This is so embarrasing!

During high school I had a lot of school spirit because I was a part of the spirit. I was on the dance team most of my high school career and I learned to be spirited even when I didn’t believe in it. I heard about all the traditions of Texas State such as the star on top of Jackson Hall which glows when a victory is announced. Well, I decided to participate in a tradition which was the rubbing of the Stallions in the quad for good luck. I felt kind of weird standing in front of the statue before my last Mass Communications test scheduled for the following morning at eight o’clock. All I thought was “oh my god this is weird, I hope no one sees me!” I had no idea where this idea had came from I just heard about it through our orientation. While rubbing the Stallions I couldn’t help but to laugh in embarrassment as my face turned pink and I covered me eyes. I was saying to my roommate which I dragged with me, “I’m totally violating this statue.” I also thought about all the other students who had rubbed the figure in despair hoping the saying was true. I wondered how far back this saying actually went, how many students like myself had done the same. It gave me some sense of accomplishment and history as I thought how many other students had rubbed the statue. I thought about where they might of came from and who they were. College has been a eye opening experience thus far because it refreshing to be around people of all kinds. It’s interesting to find people with the same interest and the same ideas because I finally feel like I’m not the only one that feels a certain way about a topic. So rubbing the Stallions didn’t give me my 86 on my test because I studied for that but it did give me something different, I feeling of belonging to a community of tradition.