Perhaps I was attending the nearby special educati...

Perhaps I was attending the nearby special education facility while thinking I was at the UC? Certainly felt like that at more than a few points in my undergrad studies there.

Something about the whole atmosphere was off (even if the swastika graffiti and "burn the witch" adult population are taken out of the equation), and I felt it from day one.

I chose to ignore it in favor of what I thought was better judgement -- this was easily one of the ten worst mistakes of my life.