Having come from a private university, being here at MTSU is a completely new experience. And I feel like what I took for granted there, what I skimped on (and of course, hindsight being 20/20, if I had to do it all over again, I'd give it my all) is what I feel like I'm putting more effort into now.
Sewanee is where I attended last year and, it being a liberal arts college, there's an artistic or cultural flare to everything we did, everywhere we went. I think that allowed me the freedom of exploration (and here I'm talking specifically about my writing), whereas MTSU has forced me to focus on the realities of a situation, and put the effort in the first go round.
So perhaps, rather than picking up a skill, I feel as if I'm learning how to apply myself more studiously, and do what I have to, even if it's not necessarily what I want to be doing.
I think its neat for you to have been able to experience both. And it's even better that you have realized that and are doing something about it.
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