For 8 months I have spent almost all my time with the same 9 people. It wasn't like the standard friendships formed during the normal academic course because you took every class together. We ate together, studied together and occasionally when time allowed hung out together. Normal academic life is so different than what I experienced here. The semester is a nice pace, and you see your friends occasionally in some of your classes...not here. Here it is a tiny room where all your classes are, the same 10 people from 9-7pm some days, 5 days a week and the other 2 days you are in the library with some of your classmates working.
Not sure if I'd really driven the concept home but I'll try one more time...together in very close quarters for 8 months! There enough said in an attempt to build the context.
I haven't posted any photos of them here on my blog because I do respect their privacy, but I did want to make mention of their brilliance. Of course I didn't get along with everyone, but the half of the class that I spent my time with are fantastic. One in fact is spending the next 2 weeks here in my little studio before she goes off to France.
So for the record, my experience was made up of not only an education in restoration but also shaped by a dedicated and over achieving (in a good way) group of individuals that I will always remember with warmth and fondness. Some I hope to keep in close touch with and others I will be happy to see at events and conferences. But they have been such a big part of my experience here that it would be remiss of me not to mention them and I will miss them.
Thanks fellow Post-Bacc Conservation students 2009/2010...
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