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November 19, 2006
Jenny's SADHA Day Reflection
On Friday, November 17th, I attended SADHA day hosted by LCC. It was completely different than what I expected – in a good and bad way. Most of the girls in my class started off the event by driving up Thursday and staying the night. Just being with the girls out of school was great, we got to know each a lot better. I’d say Applebee’s was the most fun out of the two days!
Now onto SADHA day itself, I was kind of disappointed when I seen what our breakfast was. When I found out we were getting a “continental” breakfast, I was expecting something totally different. Soon after, I was really excited to see so many different students all there for the same reason we were! It was interesting going around to all the different vendors and listening to them talk about all the different products (plus we received some free stuff, so that was a plus!).
One thing that really bothered me was Sandra Burn’s speech, “Images to teach diversity”; I don’t understand what she was trying to teach?!? The only thing I got out of it was the bad things that have been said about African American’s throughout history. I felt very uncomfortable even listening to what she was saying. There were people getting up and walking out. Most of them were African American’s and I think it’s because they were offended. She didn’t really sum it up at the end either to kind of reiterate what she was teaching us or trying to prove! I know diversity is very important but I think she came about it the wrong way or maybe I just took it the wrong way? I wish I could have heard a speech about something that related more to dental hygiene itself.
My first round table was research. I was actually more interested in it than I thought I’d be! We talked about all the different kinds of research you could do and the reasons for it. My second round table was charting. Important but boring! I thought all the round tables would be fun stuff and things like charting we’d learn in school. Then again, some people might think that’s interesting, so it goes both ways. We talked about the importance of charting and legally what can happen if you falsify any information.
Last but not least was the ending! I really liked how people from different school’s got up in front of everyone and told us a little bit about their school and different way’s they help the community. I had no idea there were so many dental hygiene programs in Michigan! I love Michigan and I wouldn’t want to do my schooling anywhere else but I wish I would have known right out of high school, all the different school’s that have hygiene programs.
Overall, I did have fun. I knew a girl from Detroit Mercy and another from LCC so I also enjoyed seeing them! I enjoy being a SADHA member but as far as SADHA day, I’m kind of questioning whether or not it’s worth it to go next year.
Posted by jebrodie at November 19, 2006 09:38 PM