C.L.A.S.S. III
Salisbury-Nantahala
Experience
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C.L.A.S.S. III Salisbury-Nantahala Experience |
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Challenge by choice is the bedrock principle of NOC and the Nanthala new student experience option. Simply put, if there is an activity that appears overwhelming, or you’re uncomfortable with, you don’t have to do it. The focus of the week is creative leadership, and a strong component of this is teambuilding and support. Everyone in the group will want to see you succeed, and we make it our goal to make certain you feel this support. Students, who would have never climbed higher than a standard ladder, have made it to the top of the 90 ft. alpine tower before. Students with a mild phobia of the water have sailed through the Nantahala rapids. There are 3 zones we will assess throughout the week: your comfort zone, learning zone, and danger zone. Everyone feels great in their comfort zone, but we hope to have you in the learning zone for most of the week. This is an extended area of your comfort zone, where you fill challenged and a sense of success. We never want to see you in the danger zone, and that’s the reason for challenge by choice. NOC provides trained professionals with backgrounds in survival, outdoor education, and first aid/emergency response training. They will educate you about the risks of your activity, and will expect you to participate in their safety instructions. Prior to the start of the course, NOC will have you read and sign an Assumption of Risk and Waiver Agreement (included with this packet), that acknowledges their safety instructions and the inherent risks involved in outdoor adventure activities. Again, through challenge by choice, should you decide to portage a rapid or walk an obstacle, it’s okay and NOC instructors along with the course directors will make accommodations! "Challenge by Choice (CbC) is an important principle in Adventure-Based Counseling (ABC). CbC is simple in principle, but complex in practice and reality. The simple principle is that participants are invited to participate voluntarily in each of the various activities and challenges of an ABC program. A participant may choose to sit out an activity and this right is to be respected by others in the group and instructors." For more information about CbC follow this link to a website devoted to information about wilderness and experiential education.
"The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will and the other from a strong won't." Henry Ward Beecher |
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