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Today is Campus Pride day. I arrived at the main quad at 11:30 am. I had a vegetarian pizza, and my friend Rory Miller had a Hawaii. Donna sent me to the second floor of the Flint Center parking structure. A nice gardener passed to me a pair of gloves and a garbage picker. During the one-hour pick-up along the road from administrative building to the parking structure, I chatted with Rory, and Laura, an English 1A instructor who used to be a De Anza student and then transferred to San Jose State. Laura and I were talking about different English Writing teaching styles when I told her I liked the way Mr. Lovas pushes students to think about who they are and who their audiences are. Laura agreed. She says a large part of writing is Critical thinking. When we were cleaning the White history building, I discovered a cute place I never paid attention to before. It was a little corner with wooden chairs, a European Style fountain, and green grassland. I have stayed at this campus for two years, but this is the first time I ever felt connected to this place. Just like washing dishes or cleaning up the tables in my apartment, I start to treasure this place the moment I picking up the first cigarette but. Three people asked where to get garbage pickers and joined the group. When one of my friends told me she didn’t think the Pride Day would make the campus more clean, I said, “Maybe not visually, but for people who did it and seeing others doing it, it will for sure build up some awareness and personal connection between the campus and the hearts.” A nice sunny day.
Posted by Jane Qi on 4/15/05; 2:38:57 PM
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