Late Night Excursions

Well hello again everybody! It is very interesting to see how each and every honors student interacts with each other here in Bloomsburg, PA. For once I can say that I don't see any cliques amongst a group of honors students minus the girls vs guys normal groupings. Of course being a leader and a musician, I consider myself to be very much a people watcher. Now, I need to remember that these are honors students and nothing is every as it originally seems. I can definitely say this is a very cohesive group who works well together, atleast when called to do so.

This morning we started our first day of classes off with a Quest team building session in which we started to try to learn all of our groups names along with working to complete some rather difficult tasks. The first activity was the normal go around the circle, say your name, your major, and something interesting about yourself. Then we moved onto more difficult tasks such as putting ourselves in order of birth month without speaking, followed by order of day of the month without speaking understandable words or using your hands to communicate. We also did activities including getting groups to stand on small boxes, leading blindfolded people through a minefield, and playing with mousetraps .... yes mousetraps. After successfully completing all of their challenges we moved on to enjoy Husky Lounge Dining and the beginning of our two honors courses. We will be studying western music and media during our excursions within and outside the great country of the United States.

Well now that you know what we did today, I am sure you are wondering why I titled this post Late Night Excursions. Well first of all we are honors students so its never actually as late as you think. Most of our "fun" is sitting in the lounge area of our dorm and watching what I believe is called Top Gear or some sort of British comedy show about American things. It is actually quite entertaining to see how they are viewing Americans. All in all I can see that this trip is going to be a very interesting chance to be able to people watch both my peers and those people outside of my country and how they interact with each other. I am looking forward to starting this journey and will definitely keep you all updated as to what happens and what I encounter on my ventures with the honors students of Pennsylvania.