The BOS(s) and Architecture Boot Camp
I recently started a program at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design called Career Discovery. I’m studying Landscape Architecture for 6 weeks of my summer. The first grueling two weeks are over. I almost did not make it. I’ve learned a lot, but am getting flash backs of Conn. Coll. finals everyday.
The program is interesting because it draws people with different backgrounds, in all different parts of their career paths. There are high school seniors and folks who’ve been out of college for 10 years. It’s an engaging environment with lots of cool people.
While I’ve been in Boston I’ve had the pleasure of running around with Dalin Chan and Sara Jayanthi (housefellow Teammate) playing trivia in bars and checking out DNA splicing machines, but not at the same time (unfortunately). I also crashed into Jamie “”the” Pepper. With all the Conn. people, and the work, and Bars as my only save haven, I feel like I’m right back in college. Unfortunately, I’ve not had anytime to really explore Boston. Harvard keeps me chained to my drawing desk, hopefully in the next few weeks I’ll pick the lock and hit up some Boston music scene.
Just before coming to Boston I stopped at Northfield Mount Hermon in western Mass. for my 5th year reunion. I was most scared of not recognizing some one who had been a good friend and having to pretend I remembered them the whole weekend. Luckily I did pretty well. I felt old, because 5th year reunion always seemed so far away, and then there it was. Nevertheless, it was a blast. I ran in to folks I had not seen in 5 years. Oddly, most people had not changed at all. No one I knew had kids yet or was married. But it turned out to be a great time catching up with some people who had dramatically changed my life before I came to Conn.
Lessons learned: Harvard is an academic boot camp, 5 Year reunion is about maintaining dignity.