“One day after my SAT class this summer, I decided that I wanted to walk from where I was on Wall Street to downtown Brooklyn. It wasn’t that far in retrospect but it was kind of a small feat for me. I thought overcoming it would be pretty cool. It was right in the middle of the summer and a really nice day, and I also really had to pee so that made it way more, um, eventful. It was really peaceful and I got Chipotle… and Starbucks at the end. It was really reflective, I thought about all the times I had walked the bridge with CITY term and how long I have lived in Brooklyn and I had never walked the bridge until like a year ago… and how different it seemed being there alone. And I was just really happy.”

I feel like everyone on campus could use a moment like that right now. The mood is somber with impending college applications and the sudden chill in the air. I wish I could have more spontaneous moments like Jamilah’s walk, yet I find my every minute planned ahead of me. There is no time to watch a movie let alone to have an adventure. Is this what school is supposed to feel like? I wonder what Sir Ken Robinson would have to say about my situation. Perhaps it is just an inevitable, or perhaps it is just this week. Perhaps next week I will find my own bridge to cross.

Thank you to Jamilah Grizzle.