My UIUC Story
Shawn Robbins
I think this is the a very good university to
start off this is mainly the reason why I choose to come here but the school
isn’t
perfect by far. Like most things in life there are flaws, and being a minority
I can see most of them. There is a great divide among the students here
in this school and town. Since this university is the greatest game in
town most students here seem to have an arrogant flare about themselves,
I know personally because I spent a year at Parkland Community College
and the student body there seems totally different, looking at it from
a black perspective. I really don’t exactly know where I fit in here
that’s a very hard question to answer but I’m dealing with
it.
A lot of non-university students and towns
people alike act as if they have something to prove every time there is
a black gathering. Educationally this isn’t a problem for the university
but it is one socially, and it does affect most minorities, because we
need some sort of outlet. There are some issues that dwell here in Champaign
that incoming freshman really are not prepared for.
I really don’t
agree with some of the things that the university does to ease our tenure
here at the university, mainly homecoming, the black student government
created the African American homecoming so we could enjoy the festivities
as well as the majority. It wasn’t a
big idea to me until I had some friends come down to for homecoming weekend
and they said that they never seen anything like that before, it was
a shock to me to say none-the-less.
To elaborate on the statement where do
I fit in the university I would say that I fit in fine considering the
circumstances. |