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I got some bad, very unexpected news my last day in Oberlin. I was talking to the dean about returning next semester, and about winter term specifically, and he said "So you're probably going to do an off-campus individual project, right?"
Um, no. I'd been planning on returning to Oberlin during January and doing the weaving seminar winter term, both because it looks interesting and because Jessie and Ray are doing it as well. But when I told him that, he told me he didn't think that was a good idea, and that I probably wouldn't be allowed to do it. Why? Because Oberlin in January is rather empty and devoid of its usual services and support networks, and given my situation, he doesn't think it would be a good "transition" for me to make. He'd rather I come back to campus in Febrary, when normalcy resumes.
This kind of devastated me. I've been counting down the days till January 6, not February 6. I'm still pretty damn upset, and annoyed at the implication that I somehow need this huge safety net to fall into. As long as I have friends around (and at least 4 of my friends are planning to be on campus), I feel like I'll be fine. I can appeal the decision, but I don't think it's something I'll win. I don't know, though.
At any rate, I do apparently need to be looking into other options for winter term. I do not like this. And unfortunately, the deadlines for applying to go to Israel (which is the option that appeals to me most) have already passed. There's a small chance I could still get in on an environmental studies trip to Israel, but given that a) the deadline passed, b) I have no experience with environmental studies, and c) it costs $2000, that's probably not going to happen.
So...I don't know. I e-mailed Garden State Equality, a gay marriage advocacy group, to see if they'd be interested in having an intern during January. They haven't gotten back to me yet.
I'm not quite sure what my other options would be. I feel stuck, and rushed, and like I don't have time to come up with a project on such short notice. I'm rather unhappy about it all.
Um, no. I'd been planning on returning to Oberlin during January and doing the weaving seminar winter term, both because it looks interesting and because Jessie and Ray are doing it as well. But when I told him that, he told me he didn't think that was a good idea, and that I probably wouldn't be allowed to do it. Why? Because Oberlin in January is rather empty and devoid of its usual services and support networks, and given my situation, he doesn't think it would be a good "transition" for me to make. He'd rather I come back to campus in Febrary, when normalcy resumes.
This kind of devastated me. I've been counting down the days till January 6, not February 6. I'm still pretty damn upset, and annoyed at the implication that I somehow need this huge safety net to fall into. As long as I have friends around (and at least 4 of my friends are planning to be on campus), I feel like I'll be fine. I can appeal the decision, but I don't think it's something I'll win. I don't know, though.
At any rate, I do apparently need to be looking into other options for winter term. I do not like this. And unfortunately, the deadlines for applying to go to Israel (which is the option that appeals to me most) have already passed. There's a small chance I could still get in on an environmental studies trip to Israel, but given that a) the deadline passed, b) I have no experience with environmental studies, and c) it costs $2000, that's probably not going to happen.
So...I don't know. I e-mailed Garden State Equality, a gay marriage advocacy group, to see if they'd be interested in having an intern during January. They haven't gotten back to me yet.
I'm not quite sure what my other options would be. I feel stuck, and rushed, and like I don't have time to come up with a project on such short notice. I'm rather unhappy about it all.