My Life at Skidmore: Jenny Lupoff

大家好. 我叫珍妮.

I routinely struggle to find the bathrooms in the library, but somehow I am already a senior here at Skidmore.

Though I, sometimes 太 vividly, can remember my first moments here on 校园 — filled with uncertainty as my family’s jam-packed station wagon entered the 校园 and a world of vibrant yellow and green balloons, banners and smiling students who looked like they had been waiting all day just to see me.

I remember nervously waving an arm through my window, excited, yet also cautious of 不出现 太 急切的.

I remember the thoughts that darted around in my head as my parents attempted to steer the car toward a strange building called Jonsson Tower.

“Do we go left or right?他们问道。. Needless to say, I was no help. 我心事重重!

Instead of directions, my brain was filled with questions: Will I like my classes? Did I pack my retainer? What will I major in? 也许哲学? 是的,哲学. 那 seems like something I’d like, something you study at a small liberal arts school in upstate New York. Most importantly, how will we unload my entire life from this car and up 12 flights of stairs? Not a great moment for a chronic over-packer.

An其他 friendly face kindly directed us toward my new home. Sure enough, we turned 错误的方式. I was certain I would never find my way around this enormous, sprawling 校园. (Turns out, it takes at most 10 minutes to get from one end of 校园 to the 其他.)

Looking back on those moments of unease, I can’t help but smile, even laugh a little at my naiveté and feel a great deal of relief at how much I have grown since those strange first moments.

The past three years have not been perfect, but if there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that there is no perfect “fit,” no perfect school and no perfect experience.

Rather, this school, and the past three years have been exactly what I didn’t know 我需要.

I am excited to share with you all that I have learned from the wonderful, interesting 我身边的人. I’ll share the ups, the downs, the everything in between — my thoughts, reflections, feelings — my greatest hopes and dreams!

There is so much left to learn. And I still have to take that philosophy class.