Oxford, England

I found this post from another webpage(which I wrote while abroad). I do not know if I still agree with all that I've said, It's been a little over a month since writing this. (Wow, it is crazy to think that I was in Europe that recently.) However, I believe there is still some insight to be gained from reading these perceptions.


Oxford, England
Jul 16, 2007
Today is Monday. Today I have spent 75% of my waking hours researching the authority if the Roman Catholic Church and Papacy during the years 1000 CE - 1215 CE. The research is for a paper (one of five) that is due on Thursday. My Tutor, Rowena Archer, is an expert in Medieval History.

It is very special to be at Trinity College here in Oxford. I always had wanted to study at Oxford University since I was a child. And now, the Lord has graciously supplied this wonderful opportunity! Amazing. Difficult, challenging, intense, but a wonderful time nonetheless.

The students that I am studying and interacting with on a daily basis are from the University of Georgia. It is a constant learning experience here, socially as well as academically. The guys and girls here are just very open and live life (as far as I can discern) without manipulating it to conform to what others expect of them. Peer pressure (well, so far) is non-existent. Everyone is independent. I find it such a shame that at Grove City College so many kids either feign a lifestyle they do not believe in, or embrace the "rebellious side" - which even the unbelieving and lost students here would be turned off by. Not because it would be "too crazy," but because the "rebellious side" wouldn't be that rebellious at all.

I guess what I am trying to say is that, for the majority, kids here aren't attention-starved. And I feel that attention is one of the main motives for choosing a lifestyle / persona at GCC. Man, that is messed up.