Getting Schooled at St. John’s

I know, I know- it’s summertime and my pinterest page is blowing up with images of beachy inspiration, impossibly picturesque and twinkly outdoor dinner parties, and school’s out for the summer blah blah, but a few weekends ago we went back to school with my niece as she was finishing up her freshman year.

I’m a sucker for college, any college- ok, specifically Michigan (Go Blue!)- but truthfully any college campus makes me swoon for those days of idealism and debauchery. It’s a good mix.

We got the grand tour of this pretty Annapolis campus and as we strolled through the campus, I longed for the days of notebooks and chalk dust. St. John’s College is so interesting to me because its curriculum is based on study through the classics. The students read literature in its original text and study science as it was discovered and developed through time. For example, the students will study things that have since been proven wrong or irrelevant to give them a context for history and our advancement as a civilization. Fascinating. Heady. I’m into it.

Added bonus: one of my favorite winemakers hails from this campus as a former professor- it’s got to be interesting.

How great is all of that chalkboard wisdom. And Kilroy is still here. The classrooms were old school and inspiring, like something out of a photo shoot. I love the old fashioned student mailboxes and that mid century font on Mellon Hall.

Overheard as we walked through the campus, “The concept of infinity is inconceivable to the human mind.” Ahhh, College…

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