day of school and I was a nervous wreck.
So many things went through my head:
What if I was late (I HATE being late)?
What if this was a total mistake?
What if my classmates were uber annoying (and yes, some of them are)?
What if my instructors were idiots?
Oh man, there were so many variables.
But when it was all said and done I had NOTHING to worry about. And if anything, I am WAY ahead of the game.
We started with World Destinations - AKA: Geography - WOOHOO!
Since my passion is for all things travel related, plus the fact that I am a total map geek (I can study maps forever), I was more than prepared in regards to knowing the continents, oceans, country names, cities and capitals.
I have to admit, it was really quite shocking to hear some of the answers to some of the questions we were asked as warm up. Like who doesn’t know where the CN Tower or the Parliament Buildings are? Or where Cape Breton Island or Hudson Bay is?
YIKES!
But whateves, I’m not there to judge … I’m there to learn!
On Day 2, we each had to give 5 minute presentations on our assigned provinces. I was assigned Newfoundland and KILLED IT! But yet again, I was shocked to watch some of the other presentations where non of the required info was presented (we had been assigned very specific things to cover and were suppose to take our notes from each presentation in order to study for today’s test … UGH!)
How hard is a 5 minute presentation?
Sheesh, if some of my classmates want to pursue careers in customer based industry I am scared for them … hopefully its just the age and experience talking here, since I am pretty sure that I one of the oldest in the class (by a long shot) and one of only 2 students who have had REAL jobs in the past ….
Looks like all my real estate and retail customer service expertise will be a total leg up!
Today we had our first test – A Canada based geography test. Basic stuff: label a map, name the federal capital etc, along with some global geography (oceans, continents, where is the tropic of cancer … etc) and I am pretty sure I nailed it. But well see on Monday … don’t want to get too cocky too soon ;)
Now for me to get cracking on researching for my presentation on Monday: Utah here I come.
Well, the first week of my Travel & Tourism course is behind me now.
It was a very odd feeling on Sunday night to be packing my backpack and making my lunch for the “First Day of School”
It’s been about 10 years since I had a first day of school and I was a nervous wreck.
So many things went through my head:
What if I was late (I HATE being late)?
What if this was a total mistake?
What if my classmates were uber annoying (and yes, some of them are)?
What if my instructors were idiots?
Oh man, there were so many variables.
But when it was all said and done I had NOTHING to worry about. And if anything, I am WAY ahead of the game.
We started with World Destinations - AKA: Geography - WOOHOO!
Since my passion is for all things travel related, plus the fact that I am a total map geek (I can study maps forever), I was more than prepared in regards to knowing the continents, oceans, country names, cities and capitals.
I have to admit, it was really quite shocking to hear some of the answers to some of the questions we were asked as warm up. Like who doesn’t know where the CN Tower or the Parliament Buildings are? Or where Cape Breton Island or Hudson Bay is?
YIKES!
But whateves, I’m not there to judge … I’m there to learn!
On Day 2, we each had to give 5 minute presentations on our assigned provinces. I was assigned Newfoundland and KILLED IT! But yet again, I was shocked to watch some of the other presentations where non of the required info was presented (we had been assigned very specific things to cover and were suppose to take our notes from each presentation in order to study for today’s test … UGH!)
How hard is a 5 minute presentation?
Sheesh, if some of my classmates want to pursue careers in customer based industry I am scared for them … hopefully its just the age and experience talking here, since I am pretty sure that I one of the oldest in the class (by a long shot) and one of only 2 students who have had REAL jobs in the past ….
Looks like all my real estate and retail customer service expertise will be a total leg up!
Today we had our first test – A Canada based geography test. Basic stuff: label a map, name the federal capital etc, along with some global geography (oceans, continents, where is the tropic of cancer … etc) and I am pretty sure I nailed it. But well see on Monday … don’t want to get too cocky too soon ;)
Now for me to get cracking on researching for my presentation on Monday: Utah here I come.
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