ADJOURNING

            Thinking back to my volunteering days with the band, the part that made for the hardest goodbye was when I left after ten years, I had seen students come from the middle school band to our high school band and then on to graduate. I enjoyed seeing them mature over the years from scared freshmen to aspiring seniors with dreams and goals of going to college. The rapport I developed with the band director, parents and students was something I cherish to this day.  
            I believe the more involved a person is with a group, the harder it is to say good-bye. It was past practice for the band to have an end of the year party, as a way to thank the students and volunteers for all their sacrifice and hard work they put in during the year. It was also a ritual for the band, to line up or form a circle and say their ritual which was usually led by the drum major or a section leader in a loud voice drum major says...FEET band responded...TOGETHER,  drum major.. CHEST… band… OUT drum major  ...SHOULDERS... Band...BACK… drum major ELBOWS …band… FROZEN … drum major... EYES... band WITH PRIDE, drum major. EYES… band… WITH PRIDE …drum major EYES...band ….WITH PRIDE, then they would be dismissed, this gave all of us a sense of pride in our school and selves. Spectators would stopwatch in awe.
            As I near the end of my academic journey at Walden I will remember the many colleagues I have had the pleasure of working with in class, although we never met face to  face I feel as though we as online students have a special kind of bond .I really enjoyed signing into a classroom and seeing familiar names. As this is my last before starting my specialization, I hope that my colleagues and I will continue to be in touch through e-mails. I feel like adjourning is an essential stage of team work because once you’re a part of a team, there is an unexplainable bond /relationship that is formed and that is what makes adjourning from a group the hardest.