Week 1: First Impressions

      For most of my life I have felt like I spent a lot of my time trying to fit in with other people. It seemed to go that way for me all through high school, at Indiana University, and at Ivy Tech. I have always wondered where I belong and what I will end up doing with the rest of my life. The Art Institute has finally been able to help me answer those questions. 

     I remember coming here to visit and loving how this place felt when I walked through the doors. I have always been more artsy than other people around me but by being here I feel we all understand each other on some different level. I love that I can walk around this place and see people dressed like me while seeing others who are dressed in I do not even know what. I love the freedom I feel hear to express myself the way that I want to and that I am encouraged to do so. I have always hated the fact that I had to take certain classes throughout my life that I know I will never use and learn things that have no bearing on my life. From the first general education class I took at the Art Institute I knew it was going to be different. The professors understand what it was that I wanted out of my life and they knew how to get me there. It was not through needless equations and pointless research papers. It was all about what I was passionate about and to make sure I stayed that way. I will always be in debt to the people here because I all ready know that without them I would have never found what  I love.