Saturday, August 21. A year ago I moved to college. Not exactly a scary experience, considering I had several friends going and the college was closer to my house than my high school. Still, an adventure. Now, the next year of students is moving in. Its crazy to think that a year ago, we were the clueless ones moving in with people we didn't know and being led around campus by upperclassmen who looked like they knew what they were doing. Now I'm an upperclassmen who's supposed to look like he knows what he's doing. We haven't started any official W.(eek) o.(f) W.(elcome) stuff other than moving people in, but we have our first discussion in an hour. And thats what we hope it is. A discussion. Not just Jon and Bethany talking and waiting in awkward anticipation for that moment when someone will speak up and break the silence that hopefully won't be happening. For someone who isn't the best at making conversation and doesn't always enjoy social situations, this will be an adventure.
Will there be a giant elephant in the room? Of course. Its fourteen strangers expected to speak about their personal experiences and who they are. Fourteen different personalities, fourteen different stories, fourteen opportunites for successfully helping an adjustment to college or failing to help them when they needed it most. So no pressure.
Saturday, August 21, 2010
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