There are reasons I want to transfer. Many, in fact. I don't think I'm being unreasonable, and that's why I wrote up a list on why I want to get the hell out of this college.
Reasons
1. I am not comfortable in this environment. I'm all for women's rights, but what I feel regarding women's rights is that we need to strive for equality. In this school I cannot help but feel that most girls here want female supremacy, that they have the mentality of "girls rule, boys drool" and it frustrates me.
2. I need guys. Not in a sexual way (though eventually I do, uh, want to have a relationship), but on an emotional, friendship level. Guys are nice to talk to, because they aren't always cracking anti-Bush or anti-men jokes. Instead of being all political or chauvanists, they concentrate on normal things, like about what we're eating today, a funny joke they've heard, that sort of thing. I need that. I've gotten to the point where I will whirl and stare if I see a guy on campus.
3. There is nothing to do here. I mean, my friends and I get excited over going to Wal-mart.... We are only able to go out on the weekends on the shuttlebus, and even then there are often delays and we can only really choose between the mall and the movie theater (which are both in the sketchy part of town). The clubs here don't appeal to me, and so I am almost always bored.
4. If I transfer, it will be to Radford, which is about three times cheaper than RMWC. This will save my mother expense and I won't have to worry about my loans as much as I would if I stayed here and piled up $40-60,000 of debt.
5. If I'm at Radford, Chrissy will be able to drive me home for the holidays, which also saves the expensive of buying a $33 ticket to get home and then another $33 to get back every single holiday. I will give Chrissy gas money, of course, but it will be far less expensive than those train/bus tickets.
6. At Radford, there are 50 different majors. Here, there are about 15. There's a really intriguing major there that I can actually see myself enjoying AND actually getting a job out of! It's called Media Studies, and you basically learns the ins and outs of every different type of media -- newspaper, TV, radio, etc.
7. My mom says she's handling empty-nest syndrome well, but then she'll accidentally let slip that she's not sleeping well. If I'm at Radford, I can go home with Chrissy maybe once, twice a month, and visit Mom on the weekends. Maybe that'll help ease some of her problems.
8. The food here is...gross. I mean, I *try* to eat healthy, but they make all the vegetables nasty. I mean, the carrots are in-between cooked and raw, a very nasty combination. I've been trying to eat healthy, but they're making it virtually impossible. And they put diced tomatoes on their mashed potatoes! Who the hell does that?
9. I don't really like small classrooms. Rather than helping me, it just makes me claustrophobic. If I was in a larger classroom, I would pretty much fade into the background during classtime, which would be very, very nice.
There are more, a lot more, but you all are probably bored with my whining.... ^^;;
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