Thursday and Friday of practicums were really interesting and intellectual, in my opinion.

Thursday’s session was on dilemmas in the law of free expression, where we discussed and broke down the first amendment. We talked about controversial issues like whether or not the burning of the American flag should be protected. All in all, the time flew by and everyone had their own opinion on the topics discussed.

Friday we learned about cultural intelligence, how each and every one of us come from different backgrounds and have different privileges depending on our race, gender, ability, religion and more.

We completed an exercise where we read privileges off the wall and had to grab a bead from these buckets for each one we answered yes to. At the end of the exercise, you got to see all your privileges right in front of you.

At the end of the week, I felt like I had learned a lot and that the practicums were very beneficial. I understand why they are mandatory, and hope the future MSC students get to learn as much as I did.