Day 3

What did you see or experience today?

How can you apply what you experienced today to your future life?

New Yorkers walk with a purpose. During our visit to Columbia University, we were given a task to engage in a conversation with the students. We dispersed into groups and looked for possible candidates for our conversation. It was difficult to find students to speak to because they all looked busy. I saw various students walking hurriedly to their classes and I didn’t want to interrupt their missions. It seems like most of the occupants in this city walk with a purpose. The streets are busy with people heading off to work, school, or just simply in a hurry. They have a destination, a goal to fulfill. As we spoke to graduate students, they talked about their application process in such a calm way. It was as if they already knew they were going to get in. They had such determination and confidence when they applied that it inspired me to do the same with my application process in the future. The people of New York have incredible ambition.


Giesha Nunez

Something I saw or experience today was that on the weekdays it is really busy compared to the weekends. Back home the time starts different in Hawaii they start a little later around 10am then we do back at home around 8am. It's really crowded riding the subway, and space is limited on the weekdays such as more people being on the street less spaces on the subway. Cars, buses, taxi's are going left and right. In the community there are limited space to walk to and from the subway. New Yorkers have no time to waste and have places to go in order to earn their living. I can apply what I have experienced today to my future life by getting up a little earlier so I can get to my destination on time and won't have to worry about the subway having little space available. I will also try to get to my destinations on time and not waste time because time flies by faster in New York compared to us back in Hawaii.

Hiilani Mollena