I've been away from Stout for only a few weeks but I've already seen such a drastic change in the type of students I am surrounded by now. I've been bumming around the Cal Poly campus for the last few days just getting to know the area and seeing a new campus. They are on the quarter system so they just had mid-terms, the campus is quite abuzz. Anyway, what I've come to find is that people in the west, at least in this particular city/campus have a completely different collective personality and attitude than people in the midwest.
Here, they are far less humble; people tend to brag up their miniscule accomplishments because nobody will challenge the validity of said bragging. The work ethic is not as strong here, students at this school are typically white-collar born and raised and have not faced any real challenge in their life. They tend to have an "I deserve this because that's what I've always gotten" mentality about them. They don't work as hard because they don't have to. I've sat in on a few of my dad's classes to see that many do not take anything seriously.
Now that's not to say that there aren't hard-working, humble, and middle-class people here, but it's not the majority that's for sure. Just an interesting observation I thought I'd point out; to kind of congratulate people at Stout for being such hard workers and for earning everything that's given to them rather than just feeling entitled to it! Bravo!
Anyway, I'm going off to NASA on May 31st and will be there until August 9th. There have been some bumps in the road getting details worked out but now everything seems to be fitting into place. I will be staying in Harbor Hall on the Univ. of Maryland-Baltimore County campus. I can't wait to get out there and start seeing things! If you are interested in pictures, postings and other thoughts from my trip (to California and Maryland) you can visit blog.mlswanson.net for al that good stuff.
Hope everyone is having a good summer (the short bit of it that we've had so far, anyway).
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Hi Matthew
I have heard similar observations about the work ethic in other parts of the country. I wouldn't fret too hard - it just makes it that much easier for someone like you or me to stand out in a crowd of people who think their awesome but suck in actuality. :)
Good luck at NASA and I totally want to see pictures. I'll be visiting your blog. Mine is http://chelsealynnescapades.blogspot.com. Enjoy your summer!
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