Moving Forward...

It is Thursday, finals are done and my life at community college has drawn to a close. After two solid years of edification and personal growth at Portland Community College, I am transferring, albeit not too far, to Reed College. I leave behind a legacy community service, leadership, activism and a kick-ass GPA at PCC to endeavor even more service, leadership, activism challenges while suffering the intellectual slings and arrows of Reed.

I have been fortunate enough to make the acquaintance of superb instructors, supportive staff and good friends at PCC. After all, it is neither the school itself nor its location that makes a school great rather it is the people and their commitment to excellence that does. As such, while this move is both a joyous and momentous occasion, I am melancholy about leaving the great people of a fine institution.

I look forward to my time in the halls of Reed but will do so with a mind full of wonderful memories of a place that prepared me well for life. The voices in my head remind me that if Reed is to take credit for molding me into a scholar, then PCC must take credit for cultivating my compassion and humanity.

Posted by codefreak at June 9, 2005 10:38 AM | TrackBack