So the end of the semester has come and gone and now I'm home for a month and know I am bound to have all kinds of relatives asking what I learned this semester.
So what the heck did I learn?
1. Being at a small school is great
Being a person instead of a number is the best part of a small school. I was lucky enough to go to a very small private school for my K-6th-grade years and was homeschooled with 1-on-1 attention from 7-12 and now I am at a school where the faculty to student ratio is 17:1. My largest class has 45 kids or so but it does not feel like it. Your professors know your name, they know who you are and where you sit and they know how you're doing in the class if you ask them.
2. The food really is as bad as everyone says it is
At first, I didn't get why everyone complained about the food here at Caine (our student center) and Ritchie (our cafeteria) but know I swear if I ever have to eat a chicken wrap with chipotle sauce again I just might vomit. I can't wait to have homecooked food that isn't made from all of the same fried chicken for a whole month.
3. Get involved with things like Odyssey
I'm not an athlete anymore and I go to a school that's 80% athletes so it's hard to find a place to fit in. Getting involved with an extracurricular thing like Odyssey not only gives me experience in journalism (my minor), it introduced me to a whole new group of people that I might not have otherwise met without it.
4. Going home is okay
If you live near enough where you can go home whenever you want to go, do it. Don't worry about what anyone else has to say about it, go home if you miss home because sometimes it's all you need to get through the rest of the week/month/semester.
5. Call your mom whenever you need her
Seriously, even if it's a quarter to midnight on a Saturday night and you're upset over a boy, call your mom. Call her when you have a cool class or get to meet someone interesting. Call her because it will make both of you happy.