Diversity

     One of the main things that define any university is its diversity on campus.  Every person on the campus adds to this diversity.  Where they come from, what they look like, what they believe, and what they do adds to this diversity.  When I came to USC I thought diversity was stretched between race, gender, and looks to be honest.  I never considered background and beliefs to be apart of diversity.  To my surprise background and beliefs of a person truly makes them unique and diverse on campus.  No one person on campus comes from the same background or has the same belief.  Yes, it is possible two people have the same beliefs, but their commitment and the depth of their belief is very different.  For example, two people may both be Christian, but one may have a stronger desire to grow in their faith then the other.  Right there is an example of diversity in one component of any given person's life.  How I went through my life believing that diversity only compromised of race, gender, and looks, I do not know.  After being on campus for two months however, I clearly know more about diversity then before.  Just walking on campus at any given time of the day I run into someone who clearly is different from me.  They may be a different gender or race, or they may come from a different part of the country or world for that matter.  Diversity is everywhere at any given time.  It is truly impossible not to find someone uniquely different from myself.
     Finding diversity on campus is just as easy as finding diversity at my service-learning site.  As a mentor I am given a mentee who could come from any given home life or background.  For example my mentee is an only child while I have a brother.  Right there is diversity in itself.  Also, she is from South Carolina obviously since she is in middle school here, while I am from North Carolina.  She is also a different race then I am.  All three of those things add up to diversity that I experience at my service-learning site.  For me, diversity is everywhere.  It is at school, at mentoring, in my dorm, everywhere.  Diversity is so unique and so vast that everyday is a new day to experience it.