Probably the most influential class I have taken yet is ending. I have been in an adventure education class for 2 semesters. The first semester, I learned to have a bit more confidence in myself. I learned that it is okay to be who I am, and that it is never okay to try to be anything else. After that semester, I was asked to take it again as the student leader. This semester, I have learned that it is good to laugh when I think something is funny and it is good to cry when something is sad. I have learned that first impressions mean nothing. You can learn to love anyone. I love when a group of people get so close, they feel like family. Watching shooting stars together, singing together, dealing with really difficult things, not showering for 4 days...together, laughing at things that only we will ever understand.
The outdoors will never go away, and I will backpack and rock climb for the rest of my life, but that close family feeling will definitely be missed.