One Big Day After Another

Last week was rather mundane. Calvin's sentiments sum up my feelings about last week and how I'm feeling right now about school in general. Every day is rather the same and it's kind of wearing on me. However, I don't mean to be a downer, I'm just letting that out and now I can move on to other things.

It was a super nice day today and I felt like harkening back to spring of senior year and just skipping class and hanging out outside all day (mom, that actually didn't ever happen... very often). I was diligent, however, and went to all my classes. Partly because of my enterprising and industrious nature (haha sorry not at all ) and mostly because my classes include daily attendance as part of the grading structure. That actually kind of makes me mad, and I'm sorry to use Luther's official blog as a venue through which to vent my dissastisfaction with the school, but I feel like giving potential students an accurate description of the school through my lens is an appropriate discourse.

Part of me longs deeply for the complete responsibility of adulthood (note that I did not say freedom, for yes I do know that getting a job and paying bills is a deeper servitude than college), but I want so desperately to be treated with the attitude that I can manage myself, that I am no longer a kid who needs coddling and gentle directing towards the "right" path. I feel like sometimes, and I want to get to the point here so spare my bluntness and lack of cushy phrasing, Luther treats me like a irresponsible child needing guidance. Simply put, if I don't want to go to class and I feel like I can still learn the material and fulfill my responsibilities to the curriculum, I want to be able to do that and not get punished.

Don't get me wrong, there are many more freedoms at Luther than other colleges, but to any potential student out there, there is a huge difference from a private, small, liberal arts college and a large public institution. The nature of the beast, at least at Luther, is that you will have a more intimate experience with the college, but you won't experience as much self-guided responsibility. Anyways I don't want to rant.

So I started drinking this, I don't know, soda tea thing that I got at the Co-op downtown. It's absolutely amazing; there's a can sitting right by me actually. And it's not to tea-flavory either, but there is a definite subtle tea after taste. It's hard to explain. I recommend trying it if you can find it somewhere. Like the Co-op downtown in Decorah :)



Take it easy,

Danny