I miss the walks to class to clear my head, running into people on campus, the unexpected parts of the day that come from being in a crowd of people, e.g., who you might see or what you might experience, completing group or hands-on projects, conferences or meetings, the camaraderie of sporting events, sitting in a lecture to listen in on the info while last-minute completing another assignment and the adrenaline rush that comes with it, or just sitting to listen to get a break in your day when you don’t have to run to the next thing, talking to customers at my part-time coffeehouse job or meeting friends after class at a coffee shop, having a personal connection with professors whether working on a project or hearing about how their kids are doing. Basically, all the best parts of school and education are taken from us (collaboration, the challenge of learning, being amongst other learners on campus) and we have just been left to do the crappy parts.