Week 2
I apologize for posting this blog a few days late. It has been a busy week, and I wanted to get a few more days in so I could have a thorough reflection. Last weekend I walked around Eugene by myself for around 5 hours since I don't have a car. I wanted to just take in the beautiful cascades mountains surrounding Eugene since it wasn't raining and it basically rains everyday here. Upon this 5 hour walk of mine I started to reflect and came to some sobering conclusions. Before I left, I had romanticized this idea that Oregon was going to be this divine place that would help me find all the answers and solve all my problems. I thought everyone was going to love me because I was a new student, and I would be exotic and fascinating. I realized obviously that these were extremely naive thoughts without complexity or a sense of awareness. While people are politically different, dress differently, and carry themselves differently, people are largely the same everywhere. It reminded me...