So I visitied Hampshire College in Amherst Massachusetts Saturday, and I loved it. The curriculum, that campus, and especially the people. It's completely different from UNH, and every other school I've ever heard of, for that matter. I could go on and on about Divisions and the organization of it and stuff, but that might bore you. Instead, I'll say two things about it: No grades. No tests. Ever.
I guess that was technically three, but whatever. You get the point.
My dad came with me. He was tired and old, and hobbled around a bit, but he kept up well, asked a lot of questions, and was generally fun to hang with. I felt pretty cool when I knew more about the college than the other people there, and that I was not latched onto my parent the entire time. And my dad really is the man.
We saw some cool things. Here are some of them:
But the best thing of all was the graffiti, as you can tell by the background and my new ID Pic. Most of it was confined to the Wall, a place designated for graffiti so as to curb any excess spray-painting across the really pretty campus. It worked pretty well, though there was some, like this one on the library:
And these scattered throughout campus:
But the wall definately wins. It is awesome. I want to go to Hampshire for many, many reasons. Among them is someday contributing to that wall...
