Skyline College: Puente Learning Community Students Challenge Themselves Together At The Ropes Course

San Bruno CA

15 October, 2021

1:57 PM

Description

Press release from Skyline College: Becky Threewit October 15, 2021 Outward Bound California ropes course After the Puente Learning Community students participated in the challenge course, they were asked to share their reflections on their ropes course day. One student shared, "During my ropes course experience I learned many things about myself. I very quickly noticed that I don't trust people. It was scary trusting in someone, and believing that they will take care of you. The ropes course made me feel safe and happy. I feel that recently the whole covid situation had made me more reserved, which I had realized. Joining everyone on the day gave me a feeling of happiness alongside my Puente Community or "family" that I haven't felt in a while. The ropes course was a great opportunity for me to rela x and let go of all the stress that has accumulated within me during these couple months. Being there with everyone and the people who helped all of us, made me feel comfortable. I realized that I really enjoy being outdoors and would like to surround myself around nature. Overall, the whole experience was amazing and I would do it all again if I could." Another student shared their impressions of the day, "The ropes course is definitely a memorable experience. It was out of my comfort zone in the sense of being motivated and pushed to do new things and accomplish things, when you thought you couldn't for example, climb up 10 feet or more from the ground. Trusting complete strangers to support you. I know this was a learning experience to build trust and team bonding, but it did more than that in the end. The best part was being outside and finally meeting some of my classmates, teachers/mentors in person. The pandemic has been a difficult time for everyone and it was amiable to see team building and bonding. It built a bridge for our class community to be more united and familiar."   This press release was produced by Skyline College. The views expressed here are the author's own.