Culture and diversity at Purdue
It's been a week since I have landed into the quiet city of Lafayette, and I feel elated : Elated to be here, to be friends with so many new and different people. I thought I'd just be friends with the people of my country, or maybe my religion. But what I experienced in 7 days is going to last forever.
I came here on 19th of August, and was very worried. I had no idea where to go or what to do, so I went straight to my room and started unpacking. My roommate, whom I knew since 2 months online, had still not arrived. While I was thinking all of it, around 5 girls came in my room and introduced themselves to me. They were my neighbours there, and the first people I became friends with. None of them belonged to my country, but loved it when I said I belong to India. Happy faces were what I saw. That made me understood something that I couldn't have understood in my home country. Diversity and love for diversity.
I see new faces everyday. Purdue calls for a very great diversity, which at times is the best thing here. No racial discrimination but a new and vivid love for each other. I see some freshmen, just like me, who keep roaming around with a map in their hands trying to figure their way out. And I see some seniors stopping them and guiding them to the right direction. That is diversity. That is love.
I'm more than happy to be here, in such a distinct culture. It defines me now, and makes me a better person. It makes me a part of two nations all at once.
It's been a week since I have landed into the quiet city of Lafayette, and I feel elated : Elated to be here, to be friends with so many new and different people. I thought I'd just be friends with the people of my country, or maybe my religion. But what I experienced in 7 days is going to last forever.
I came here on 19th of August, and was very worried. I had no idea where to go or what to do, so I went straight to my room and started unpacking. My roommate, whom I knew since 2 months online, had still not arrived. While I was thinking all of it, around 5 girls came in my room and introduced themselves to me. They were my neighbours there, and the first people I became friends with. None of them belonged to my country, but loved it when I said I belong to India. Happy faces were what I saw. That made me understood something that I couldn't have understood in my home country. Diversity and love for diversity.
I see new faces everyday. Purdue calls for a very great diversity, which at times is the best thing here. No racial discrimination but a new and vivid love for each other. I see some freshmen, just like me, who keep roaming around with a map in their hands trying to figure their way out. And I see some seniors stopping them and guiding them to the right direction. That is diversity. That is love.
I'm more than happy to be here, in such a distinct culture. It defines me now, and makes me a better person. It makes me a part of two nations all at once.
Purdue is definitely unique. It is unique even compared to other campuses. I really like how you described how friendly the people are at Purdue. This is something I have noticed at Purdue also. The majority of the people around are completely up to someone in need. I have talked to many of my friends who attend other colleges throughout the country and they have found it hard to connect not only to upper class students, but also to other freshman. Friendliness and natural ability to accept others is unique to Purdue. This aspect of culture is something that is undeniably amazing that Purdue has. No one worries about what others as much. Including the story about the upper class students helping freshman find there way definitely added a great visual to the idea of the cultural diversity with common bonding. This post shed a very descriptive light on the welcoming ability of Purdue. (engr103)
ReplyDelete@margotk : I'm glad you like my views. Its been a pretty good week for me with all the friendly people around. And I love my classmates as well, since all of us have something in common and we're linked by our learning community. Purdue is definitely awesome, and all the events that happen here make it a lively atmosphere to live in. (engr103)
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