TRB Experience

I have recently been placed in the role of training room boss for the past two weeks and have one week to go after this. In our program, this is done to give us a chance to be in a leadership role and to supervise undergraduate students in the training room. We are in charge of making sure everything is kept up with, cleaning is done every night, and making sure the training room is shut down correctly each and every night. Alot of people in the past have used the term training room bitch for the trb letters instead because it seems that we are just supposed to clean and do busy work for 3 weeks and then we can move on and continue with our sport assignments. I think there is a level of professionalism that the staff trainers are looking for in us. They want to see if we will take whatever they give us and see how we take constructive criticism. Even though we are called training room boss, we still answer to every staff trainer and must do the little things that are asked of us each and every day. I believe that it truly is how we make it. Even though we dont get as much freedom as they say is afforded, if you show that you are willing to work hard listen to all the things that the staff trainers want to say, it can be a good experience. I believe that some of the staff trainers did not trust me before my trb started because they had not seen the way that i handle myself. I think after the last 2 weeks, they have begun to trust me and respect me more as a colleague than just another student and Ive learned alot from them as well.