On our final day of classes and we had classes all day long. The first class was an Italian counselor and he came and spoke to us about his school and a program that he began here in Italy. His school is pretty different from our last speakers, but his overall philosophy of how counselors see people and work with people was same. He had a large focus on truly connecting with your clients.
After lunch, Dr. Foster talked about her experiences in Haiti recently when she worked with the earthquake victims. Her stories and pictures were amazing and it really made me want to help people in other countries once again. Disaster relief is a very important thing and a big need. I was amazed to hear that there is actually a counselors without borders program. I have only ever heard about doctors without borders and like to think that this is just as amazing and very needed for victims of disaster
Our final speaker was Dr. Tyson and we had a group discussion on an incident that occurred at Augusta State University in Georgia. Apparently the school required this student take sensitivity training because she believed that being gay was a choice and was in favor of conversion therapy since because gay is a sin. We debated both sides and then all decided that we were in favor of what the school did.
After classes I adventured around the area up the hill and even down into the fun little waterfall area. I hate to admit it but a little frog even startled me bc I was afraid that it might be a snake. After dinner we learned some Italian hand gestures which was beyond funny and then we had another bon fire.
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