Over the course of winter break in his hometown, first-year student Willard Sheltz became acutely aware that his dramatic intellectual growth was unparalleled by his high school friends. “Returning to my childhood home has been extremely eye-opening,” Sheltz explained. “It really became clear over the time I spent with my once-close friends from high school. The contrast between us, as truly autonomous individuals, was just so… tangible.” The companions of Sheltz’s youth, who had chosen to remain in the cradle of innocence that was their hometown university, made them the “perfect foil to analyze my evolution in thought,” discerned Sheltz. … Continue reading First-Year Student Realizes He Has Become “Way More Complicated and Interesting”