Transfer Motivational conference

In 300 words or more, write a posting onto your blog about the biggest highlight of the transfer Motivational Conference for you? You may want to discuss the workshops you attended, the she speakers, or your experience in meeting other Puente students. You can also include photos in your post. Please post the blog by the beginning of class Tuesday, November 10.

The Transfer Motivational Conference, TMC, gave me a better insight on what schools to look at or I would be interested in. I talked to majority of the schools that had their tables and asked them why would I pick your school.. Some were taken back on my question and others answered my question gracefully. It was good to hear what they had to offer in order for me to pick which school best suited for me. The conference was pretty fun, getting to see the roll call and other schools show their puente pride. One of the workshops we attended was the Women's Independence one and the speaker had a good story to share with the students about her journey. She had a great sense of humor but most of her jokes were said in spanish words or phrases so I felt kind of secluded while everyone was laughing and there I was clueless. I know puente was founded by chicano students and is more focused on the Latino students but when speakers would come up and talk about opportunities it was more focused on latino students, I felt like their main focus was to boost up the latino culture. I see nothing wrong with that but I guess I want that same connection with my culture to feel what majority of my classmates felt with that connection with their same "gente." During parts of the conference I felt somewhat out of place but tried my best to make connections to what the speakers were saying.

P.S. word travels fast in Sac Town (Alicia and I would know ;) )