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Originally Posted by AGDee
Well, we live in a pretty diverse area and Detroit can be pretty shocking itself but the one thing she had never been exposed to is Judaism. Some parts of Metro Detroit have a large Jewish population but not in the area where she grew up. I wouldn't say it is culture shock. She is finding it interesting though.
She is definitely living the First Year life and loving it  Even though she says she is swamped with reading and short 'response' papers. |
I guess I was thinking more regional...Northeast college campus life is its own weird animal. I know I was prepared for something a little like UF or Auburn when NO! So different. I mean, I knew it was going to be different but coming from the South, it was a whole other world.
The fact that half of my college campus skipped town about two weeks in for the High Holidays was a giant shock. I was like, where is everyone? They had either gone home or gone to Hillel. Columbia doesn't even have Friday classes; back in the day, so many of its students were observant Jews that they didn't have classes so everyone could prepare for Shabbat. I don't know if Barnard does it still; some of the professional schools do (except for Architecture--stab stab).