The One with the Three Cups of Tea

Today we had a schedule of events planned specifically for people living in the LLC. First was a cookout, with burgers, hot dogs, salad, brownies and home made lemonade. This was fun because we all swapped tables and generally mingled with others in the LLC. Next was a discussion about the differences between high school and college, led in small groups of about fifteen (my group was led by BR Hoffman, who is part of the Wautauga college and extremely friendly). It developed into a discussion about a book the freshman had to read called Three Cups of Tea, which is about an American called Greg Mortenson who set up schools specifically designed to educate women in places like Pakistan and Afghanistan. The discussion grew until we were debating the merits and disadvantages of military aid versus humanitarian aid. It got political, which was fun for me because I was the only International in the group and liked hearing the American perspectives on things.

We then had about an hour break and headed down to the Broyhill Music Center which is where a meeting was held between all of the people living in the LLC, to introduce staff members and RA's (Residential Assistants, of which there are three on each of the four floors of the LLC). We talked about setting up a fund to help Greg Mortenson set up more schools, and that ended the meeting. I headed to King Street, which runs through the centre of Boone, and got myself a yummy turkey sub from Jimmy John's. I headed back to the room and sorted out some stuff and talked to some people on Facebook. I've got to be up early tomorrow to get in line at the bookstore, because it will get crazy if I leave it too late.