…fall on ice during winter and pretend nothing happened.
…FALL ON ICE DURING WINTER AND PRETEND NOTHING HAPPENED. Follow for more shared campus memories that truly define the Ivy experience.
Remember those brutal winters? The ones where the historic pathways, usually so grand, turned into a treacherous skating rink? You’re rushing to an 8 AM lecture, brain half-asleep, coffee clutched precariously, when BAM! Your foot finds that invisible patch of black ice. For a split second, time stops. Your arms flail, your bag goes airborne, and your internal monologue screams a string of expletives.
But then, just as quickly, you catch yourself. Maybe it’s a full-on sprawl, or perhaps just an undignified wobble. Regardless, the immediate, instinctive reaction isn't to groan or check for injuries. Oh no. It's to quickly glance around, a furtive survey to see if anyone witnessed your moment of clumsy vulnerability. If the coast is clear, or even if it isn't, you compose yourself instantly. A quick adjustment of your scarf, a casual brush of imaginary dust off your coat, and you resume your walk, head held high, as if nothing, absolutely nothing, just happened.
It's an unspoken rule, isn't it? A silent agreement among us that slipping on ice isn't a fall; it's merely an unscheduled interaction with the campus geology. It’s a badge of honor, a shared absurdity, a tiny, universally understood trial by ice that binds us together. These aren't just iconic campus experiences; they're the quiet, resilient moments that truly define our journey – the ones that prepare us not just for challenging academics, but for navigating life's unexpected slips with unwavering poise. You know you’ve been there.
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