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| - I bleed orange and blue and there is nowhere on earth that I adore more than the University of Illinois. Nowhere.
We have had season football tickets for six years now and today was the first one we were able to attend this season. It was fabulous to be back on campus where the students never really age and something fun just always seems to be happening.
I had a great time here, majored in Spanish and minored in French. I retired from full time teaching two years ago after teaching Spanish and French for 35 years. I supported myself and my family all because of my degree from here. I got to spend my Junior year in Spain and met women who are in my daily life to this day. When I applied to colleges this was the only state school for which I applied. I figured, if you can't go to the best, why go at all?
I grew up on this U of I line of thinking, my father also graduated from here. Then I did and then my younger sister did. I, in turn, indoctrinated my children and my oldest daughter graduated from here 9 years ago and my youngest 2 years ago. For us, there aren't any other colleges.
They are updating the dorms, the quad is still magical and one of these days, the football team will play up to its potential. But I don't care, even when they lose, I just love the U of I.
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