Oh, Friends

    Friends. Friends. Friends. You make them everywhere. With new adventures and an open mind you’ll meet new people, who later become friends. Once you’ve made them you don’t remember how life operated without them. In second grade I was a part of a Brownie Girlscout club. In the two years that I was a Brownie I learned one song. I don’t remember the title but it went “make new friends but keep the old, one is silver and the other’s gold.” No matter what, I know that I won’t forget anyone that I’ve met at College Now.

    I’ve always been an easy-to-talk-to person, who loves to meet new people, but I’ve never became so close to people in six weeks like I have at College Now. I have met so many great people at College Now who I never would have encountered otherwise. In the beginning of the class, I didn’t think I would make it through the six weeks. On the first day I thought of dropping the class, not because of the material or because I didn’t like anyone but I didn’t understand. Didn’t understand how a summer, that is supposed to be spent at a beach, could be spent inside an over air conditioned building. Luckily I didn’t.

    We all had our little groups, Connie hung out with Mariann, the Beacon group hung out with each other (then Brittany joined), Michelle and Stephanie hung out, Polina and Ari were close, Shirley and Linda had a close relationship, but it didn’t matter. Those groups slowly enfolded, until everyone began talking to each other. For example, in the beginning of the class I hardly spoke to “Abda El”, but now we suck our teeth at each other in a loving way of course. It’s weird to imagine not waking up at 7:45 in the morning. It’s weird to think about getting a free New York Times in the morning or the free lunch. But more importantly it’s going to be weird going to school in September without the College Now group. It’s going to be strange reading the New York Times, to friends, talking about how the article’s lead lacked an insightful lead or how the kicker was weak to people who don’t even know newsroom lexicon.

    At 1:54 in the morning, I find myself talking to Alicia and Connie Van. In a way these conversations with them “encapsulate” (what seems to be one of Lauren’s favorite word) the friendships that I have made in College Now. As Connie put it college class “FLEW by.”