Woooooohooooooo! I've never been to Austin and it was exciting to go. It felt so weird - Austin doesn't seem like it belongs to Texas. The environment seemed fun and playful and still down to earth. After the two hour drive, we met up with Dr. Slattery's daughter, Michelle Slattery. Michele talked to us about her experience as an urban architect and what exactly she does. I found it really interesting because she turns areas that are really slow and sad into an area of excitement. In a way, she is doing a service to the community by providing a place to go and have fun. That aspect of her job excited me the most because she seemed really passionate about what she did. Michelle genuinely wanted to help her city through her architectural talent. This really helped me see architectural side of urban leadership. Architects can be urban leaders in their environments by creating good.
After a visit to the Blanton Museum where they had AMAZING art, we had our own private concert outside of a restaurant. This concert was awesome! Everybody was totally into it and enjoying their time there. This really made me happy because I felt that there was a type of unity among us all. Even though we all came from different parts of Texas we could all join together and have fun at a concert. People were dancing and all the fun was recorded! This is one of the memories that will really stick out when remembering the Governor's School.
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