Front Row Seats Essay
“PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY! ATTAWAY GO LUTES!” The crowd goes wild as the men’s basketball team race their way through victory at their home game. As I stand in the front row seats with my sixth grade class, the chant of the people around us ricochets in my head as I try to bring back the feelings and memories that came with today’s experience.
My sixth grade teacher, Mrs. Utto-Galarneau, had a rather unique last name so I just called her Utto for short. I only remember her last name because she had studied at PLU and thought it was a marvelous idea to take her students to tour the campus she had once named her home. As a bonus, the whole class got the chance to sit in the front row seats to watch the basketball squad in action.
It had been around noon as I stepped onto the Lutes territory and breathed in the air that also successful …show more content…
students breathe in. For that brief moment in time, I could feel the sense of belonging and the friendly atmosphere of the diverse student population the campus had to offer. Not once in my life had I stepped onto a college campus and being the twelve year old that I was had no clue what the word college even meant!
Derived from a family of immigrants from Mexico, both my parents had never finished grade school because of family hardships. It was pretty understandable now that when someone asked me what I wanted to be when I grow up, the answer would always be, “I don’t know”.
As I followed the tour guide right in front of me, I saw all these young new faces and not one would look lost or upset.
There was always something to do at PLU as I had noticed, whether it is only a walk in the park or having a cup of coffee with a friend on a chilly day.
Coming from a medium-sized town, it is almost quite hard to sense that feeling of diversity around you unlike being hours away from your home at a college filled with people you don’t know with different ethnic backgrounds. If I had never visited PLU I most likely wouldn’t have the ability to adapt to new places and accept people for who they are.
To this day, I value my ability to make new friends and adapt to any surroundings as it will soon come in handy when it is time to move out and be a part of the college culture.
The Lutes win their final game for the night! I watch a huge mass of people travel towards the exit while my classmates and I head to the bus. The sun was setting behind a cluster of clouds which made the sky pink like cotton candy. All I could think was how lucky I am to have experienced life of a college student with amazing
strangers.
My sixth grade teacher, Mrs. Utto-Galarneau, had a rather unique last name so I just called her Utto for short. I only remember her last name because she had studied at PLU and thought it was a marvelous idea to take her students to tour the campus she had once named her home. As a bonus, the whole class got the chance to sit in the front row seats to watch the basketball squad in action.
It had been around noon as I stepped onto the Lutes territory and breathed in the air that also successful …show more content…
students breathe in. For that brief moment in time, I could feel the sense of belonging and the friendly atmosphere of the diverse student population the campus had to offer. Not once in my life had I stepped onto a college campus and being the twelve year old that I was had no clue what the word college even meant!
Derived from a family of immigrants from Mexico, both my parents had never finished grade school because of family hardships. It was pretty understandable now that when someone asked me what I wanted to be when I grow up, the answer would always be, “I don’t know”.
As I followed the tour guide right in front of me, I saw all these young new faces and not one would look lost or upset.
There was always something to do at PLU as I had noticed, whether it is only a walk in the park or having a cup of coffee with a friend on a chilly day.
Coming from a medium-sized town, it is almost quite hard to sense that feeling of diversity around you unlike being hours away from your home at a college filled with people you don’t know with different ethnic backgrounds. If I had never visited PLU I most likely wouldn’t have the ability to adapt to new places and accept people for who they are.
To this day, I value my ability to make new friends and adapt to any surroundings as it will soon come in handy when it is time to move out and be a part of the college culture.
The Lutes win their final game for the night! I watch a huge mass of people travel towards the exit while my classmates and I head to the bus. The sun was setting behind a cluster of clouds which made the sky pink like cotton candy. All I could think was how lucky I am to have experienced life of a college student with amazing
strangers.