Do you love your alma mater?

Zinhead
Tue, 08 Mar 2016 23:51:42 +0000

I attended the University of Florida, and choose the school because it was the best school that my parents could afford. The first inkling that alumni thought it was a special place was on move-in day at Fletcher Hall when an older gentleman and his wife knocked on my door. He explained that he was dropping off his freshman daughter, and wanted to see his old dorm room. I let him in, and he remarked it hadn’t changed in 25 years. As he was looking around the room, he muttered “I wonder…”, and walked over one of the two ancient desks. Pulling out a drawer, he excitedly pointed out his signature on the back of the cabinet which he signed when he was a freshman.

In a couple of years, I will be the older gentleman taking my kids to move-in day at some college. Since we are OOS, I doubt they will end up at UF, but I hope that whatever college they choose will make them as fond of their alma mater as I am about mine.