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"I went on a field trip this weekend! For my program in writing and rhetoric class (PWR), a requirement for every freshman at Stanford class, which is called The Rhetoric of Urban Life, we took a day trip to San Jose to observe public spaces and see what they &amp;quot;say.&amp;quot; We walked around parks and plazas taking pictures and making notes, trying to determine how the places influence human behavior, if they are accomplishing what they were intending to do, and how successful they are as public areas. It was really interesting - I&amp;#039;ve never taken an urban studies class before, I&amp;#039;ve never thought about how public spaces can &amp;quot;say&amp;quot; such specific things, and I had never been to San Jose before. I&amp;#039;d also never gone on a college field trip. All in all it was a really great day.   But to be completely honest, a large part of the reason it was such a good day was because I got to know the other freshmen in my class and hang out with a friend from NY that I haven&amp;#039;t seen much since coming to school. When we got to San Jose around 10:45 A.M., it was really cold, so a big group of us ended up getting an early lunch at a pizza place and just sitting and talking for a long time. Gotta say, the kids in my class are awesome. Should be a really fun quarter of PWR! XO, Casi What classes are you most looking forward to taking in college? Let me know in the comments :) "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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