Today, Wednesday April 17th, the Life Course Scholars class went on our second LEG. This time, we revisited the seniors at the Casa De Manana retirement community. Before our LEG, we had the opportunity to discuss the status of our HAPs with the professors and IAs. My group was able to confirm a date for our HAP that morning with the West Center. There were only two seniors in the room when we arrived, both of whom were at our previous events. Two more arrived later into the morning. Much like our previous LEG, the intention of this activity was to talk with the seniors about their lives at 20 and discuss ours at 20. The senior woman my group spoke to had attended both of our previous events. This time our conversations began centered heavily around travel (she was an avid traveler). She talked about things like her adventures in Egypt and the experience of riding a camel or her trip to the Arctic and coming to the rescue of a sinking boat. Then, we went around in a big circle and each of the students discussed places they’ve traveled to or have plans to visit. Later in the conversations, we asked questions to learn more about her life at age 20. What was surprising to me is that at 20, she was much like us, in college and constantly studying. I’m not sure why this in particular surprising to me, but it was. Maybe, I thought things were different back then. Women didn’t have much opportunity to pursue higher education. But, this wasn’t the case for this senior. Overall, I really enjoyed doing this activity again.
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