New.

It is terrifying how much is changing in my life. It feels as if I am being born again, in a sense. I am going to be moving to Charlotte, North Carolina in less than two weeks. I will be attending UNC-Charlotte, it is an amazing school and I am in love with the campus, but it is daunting. I come from a tiny public-charter school and graduated with only 35 people in my class. I absolutely loved it there, sure, I had days when I just wanted to go to a normal school, but I will forever be thankful for the lessons I learned there.
I am starting this blog mainly for myself, because I know in college I am going to encounter people, places, and events that change me, expose me to things I may or may not like, and I want a record of it. It is going to be hard for me to assimilate into a metropolitan city where there are people who have different beliefs than I do. My AP English teacher told us at the end of senior year that the world does not love us. I am beginning to realize just how true that is. It hurts me to see how much hate is in the world, but I am determined to surround myself with love. This next four years, and beyond will be an adventure...THE adventure of a lifetime.

-Danielle

"Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death." -Albert Einstein