Today, for the first time in a while I was reminded that the community I live in is very unlike me. A couple students and I talked for a whilr about how this is too urban for them and how rural it was for me. Being that I'm only thirty minutes from Pittsburgh, it's not bad, but some things are challenging me if I only remain in town.
This community challenges me to be enthusiastic about a 6 point deer that a student shot and stay away from the stores on the first day of deer hunting season as it's an official school holiday & everyone is holiday shopping. The public library follows the school district schedule and was closed today when I tried to hang out and get books out, forcing me to be creative with my free time. Within walking distance, there is only a bar, which I avoid as students spend a lot of time there, nothing around here helps us think outside the box with programming options. My car is getting quite the workout from the hills and I'm learning to stop when it snows because of steep snowy/icy roads are not fun.

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