UWC is
UWC is going barefoot around campus
UWC is hugging someone for a minute even though you barely know them just because you both love hugging
UWC is being scared of someone because they’re so passionate about something at the start of the year
UWC is being passionate about it yourself by the end of it
UWC is learning to appreciate silence and sunrise
UWC is giving a castle tour and having a special memory associated with every room you enter
UWC is that temptation of pushing the button on the emergency poles
UWC is learning basic conversation skills in ten different languages
UWC is having late-night conversations with your roomie while you’re both in you own beds
UWC is the inner panic of taking a nap and waking up later than you should
UWC is being able to sing all throughout campus without fear of being judged
UWC is the half-fascinated-half-‘why-the-heck-is-that-a-thing’ feeling you get when you learn something quirky about someone else’s culture
UWC is recognising someone’s laughter from a mile away
UWC is going blind for a day, but being able to see for the rest of the year
UWC is seeing your own tiredness when you see that ToK essay you wrote yesterday at three
UWC is coming as a citizen of your country, but leaving as a citizen of the world
UWC is us.
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I would do anything to stay here forever
