This Evening's Reflection: TC People

The people at Teacher's College seem to be the nicest, most pleasant people at Columbia. I think that it has to do with an entirely different academic mentality that rarely surfaces in other disciplines.

In the engineering school they think: I will make this work, I will make this work better, I will make lots of money, go me!

In the math department they think: I will understand this, and even though only two other people in the world will read my explanation, I will be happy because of this great feeling of self-fulfillment, go me!

However, at Teacher's College they think: Let me do something to make you understand this, and you will make things better.

That's really a very selfless sort of attitude, and it becomes quite apparent when you deal with people who are interested in education. I guess that's why they are so fun and groovy, as compared to the other bunch.