Micro Project 2

On the first day to having class, I got lost several times. I really do not have a good sense of direction and the big campus is also pretty confusing. I walked to the classroom with the orientation of google map in cellphone and did not dare to take a bus because I was not familiar with bus routes. I just walked in the direction that map offered me, turning left when it told me to turn, going straight when the compass did not move. Even though I arrived all the classrooms in time, but I remember I got lost on the way to Jennings Hall and Arps Hall and it took me a lot of time to compare map with real road and ask passersby for the way. But two days later, I can clearly remember the route to different classrooms. I divided campus into several parts and marked my dorm Morrill Tower to be the start. Turn left if I have class on 17^th street or streets nearby, turn right if I want to go to the Thompson Library and RPAC. Then remark each college and some important buildings such as Union to divide campus into smaller pieces. This idea magically worked and I never get lost again.

       For this project, I choose the route from Psychology Building to Stadium, which means the way I walk from my previous math lecture to art education class. By applying my approach of distinguishing direction, I make my journey to class unique and simple. I remember Stadium is just on the right side of Morrill Tower and psychology building is beside library, so I walked in the direction back to Morrill, along with RPAC and turned right when there was no way to go straight forward. As expected, Stadium ran into my eyes immediately. Then I just need to walk around Stadium to find the 24^th door, the access to art education lab is right beside it. However, the 17^th street is on construction and I walked some more to reach stadium. It means I cannot walk directly across the road and need to turn right, cross the road and go back to stadium. I missed to record this portion of journey. It was hard to document because the alternative route is a narrow path along the edge of RPAC and number of pictures is limited to synthesize one image.