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20th-Mar-2008 11:04 pm - How Awesome!
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I'm up for an award from the NAACP - Excellency in Education. Now, I'm not usually one to be excited for an award or a ceremony but I'll go ahead and be excited for this. As I understand it, it is the 5th celebration for students of color who are graduating from colleges in the state. The governor will be present to provide us with our certificates. Also, actress Victoria Rowell will be present. I don't watch many soap operas but I was forced to watch hers as a kid and I loved seeing the familiar face. It will be very cool to meet her. Or more realistically, sit in the same room with her and watch her speak :P In any case, I am very pleased to attend this event, something to look forward too.

actually, there is a lot to look forward to in April:
*grad school decision letters
*NAACP event
*Andrew or Monta from my HS will be on campus
*Davis final event - I get to thank Shelby one last time and get to see what the website will look like. I am curious about which photo they selected
20th-Mar-2008 10:28 pm - in the end, was it worth it?
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Just as I make a “commitment” to being positive about life and school in general, CC (my school) asks me of all people to “share my opinion on the school”. Me?! Have they missed my endless emails to administration over the past few years complaining about the place? Or maybe they forgot about all of the meetings we had “to improve my experience” after I let them know I had desires to transfer schools. Has someone let them in on my new optimistic self? Is this a trick to ruin my optimism before it even gets under way?

Of course, being me, I ask, ‘and do you require a prepared statement of what I would actually say?” I just want to know that I can be honest with the interviewer, if I decide to pursue this. Surprise surprise they do not require a 'pre-statement'. With the caveat, “just don’t say it’s been the worst experience of your life.” Dang, that is exactly what I was going to say. Shoot. Now what to do? How about if I say, “it was just one of the most awful experiences in my life. However, whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger and I am now Teflon.” To be followed by my big cheesy smile of course. :D <—just like that.

I'm kidding of course. With only 60 days left I can know reflect from a more objective standpoint. While this hasn't been the most ideal experience (is anything really?) it has not been the total Hell that I often make it out to be.  I've had the opportunity to experience a region of the country that I've always wanted to live in, meet a few very interesting people, and I've discovered what I am really interested in Psychological/Medical Anthropology. And while I've often wished to have more diversity on campus, better psych courses, more activities that I enjoy. I can honestly say that I know when I get back to the city I will have plenty of this. So this short time of deprivation, in the long run is very insignificant. I can honestly say this was  a good experience.

Yet, the question still remains.... do I go all over national television saying this?

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