Live from camp: Learning about differences and taking steps toward the future

Overall, the ThreeSixty program is interesting and helpful. What’s the most interesting to me is all the different types of students that gathered here for the same reason: to write and report.

There’s people here who’ve never seen a pregnant teen, and are very conservative, to those who’ve seen everything good and bad because of their life experience. Its good, I would say though, because it shows how college may be with all the diversity. I am rooming with two girls very different from myself, Erika and Alllison. Both very nice, but it still shocks me how people from all different paths, very different walks of life can have the same interest, and be so passionate about the same thing and have nothing else in common.

The helpful part of ThreeSixty is the great jumpstart on our futures. Some may not want to pursue journalism, but getting involved and testing that out is very helpful. It’s my plan to test out every career and field to realize what I want to pursue. Programs and organizations like ThreeSixty make it easy, and overall it is a very educating, fun experience. I’m grateful I was one of sixty applicants chosen to participate.

— Kiara Clark, ThreeSixty 2010