MugeleLit&SocREVIEWS

January 27, 2011 I agree with Nathan with a lot of points she made. I think that in order for someone to base college life on something, they must actually be in that situation. I think that there are numerous amounts of things that are often overlooked, and I feel that she went the best possible route to study this. However, I think that it would be a little different if she were actually the age of a college student. As she clearly got evidence about certain factors, I feel like she would have felt even more involved if people didn't look at her and notice that she was older. A few things that I agreed with her on were that many things college students dealt with were often not seen or noted, and that students deal with classes, homework, and the whole idea of college in general a lot different than most grown ups think they do.

February 3, 2011 I agree with Nathan on the point that community and diversity are huge parts of college culture. Everyone is so diverse, yet the main goal is to build community. Building community is extremely important I think because it will help you find similarities among people that will help you with your interests, studies, and overall college experience. It is much better for students to have friends that they can trust and get along with, and one of the main ways to do something like this would be by building a community. Through the various electives that are given to students to choose from, you can help build that community. Students with similar choices in electives generally have the same values, morals, and interests. I disagree, however, with this simply because many people during welcome week and election seminars choose something that their 'friends' are doing. Also, although you may have similar interests, it does not mean that you will get along well. I know from personal experience that even though the people in the same activities as me have the same interests, it doesn't mean that we will get along at all.

I also agree with Nathan about the individuality of college students. College students love being able to do their own things. One of the most important factors for kids when choosing a school is how far from home it is. This is because a lot of students want to get away from their parents and into the real world where they have a say over what they do by themselves. Joining a group or activity gives you times of meetings and other things to do, and that's a big turn off for most people.

February 10, 2011 After reading this article, I noticed a few things. One thing I noticed was the people I hang out with are generally the same ethnicity. It isn't that I don't enjoy or am scared or anything of hanging out with other ethnicities, but I just find that I do hang out with caucasions. I think part of the reason this though came up was simply the fact that Nathan was talking about befriending international students. I think that it's extremely hard for me to put so much effort into an international student when they are only here for X amount of time. Eventually they will go back to their respected country and it will be much harder to maintain a friendship that way. I think the time I invest with friends and the people I pour my heart and mind out to are people that I would want to have around after college. I go to college to get knowledge, not international friends. I think that if I was interested in simply making friends internationally by going out of this country.