Course Summary

This ISP has been filled with learning and awesome experiences. We went along with Peter Englund, a ski patroller, and learned all about avalanche safety, and how the ski patrollers check the weather. He dug a snow pit and showed us snow layers as well as showing us the sonar snow measurer. Another activity was following Steve Vanstratt and looked through the motor rooms of different lifts. It was really interesting because I have always been interested in what it takes to run one lift. Besides learning about the lifts, we learned about all of the safety procedures done in our ski resort to keep people safe; it was quite reasurring. We also learned about teaching skiing..it's harder than you would think. We were actually required to teach our fellow classmates how to do something; ie: carving, "buttering", and skiing switch. These were just a few of many very fun activities we did.
This ISP wasn't just about fun, we also had to think a little. We needed to work on a "City Year Skill" throughout the whole experience. ONe of mine was being accountable and responsible. I think I followed this well because I was rarely late, and if I was, it was mostly because of confusion of direction. Since I did follow this skill, I think I deserve at least a B. I don't want to have too high of expectations, but we also worked very on our projects and finished. All in all, though this ISP is sadly over, i learned a lot, and hopefully my hard work will pay off with a good grade.