Hellloooo, I’m Taryn reporting for and representing Cluster 21! Oh man, where to begin! When the semester started, I was soooo nervous about leading my cluster. I was afraid that my students wouldn’t like me, or that I wouldn’t be able to keep everyone attentive… or worse, that the students wouldn’t get along with each other. BUT LEMME TELL YOUUUU. The students in Cluster 21 are really a peer mentor’s dream. They bonded pretty quickly and were even organizing their own events outside of ACE so they could spend more time together.

 

At times I feel like I’m the student and they are the ones teaching me. When school becomes stressful, I remember my students and realize that I have nothing to complain about. I have a pre-nursing cluster of 12 fun and vibrant guys and gals from both Hawaii and the mainland,  currently taking 17 credits. Along with their classes, some of them are also working. That’s a quite a bit for a freshman and I give them big props!

 

 

 

 

The month of October was a busy one! Two awesome events that passed were the Walk for Breast Cancer and the ACE Halloween Bash! I was super happy because Cluster 21 really represented! Definitely felt like a proud mama bear seeing more than half of my cluster rocking our decorated tees at the Breast Cancer Walk, and watching them participate in the ACE Bash activities.

Now nearing the end of the ACE program, I am happy that my cluster 21-ers will be able to focus more of their time on their other classes, but I am also sad to part with them. I really enjoyed picking fun and silly ice breakers for them to do, or listening to them joke around while waiting for CAS 110 to start, the list goes on! Cluster 21-ers, I wish you the best of luck and I know that you will be excellent nurses or any other pathways that you choose to embark on! Stay awesome!

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