The Road To Washington 1

The Road to Washington 1

Once in a while I will use this title. This will let one know that this post is mostly about me getting closer to my goal of becoming a politician. This will have a different tone than from my political view posts.

News, news, news! Many things have happened since my last post. Yesterday, I had a conversation with one of my instructors about possibly attending a four-year school right after I graduate from my current college. He explained to me that I can suspend my current financial aid and won’t have to pay until after I graduate from Hunter College. If this is correct, and if financial aid pays for me to continue school… then I got it made. This is exactly what I need. The goal for Washington has taken a big step. Of course-this is one step in a marathon of steps. I have much more to go.

Today I have made an effort to reach my goal. I attended a tour of Hunter College. I guess it’s ok. The building reminded me of Coney Island Hospital; especially more now than ever since I had a recent stay at the medical facility.

So I’m at the tour, and a woman is explaining admission requirements for freshmen and transfers. At the moment I’m not sure which category I belong to, but she mentions SATs and I know I’m going to have to take that test freshman or not. I guess I’m going to have a fun summer with the books.

The walking part of the tour begins with Phillip. He’s a very Americanized Indian who seems pretty educated. No accent or anything. He tries to make the tour a little better with jokes but it doesn’t help much because there were about 100 people and it was hard to hear what he was saying at some points. That wasn’t his fault though.

Near the beginning of the tour we walked on a bridge connecting two buildings and saw a cool view of the avenue. It was something out of Spiderman when he swings past the cars and the camera is in first-person view.

Next, our group arrived at the music department. Obviously I have no need for this since I’m going for political science. I guess it was just something to see. It was kind of funny since only one person was going for an art program but it was interesting anyway. There were even small quiet rooms so one could practice their instruments.

Like any other college, this school has the usual elements like a cafeteria and a gym (which we didn’t get to see), but it’s nice to know they’re there. They even have a Mac Lab which my crappy computer college doesn’t have.

As the tour ends, even Phillip admits the tour wasn’t very good. He says big tour groups aren’t good since we can’t see much because of speed and that makes sense. Reflecting on the day, I think I made progress. I have the catalog to read and the sheets that were given out. The tour ended around 4:30pm which didn’t leave me any time to go to financial aid. Sometime next week I’ll give it another shot.