As time went on, however, I started to feel isolated and left out. In Sartell, there wasn't much activity outside of school and home that I participated in. Sometimes friends called me, but other than that, I played basketball, went to school, and did homework. Most of the Indian people on the reservation didn't know what a curfew was. I had a very hard time adjusting to the curfew, and an even harder time adjusting to being grounded when I missed my curfew.
Structure provides order, sometimes making life easier.
Now that I'm at the University of Minnesota, I expect to experience and become aware of more differences between my culture and the Euro-American culture. My time in Sartell helped me prepare for these differences by knowing what I can expect in certain situations.