| Describe the ISC Experience in 3 Words or Less: - This life rocks! - Fun, crazy, challenging - Middle of Nowhere - Castle, travel, badfood - Purple Monkey Dishwasher - Experience, Opportunity, Curiosity - Crazy mad fun! - Live to travel - Eat. Sleep. Procrastinate. - Fantastic! - Utterly Incredible - Bitchin' - Coach bus - Where's the alcohol?! - Surrealistically inapprehensible - Fun, amazing, beautiful - Europe Rocks! - High School but University - Drunk. Tired. Badgers. - Passed too Quickly - Very different atmosphere - Friends who complete. - Who I am. - Inexplicable to anyone not here... it's more than three words. Living with a rommate means... - widening musical tastes. - sleeping with the light on. - hearing about how you talk/scream in your sleep. - justifiable homicide. I know what I'D do for a single room! - talkng on MSN with someone 3 ft away. - living, loving, hating, growing together. - suppressing my neat freak tendencies. - not being afraid of the ghosts at night! - HELL!! And messy rooms. And no sleep. - staying awake until 4am while she slams on her keyboard. - agreeing to live in a sauna. - always having someone around who knows you far too well. - being at a sleepover every night of the week! - expected the unexpected. - accepting others. - learning more about yourself. Would you consider your time at the ISC a success? - I learned about humanity, me, Europe and the world! - Yes! I made fantastic friends and saw the UK on my own terms. - I have never felt more proud to be a Canadian. - It presented me with many challenges and I feel richer for them. - Yes, I met my hetero-life mate. (My roommate) - Indefinately. Not any one of my friends at home have had anywhere near the experiences I've had. - I met alot of great people. I feel like I have expanded my realm knowledge... like who knew you could make so many things with hot water and a mircowave? - I doubt I will ever meet another group of people who mean so much to me. This year has been a life changing one and I will never forget a moment. - I wouldn't pass it up for the world and that's what I got here. Advice to Future ISCers: - Travel. Always. Bring money. - Go to the Pub. Rich gets lonely. - Stay away from the Brown Sauce. - Bring air freshener. Does anyone else's room stink all the time? - NEVER skip History or Politics... they know who you are and where you sleep. - Organise your time. Sleep is a must. - Bring lots of underwear - it means you have to do laundry less. Socks too! - The walk from Bader to the castle is not as short as advertised. - Enjoy EVERY moment you have here. - Keep your tupperware locked up! What would you do differently? - I'd be rich when I got here. - Travel more, worry about school less. - I would make intricate and ingenious plans for a coup d'etat... take that you believers in democracy. - My homework. - Actualy study for a change.. and watch Alias instead of the OC. - Nothing - no regrets. - Try it again with another group of close friends. - Appreciate the experience more in the first term. - Get more involved in the community. - Go to more events. - Worry less about what's going on at home. - Take more chances. What won't you miss? - Living between a cow field and a sheep field, aka the boonies. - The food. THE FOOD! The deep fried vegetables, left over lunch and dinner... and breakfast - The muddy paths. - Waking up for 8:30AM drama class. - The fire alarms. - The B1 boys washroom. Enough said! And the awful stench of D1 and D2. - A 15 minute taxi ride costing 25 dollars! - Drunken people up and down the hallways at all hours of the night. - Rainy, windy, grey weather. What did you do when Bader got Boring? - Many hours of watching Gilmore Girls and the OC - and I did occasionally enjoy drinking too. - www.addictinggames.com - I think we wore out the Scrabble board. And have you READ Student Chat lately? - Kicking eachother down the halls is always fun, and random nudity. Can't forget random nudity. - Midnight hackey sack in the parking lot. Seeing howmuch you could creep out your roommate. - D3 was always a great hallway to procrastinate in. - The Art Room! - Finding out what Johnny P is up too is always enjoyable. What will you miss most about the ISC? - Mostly the travelling, and the sheep. - Everything about it. - 4 day weeks. - Waking up to the sound of cows. - Being able to say, "Well, I think I'll head back to the castle now." - Arthur and Johnny P - That weird sauce they drove all of their food in the dining hall. - Going next door and seeing your friends. - Being able to say, "Going to <instert amazing country here> see you on Monday!" - The chemistry/friendship between students and staf, and the faculty too. Oh, and the cinnamon sugar. - Late night hours discussing EVERYTHING with EVERYONE. - A place where everyone knows your name. - The most AMAZING people that I met there. - Impromptu hall parties. - Field Studies. - Late night walks home from the pub. - Karaoke. - Running into familar faces in the streets of London and Paris. |
| From the Yearbook and the Mouths of the 2003/2004 Castle Kids |