My Poem Project

    I have chosen to do "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost.  I read this poem for the first time in the stall of the bathroom in Creeden during Poetry Week last school year.  After my first time reading this poem, I immediately was impacted.  At the time, I was having a difficult time coming to terms with my decision for lacrosse and whether I was truly happy with the school I committed to (Furman University).  I always wanted to go to a school that was north of Maryland, preferably a liberal arts school or well-respected prestigious university with name value, one that someone would easily recognize on College T-Shirt Day. This poem made me do some soul searching to think about what really matters in this college decision.  At the time, I cared WAY too much about what others would think of my choice, not what I really wanted.  I was hung up on the idea of going to an Ivy-League school like my dad, too concerned that I was "settling" for my hefty scholarship at Furman and didn't really want to go there.  For me, the two roads discussed in this story represent my choices for college, one Furman and the other a small liberal arts school like Middlebury.  The last two lines of the poem really impacted me the most.  They read "I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference." These two lines spoke to me the greatest, telling me that everything will work out and that my choice will benefit me in the long run.  This poem gave me comfort and security in my decision.  I have so much gratitude for whoever taped that poem up on the bathroom stall.  It has affected me more than she will ever know!