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This class for me has been eye-opening, it has helped me grow in a way I didn’t know was possible. it has made me feel more comfortable with my family and their problems and has made me feel at ease. I have felt that this class needs to be a foundation class, it has shown me so much and has taught me about becoming more of an adult and what it means to become one. It has shown me that, we are all just trying to grow and become better as humans every day. I have become less insecure with my friends and I have noticed me not overthink things as much. because I now know that our brain naturally does that and we just have to reason with ourselves. I learned I don’t have to like everyone. I have also learned that being nice, doesn’t mean that I don’t have the right to not like someone. I learned how to effectively communicate when I am frustrated without being passive aggressive and using my voice to talk out what I am frustrated at in an adult way. I learned what it means to listen and actually listen and take into account what the person is saying. My roommate and my old FHE brothers deiced after my last ER visit that they were going to take my diet coke and told me I wasn’t allowed to drink it. I stayed calm and used the effective communication that we learned in class and I learned from this better stress management techniques. This class has helped me grow as a person. this last week in class we talked about blending families. it was interesting to listen to. Blending a family is hard and is more common then we think. we talked about the many factors that contribute to blending families. There is discipline, having all kids feel equal and loved when the two parents decide to have a kid of there own. we talked about how to remedy these concerns, it involves a lot of talking and understanding. My teacher told us his story about this, it was a sweet story of understanding and respect. He did do something that I have never seen from one of my professors he cried for me this was a moment I will never forget. He showed us it’s ok to have this emotion and to show it and it doesn’t matter where you are. seeing it makes me want to try harder in the class because you know he actually knows and has experienced everything he talks about. that moment you could see why he does what he does and why he was chosen to teach that class. My grandparents did divorce when my mom was young soi have always have had 3 sets of grandparents. I have not liked to go to my mom’s dad house, I felt that I am not as close with them, I have always wonder why this is. I thought maybe it was because they have grandkids that are all theirs so they prefer them. But in listening to the lesson it could be not willing to be as open and kind with them as I could be. and maybe this feeling with them is because I have not allowed them to get close with me. This class has given me the tools to see this. Not only with this but with many things. This class is something that needs to be required because I feel it gets all young adults comfortable not matters what stage of life you are at.