Ebony Dillard:  

since. I plan to visit again because I do have friends and family there. I can remember having one class from 7:30am to 12:30pm and it was too much. I always walked across the 4th and 5th Street bridges in order to get to class on time. I passed by the Andy Warhol Museum every single day because I lived almost down the street from it. If you have never been to Pittsburgh check it out, check out the Encline on Mount Washington, it is like an elevator looking thing that takes you up and down the side of Mount Washington, it is cool. If you have never went to the University of Pitt, check that campus out, it is extremely nice too. One spot that you can't miss and it is in Oakland, it's called "The O" also known as the "Original", they have really good cheese fries, hotdogs and pizza, that was one of my spots. You should also check out Carnegie Melon's Museum, it is so nice too. I also went to some smaller places on the outskirts of Pittsburgh called Alaquippa (if I spelled that right). It is a small little city and it is mainly kind of like being on a hill. My life when I left Pittsburgh was different, I attended West Virginia State University, it is a nice school with a beautiful campus, but I did not party that much while attending school there either. I remember the parties near the gym called the Dust to Dawn, I remember the parties in the Firehouse on campus. I remember the parties in our college Union, I liked those a lot better due to the room. I met my husband while attending college and it was a cool experience too. I do remember staying up late and typing out research papers, preparing speeches and essays, it was not fun. I did not like doing oral reports in front of my classes or preparing for critiques, but I believed that I could do it and I always made good grades. All I can say is that my college life was really nice and interesting, I thank God for not being caught up in the dating scene or always being known for partying. I was always one of those females that stayed sober, I did not waste time getting intoxicated because to me it was never necessary. Let me get on dealing with what to eat!!!! Back in WV they were lucky to have a cafeteria, but when I was in school at Pittsburgh, we had our own refridgerator, so we had to purchase our own food, do the grocery shopping and everything. I wished that I did not have to grocery shop while attending school out of state, but that was the life at that particular school. Overall, I am satisfied with my college life at both schools and I really enjoyed meeting different people. The hardest thing was meeting people that would never return after their very first semester at the school. Yes, so many students were burnt out before they actually began. Workplace I used to work during the summer in the summer programs back in Charleston, WV. When I got a little older, I began working in the fast food restaurants like most teenagers. After graduation I left to Pittsburgh, PA and I did not work. My first 2 years of college at WVSU, I was working for a bakery making donuts, working in retail, working as a hostess at a nice restaurant and my last retail job before I took on my new career was working for a major retail office supply super center. I am now into the teaching profession in the state of Illinois. It is a big difference and I enjoy everything that I do to help our children.