Ropes Course - say it ain’t so!! March 5, 2008

I had my first advising session for school last night and I am officially registered for two classes in spring quarter.  Grad students are required to take a leadership class during their first quarter at school and (insert deep breath here) it involves a retreat.  And this retreat involves a ropes course.  Yes, you heard me right, a ropes course!  All I want is to do other people’s taxes!  Is that too much to ask?!  Since when is a ROPES COURSE going to help me do people’s taxes?!  You know who I hate?  The person who invented ropes courses – and even more than that?  The person who decided retreats and team-building exercises make better business people.  Also, for 2 nights I have to sleep in a cabin with strangers – I could be killed – you don’t know!  It could happen!  Well, I might get a room to myself, that is yet to be determined – so I will focus all anger on previously mentioned ropes course.  And the advising session started off so good – I found out that it will take me a year less than I thought and I will be taking only 2 classes a quarter versus what I thought would be 3.  But the second she mentioned leadership and retreat and service project I thought I might throw up.  Here’s the kicker:  I only get 2 vacation days this year.  TWO!!  And technically they’re sick days.  So I have to use one of my precious precious sick days for a retreat where I will be forced to interact with people.  PEOPLE!  Forced to INTERACT with them!  I fully realize that being successful in business involves networking, but this really isn’t what I signed on for.  Oh well, now that I got that little outburst out of my system I can look on the bright side of things – after this everything else should seem like a piece of cake.  Except for group projects – I think that will also force me to interact with people…