Where You Choose to Sit in Your First College Class Says a Lot About You

Jim LaBate
Aug 9, 2017 · 3 min read

Almost 50 years ago, I was a college freshman during the fall of 1969, shortly after the United States put a man on the moon and right after music lovers in the Northeast celebrated Woodstock. Though I was a pretty good student in high school, I was still somewhat immature and, quite honestly, more interested in athletics than academics. Thus, when I walked into my…

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Jim LaBate

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Jim LaBate works as a writing specialist in The Writing Center at Hudson Valley Community College (HVCC) in Troy, New York.

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