There are many things you learn when you enter college: how to deal with friends, how to live with others, and how to navigate every space you encounter. One of the best (nonacademic) things I’ve learned so far at Kenyon is how to productively procrastinate. Now, I know it sounds crazy, but it’s quite possibly the best discovery since the Internet.
My house in California will always feel like home to me, but now that I’ve acquired another home in Ohio, I’m learning what it means to have two homes.
Like the elderly, college students are worried about their futures, they are worried about money and security, and they long to matter in the world.
With spring break coming up, students who choose to remain at Kenyon for the next two weeks might wonder how they will entertain themselves in rural Ohio without an active campus life to keep them busy. Here’s my advice for how to amuse yourself at Kenyon over break.
When I was first looking into colleges, I ignored anything having to do with studying abroad. I knew I wasn’t interested – not because I didn’t think it would be valuable, but because I thought, I’m spending so much time and energy figuring out where I should live and study for four years of my life – why spend an eighth of my time in college not even there?
I've since changed my mind.