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A500.9.3.RB_WilsonLindsey_Course Reflections

Negative & Positive Aspects of my experience in this course: Honestly the largest positive experience I’ve had, had very little to do with the actual course itself. Coming in as a new graduate student for the first time was intimidating. All of the irrational, “what ifs?” went through my mind before the course. It has been very validating personally to know that I am capable of handling graduate work, and I also realized how much I missed more formal, academic learning. I’ve also appreciated how my learning can be directly related to my personal and professional life. Although I do not oversee any employees in my current position, I can still learn how to be a good leader now and prepare me for the time when I do oversee others. Sometimes it was a challenge to understand how a certain topic related to leadership. For example, how does understanding conspiracy theories make me a better leader? The purpose of this could be more of an exercise in critical thinking, but I felt t