Piedmont College or Camp Piedmont?
by Jeff Peel
Issue date: 2/9/09 Section: Opinion
I remember being 10 years old, and every summer, once school ended, I'd find my friends running off to spend weeks, or even months at summer camp. While there, they had every movement noted, every and breath was monitored.
I never understood why my friends always left for the summer, escaping to places where, even though they were far away from home, they were still under constant surveillance.
I never went to these camps until this summer, when I came to Camp Piedmont.
Now before I confuse you, or make you actually believe that Piedmont offers a camp for those who can't get enough of Piedmont take time to think.
Does Piedmont really give off the vibe of a college? Is independence really allowed? Have we left high school yet?
I graduated from a high school of 5000, and I came to college looking to be independent; not having to concern myself with someone always looking over my shoulder. I guess I wanted to grow up.
We are in college; high school is done, so why does it feel like we are still there? Call me a whiner, a complainer, or maybe call me right, because I share the same feelings as you.
We came to college to experience freedom, yet it feels like all those freedoms we dreamed of aren't available to us here at PC.
It feels as though this school wants us to conform and never leave, just look around. I understand I'm making points that some people will completely consider erroneous.
I also understand that Piedmont is known for being a tight knit community.
But given what other schools offer, there has to be some reason why there's less people at Piedmont now than when the year started.
I have heard countless times that Greek Life has been a thing of interest for years.
Fraternities and sororities create a sense of separation and exclusion; something we definitely wouldn't like. Not that there's separation like that already, right? What makes frats and sororities so bad?
Do you think maybe it has to do with the fear of the underage consumption of alcohol.
I never understood why my friends always left for the summer, escaping to places where, even though they were far away from home, they were still under constant surveillance.
I never went to these camps until this summer, when I came to Camp Piedmont.
Now before I confuse you, or make you actually believe that Piedmont offers a camp for those who can't get enough of Piedmont take time to think.
Does Piedmont really give off the vibe of a college? Is independence really allowed? Have we left high school yet?
I graduated from a high school of 5000, and I came to college looking to be independent; not having to concern myself with someone always looking over my shoulder. I guess I wanted to grow up.
We are in college; high school is done, so why does it feel like we are still there? Call me a whiner, a complainer, or maybe call me right, because I share the same feelings as you.
We came to college to experience freedom, yet it feels like all those freedoms we dreamed of aren't available to us here at PC.
It feels as though this school wants us to conform and never leave, just look around. I understand I'm making points that some people will completely consider erroneous.
I also understand that Piedmont is known for being a tight knit community.
But given what other schools offer, there has to be some reason why there's less people at Piedmont now than when the year started.
I have heard countless times that Greek Life has been a thing of interest for years.
Fraternities and sororities create a sense of separation and exclusion; something we definitely wouldn't like. Not that there's separation like that already, right? What makes frats and sororities so bad?
Do you think maybe it has to do with the fear of the underage consumption of alcohol.
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