Brainwashed Students

Last Friday afternoon the multicultural department here at BentleyCollegehosted a cultural open house, where they invited prospective and interested minority students onto campus.  The students were welcomed with a small luncheon where they were greeted by administrators and ALANA students who answered their questions.  They were then led on a tour of the school and then invited to attend Friday’s cultural food festival. 

My fellow classmate Edison and I voluntarily participated in the meet and greet luncheon with prospective students, where we eased the fears of the interested students by answering questions and giving them an idea of how it is like to be a student on this campus.  We meet with one family in particular which really caught my attention, it consisted of two cousins who were brought to the university by their aunt.  The reason they have stayed in my mind is because the aunt seemed to be more curious about the college admissions process and life at Bentley then the prospective students were.  She asked a million questions and even took down our contact information to question us at various points of the year.  However, she and the other families we aided asked a lot of questions on the school, life on campus, activities, housing, and parties but failed to mention one thing which I was sure was on their mind, and that was the racial climate on this campus.  That is not an easy question to ask, but I thought that it would come up since ALANA students their age would be answering their questions.  Race, gender, sexuality, and religion may not be an important factor which high school seniors look for in a school, but definitely should, since they will be spending four years on that campus.  One should always make sure that college is the best time in your life, where you feel so comfortable in that you don’t want to leave.  College bound high school students should invest more time in researching the areas of a school which are not publicly advertised.  They should ask questions, visit the campus to get a feel for it, and possibly get in contact with someone from the university who can give them an honest answer.  This is a very important issue which students need to take into consideration.  I have seen many students in high school which work hard into getting into a school just because of its reputation and end up leaving within a semester because they failed to realize other areas of importance.  I hope kids realize this in highs school because it will end up saving them thousands of dollars, research time, and credits in the future.

Comments

[Edison Rua]

YEah that was true jeff i was waiting for the aunt to ask that questions but she did not. I had a lot to tell her about that around in this college and other colleges. But she didnot ask that so whatever. I was having fun telling them all the stuff the wanted to know honesty.
I dod not know why they did not ask maybe next time they will ask.
Peace
EDISON