It exposed me to a level of diversity I had never encountered. International students from Turkey, Pakistan, Spain, Norway, Brazil, Sweden, India, Germany, Mexico, Panama; but sometimes it was the other American kids from exotic places (like Ohio, Nashville, Alaska, Florida, Virginia, Utah) who challenged my reality, and made me reevaluate my own choices, standards and opinions! I went there to get away from New York, and Eckerd fit the bill in showing me the rest of the world.