Module I done, 7 more before graduation

So Module 1 is done already (for those who don't know, we have modules instead of semesters since they're all a different length). Admittedly, it was a fun mod. Some complain about the amount of work and the 2nd Years respond with a laughing and saying something about how we're about to get bitch slapped by our Mod II professors. Hm, professors must be good friends with some of my old colleagues.

Anyway, Mod I was all about leadership, management, teamwork, creativity, ethics, communications, beginner's accounting, and some other fundamentals skills.

Mod II will be a little more...business school. Statistics, more accounting, finance, strategy, marketing, econ, more law and ethics, and now we'll start our consulting project. But before we focus on Mod II (in future blogs), let's review what we've experienced so far:

Creativity Project: We laughed, we cried, we worked together and we tried to entertain our fellow classmates.
Leadership: My professor made me co-facilitate a class for two hours with no advanced notice and no time to prepare...she's awesome.
TechMark: What better way to start school than with a 2-day business simulation? Got our brains thinking and our creative juices flowing.
Team Process Day: Who would've thought spending a day stepping on spots, blindfolding ourselves, and playing with string would be helpful? Team Process Day was probably my most beneficial day so far.
Surprise Guests: Imagine reading a case study then having a 90-minute class discussion about a CEO and ripping apart his past decisions...only to learn that he's sitting at the back of the class listening to every word.
Crazy Schedules: No two days are alike. Each day included different classes, starting/ending times, intros to whatever around campus, meeting with different departments, and whatever else. They did what they could to keep us busy.

Deliverables -
End of Mod Paper: What did we learn during these 5 weeks? Our section was encouraged to be creative, so instead of handing in a paper, most of us turned it into something else. Some creative ideas were case studies, a picture box, a PowerPoint presentation that only had pictures, etc. I made a scrapbook and received my first EXC (the highest grade you can get...of course Babson can't be normal and grade us "A" through "F")
Accounting/Law Exam: Two courses combined into one exam. Were people nervous? Yes. Did everyone do okay? Yes.
Business Idea: A paper on a biz idea that was voted on by our peers and the 5 best in each section received an automatic increase 1-letter grade and gave a short presentation to the class. I didn't make the top 5, but at least a few people voted for me (we're not allowed to vote for our own)
Creativity Project: I was in fiction and had to write a short story and read it to the class. I wanted something that would be more "interesting" like improv, movement or puppetry, but I got fiction. It was okay and I had a good group, but I didn't grow a lot.

Overall, this is still one of the best decisions I've made of my life...now it's time to prepare for Mod II.