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This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Bentley chapter.
It has been about two months now that I have been required to wear a walking boot because I broke my foot having a little too much fun dancing with my friends (clearly I have two left feet, but the left foot is the one that’s healthy!) It has been quite an experience, but I do not recommend it to anyone else. Here are the ups and downs of having an injury.
Yay!
- The police will drive you anywhere and everywhere if you give them a call
- It’s a small campus, a lot of people will be willing to help you around and be extra nice
- You get a lot of attention (if you like that, I am personally a fan)
- You can trauma-bond with other people you know in boots or who have had them
Nay!
- The times when the police aren’t used, walking is an absolute pain on this hilly, stair-filled campus
- Too many people will want to know the story, and it gets tiring to say the same thing over thirty times a day, especially when the story is a tad embarrassing
- Not all the buildings have elevators, which is rough visiting a friend on the fourth floor of Boylston
- You become known as the “girl with the boot”
- Going to on-campus events with a lot of people can get really tiring when standing for a while and seeing everyone else be fine while you just need to sit with a bag of ice
I encourage you to make good decisions and keep all your bones intact!