Coming to PA as a new Lower, Liz Stites arrived from southeastern Massachusetts into Johnson in West Quad South.
A bit of a culture shock, Liz tells the story of a classmate saying she was going to the City thinking it was Boston and not hopping on the shuttle to New York.
Ambivalent about her time there, Liz says she has repressed a lot of her memories about the place.
An interesting conversation with someone who was her Senior year roommate several years ago is a highlight of my discussion with Liz.
Like another guest of this podcast, Liz described her time at the Mountain School in Vermont being a bucolic idyll from which it was hard to jump back into PA.
Also a fan of Lou Bernieirs, Liz recalls thinking to herself in one of his classes that we actually got talk about reading and there is nothing better.
Liz attributes her dark humor to Andover, also a trait many of us share. The shared experience we had and the lack of parenting in which were each other’s form of safety lets Liz know that her children will not be going away to school.
