Best Kept Secret of BYU

My co-workers and I have decided our job is the best kept secret on campus (which means I'm totally letting it out...). I work for the Student Athlete Academic Center. While it has its moments of frustration and flat out anger, overall, it's pretty awesome. Basically we are like tutors, except instead of a specific subject, we tutor them in how to go to college. We meet with them and help them plan out their week, work on reading, test taking, and note taking strategies, help with papers, and basically any other school related subject. So, obviously, finals is insane. But otherwise it's not too stressful.

This summer has been especially fun. We are doing what is called Summer Bridge. All of the new football recruits and a few other students from other sports are required to come and take classes. Since they are all in the same classes, they get to spend a lot of time together and with us in study hall. Needless to say, we have some delightfully crazy conversations. 

One of the major perks, other than that we are all good friends with a bunch of awesome people, is the random opportunities to do fun things. Like yesterday when we got to take a tour of LaVell Edwards Stadium. 

The players weren't nearly as excited as us employees. They got to see some of it when they went on their recruiting trips. Still, we got to go some places they hadn't gone to. We started out going to the ESPN Pressbox, then went to the President's Luge (yes, that is how it is spelled). After, we hit up the Blue Zone and Visiting Team Locker Room before walking on the field to get to the Referee Locker Room, Media Room, and Home Team Locker Room. 

View from the ESPN Pressbox

Me in the President's Luge

Home Team Locker Room

So, yeah, basically my job is awesome!

(P.S. Thanks to Amy for the pictures!)