Monday, June 14
Today was an alright day so far. I woke up too tired and hungry, and practically had to force myself out of bed so I could make it down stairs on time. My hair was a complete mess, but I managed to get there fast enough, so we could beat all those kids who were here for some weeks. After breakfast the first class that I had was technology, I was so glad to get the Macbooks, so I could get on the Internet and update my twitter and face book. I need to work hard and finish my project for technology, so I wont let my teammates down.
My next class was Multiculturalism and we only had to worry about brainstorming ideas for the ideas that were given to us. The true purpose of the assignment was to show how the class participated hegemony, which is oppression. The group that Mrs. Rose decided to pick on, were all so angry, to put it lightly, that she decided to single them out and put them down. After understanding how teachers can be biased unconsciously and having a huge discussion about it, my group members and I worked hard to pick out ideas for a play we had to do. We had a good idea but it was shot down because the emphasize, apparently, was being placed on something else.
As soon as 12:30 hit, the class and I ran out of there and headed towards lunch at Sbisa. As we were walking, we noticed a huge crowd of kids also making there way to Sbisa, as well. Well I didn't want to wait at all, so I began to run and when everyone else saw them as well, they began to run to. We made it there before them, so I was especially pleased with myself since I was wearing sandals and was holding a huge bag on one wrist.
After lunch, I went to Scoates Hall and there I had to listen to three lectures. The first lecture was about student servants and the student body president of TAMU spoke to us about his job as student body president and how to be an effective leader. The next speaker, Mr. Lopez, talked about financial aid and even shared a personal story about how he didn't know if he would ever make it to college and all the obstacles that he faced; I was really touched by the whole thing. The information Mr. Lopez shared was so helpful, that I even called my parents to let them know. The third lecture was about multiculturalism on campus. I was shocked to find out that only 5% of the 49,000 students that attend TAMU are minorities! That's really little. The whole point of the lecture was to tell people, who are minorities, how they can become active on campus and not be swept up by the crowd, it was all about finding your niche.
The last presentation, and the most enjoyable in my opinion, were the Yelleaders. Five guys came up to us to talk about their jobs as the school's Yelleaders, a substitute for cheerleaders since there are no cheerleaders at all. They showed us some of their cheers and made us participate in them, so that we could get a taste of TAMU spirit and tradition.
After that was dinner, which went by pretty quickly, seven of us, myself included, went to Starbucks to drink coffee and just chill. I realized that certain people, they know themselves aren't the best in being in public space and can be a tad bit too loud. I ordered an iced caramel macchiato and then a caramel frapachino to go. I gossiped for a while with some friends, attempted to do my hair, took a shower, attempted to do my hair again but failed, and then finally went to sleep just so tired.
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