{"id":38327,"date":"2019-06-13T08:00:23","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T12:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/?p=38327"},"modified":"2019-06-12T08:03:04","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T12:03:04","slug":"city-mouse-country-mouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2019\/06\/13\/city-mouse-country-mouse\/","title":{"rendered":"City Mouse, Country Mouse"},"content":{"rendered":"When I first came to U of T it was daunting. I\u2019d had my heart set on studying in Toronto all throughout high school but that didn\u2019t mean I was prepared for life in the big city. I came from a town where you run into people you know A LOT. In fact, the number of students at U of T is almost twice as big as my hometown\u2019s total population! To say the least, it was a big change for me. <\/span>\r\n\r\nI used to dream about the anonymity of the city. It\u2019s true, being unknown in a new place can be freeing and it helps you grow as a person, but it can also be lonely. It wasn\u2019t that I didn\u2019t know that the city would be different --I\u2019d been to Toronto a thousand times before-- but I wasn\u2019t prepared for all the small things. Strangers don\u2019t say hello when you pass them on the street, and your cashier doesn't have time for a five minute conversation at the checkout. I found that the lack of these little interactions, that I was so accustomed to experiencing at home, affected me more than anything else.\u00a0(Toronto also seems to lack the mud covered trucks and excessive camo sweater-wearers that I'm familiar with, but I don't miss that one bit.)<\/span>\r\n\r\nWhat I learned from this was: Humans need community.<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\n\"Old<\/a>\"Old<\/a><\/span>\r\n\r\nSure, it can be difficult to find a community in a new place. But since there are so many people around it means there are lots of options! Now, the thing about U of T is that it has separate colleges. At first I could not wrap my head around the college system but after being a Vic student for two years I couldn\u2019t be more grateful for it. Victoria College was where I found my community. Being part of Vic was like being home again. It was a smaller number of people, and from my experience, everyone wanted to talk. Soon enough I could recognize people on the street whenever I was out and they\u2019d wave or say hello. Those interactions made a huge difference for me. I felt welcome, and I felt at home.<\/span>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\"The<\/a>\"Me<\/a><\/span>\r\n\r\nAnyway, I\u2019m back home for the summer and I already miss university life (and I have about 500 photos of fields and lakes because there is nothing else to take pictures of here). If you couldn\u2019t tell already, I\u2019m like a permanently homesick person because I like both places I live a whole lot, but it seems I just get to experience the best of both worlds.<\/span>\r\n\r\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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