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Coppin State University is right in the middle of the hood. Okay, let me back up. We drove all night to get to Baltimore, MD this morning. We sat on the bus for half and hour and then went to IHOP in with out funky breaths and sweaty clothes from the night before because we couldn't check into the hotel until noon. It was 9am. I give it to IHOP they served 109 people plus their extra customers in a very good amount of time.

After checking in to the hotel, we had 2 hours to get showered and dressed to visit Coppin State. As we were driving up I saw a sign that said, "Coppin State Health Center." There were broken windows and the building looked abandoned. We then turned to go south and we saw ghettofied row house after row house and right before we got the University some kids started throwing rocks at the big green buses. Three rocks shattered the busses windows. I was confused by everything that happened. Then I saw the tempered glass shattered and what looked like bullet holes in the windows. What is wrong with the ghetto kids. Is this how you treat guest.

I learned that Coppin state is known for it's nursing program--it's even better than John's Hopkins--ranked in the top 10 in the nation for nursing schools. The school was small, but many of my students weren't impressed.

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