Brick

So I figured I should tell you about what I’m feelin’ after my first few days here at exotic Temple Ambler…the whole thing is kind of odd; when I walk to one of my classes, it feels as though I’m walking to work, but I’m really walking to a class…it just doesn’t feel like it’s a school, more like a small town where everyone is there to learn…I always find establishments a little on the weird side…take resaurants, for example, here’s a place where you only go to eat, and they are there for no other purpose…everyone else is there for the exact same reason…this is contrary to things like baseball parks where, although everyone there is, in essence, there for the game, you can do other things like shop, eat, see attractions and such…college is kind of like that too…you, and everyone else here are here to learn…It makes more sense in places like State College, where everyone in the city is a part of the school…Temple Ambler is more like camp…everyone has somewhere to be at one point or another, and we’re all there fo basically the same reason…

With that in mind, I like it here because it doesn’t feel like an establishment…there’s something going on all the time, be it classes or a club fair or something else…there’s also (for me, at least), lots of time between classes for things like work, reading, hanging out, doing radio, and playing music really loud (which not only don’t other people mind, but I’ve gotten several compliments on my music from various people so far)…

They say that, in college, you do things you wouldn’t have done in High School…truth be told, many of the Welcome Week activities over the past few days might not have been of interest to me at any other time…but, with nothing to lose, I took part in them just for the experience (and with

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