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{plain}I grew up in Jeffersonville, VT, which is about an hour northeast of here.

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{italic}sleds scraping on snow and laughing

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{plain}I wanted to go to school in a place where I had access to the outdoors and could really be connected to the earth in some way.

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I actually lived on the Honors floor of Harris-Millis, which is, you knowÉ you actually apply to live on the floor.


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It was an easy transition because I found people that I could connect with real easily, and I think that it helped me.

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In that way it helped me transition more easily because I was surrounded by people with similar ideas, similar ways of studying.

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{italic}It's a good book, by David Orr...

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{plain}The people that I lived with my Freshman year I'm still friends with today.


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{italic}Yeah, and I found her and I gave her what she needed and like went home...

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{plain}For me, learning is a fun thing and something that I want to do.


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My education is so connected to my life that they go together really well.


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So you can start by just filling in with the top here which is pretty striaght forward so...

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{plain}I think it's been a powerful experience because I've learned how to communicate and create relationships with people

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 that I might not have known how to do before, and just be on my own and, you know, learn how to support myself.

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