Summer Reading...Had Me a Blast

Okay, so I obviously am a nerd for the movie Grease judging from my title. Anywho, let's talk summer reading. So, here's me, no longer a student, but who hadn't had summer reading since freshman year of high school, who had a packet of summer reading this summer for the LVC. It's almost done. So far, I have completed the articles on Community and Social Justice, as well as the main focus article in Simplicity. Everything I've read has given me a lot of food for thought. Some topics I'm thinking on and re-examining are white privilege, segregation, what simplicity really and ideally means to me in living my life, the difference between charity and justice (and how I can work for both in my life) and how I can begin to be actively resistant instead of passively resistant. I've also learned some more interesting interpretations of the Bible...and I like them. I already knew that Jesus was one of the greatest liberal social activists of all time...but it's nice to know that there are scholars out there to back me up on that. So yeah...lots of thought and reflection before I head out (in less than 48 hours). I know that these thoughts will also be able to be discussed and reflected on further throughout Orientation and throughout my year in LVC. Color me excited!

Packing

So, I'm starting to pack for Delaware. I'm a little nervous, but extremely excited to go on the next great adventure. Since this is my first post, I'll do a little recap.

1. I graduated from Cornell College in June. I'm officially not in school for the next year or so.

2. I spent the summer at Starfish in Rindge, NH, a camp for the most amazing kids who've ever lived. They bring joy into my life, and make me realize just how amazingly simple it can be to enjoy the littlest things.

3. Delaware holds the LVC for me. I'll be a co-teacher/teacher's aide in a day care for children of working parents, with the one year olds.

I'm a little nervous to be so far away from the Midwest...and living with 5 people I've never met kind of reminds me of the real world...but I think it will be another amazing experience to have gone through, and I'll come out a better and stronger person. Wish me luck! and read the chronicles of my post-grad life here.