Luckily, we had bright sunshine for the day that our first year students arrived on campus. A swarm of upper class students in green t-shirts roamed the sidewalk in front of our residence hall, descending upon each car that pulled up. The student volunteers were so efficient at unloading the cars that I didn’t even help much. Mostly, my role was to patrol for anxious parents and go calm them down.
You can tell a lot about students by what they bring. Pretty much every student had a laptop computer, of course. But I also saw plants, packed lovingly into the backs of small cars. I saw several guitars, lots of bicycles, and at least one set of antlers. One smart mother had brought a bin of homemade chocolate chip cookies and was handing them out to the student volunteers. You can bet her daughter had plenty of help moving in.
You can tell a lot about students by what they bring. Pretty much every student had a laptop computer, of course. But I also saw plants, packed lovingly into the backs of small cars. I saw several guitars, lots of bicycles, and at least one set of antlers. One smart mother had brought a bin of homemade chocolate chip cookies and was handing them out to the student volunteers. You can bet her daughter had plenty of help moving in.
Your uni always sounds like such a great place to work- and study!
ReplyDeleteI love that a parent was handing out cookies! LOL.
ReplyDeleteand, another year begins. love all the details, and especially the choc chip cookies. smart mom.
ReplyDeleteI love the post title, of course!!! And to think that when I started reading you way back then I didn't even know Joni!
ReplyDeleteOK, haven't even read the post, but had to come and scream: WHAT??? With-a-Why has a girlfriend? Wow... times does fly!!
HAhaha, comment went up on wrong post! ;)
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