Freshman
Thanksgiving break: first home, second home
Evan Hamilton, posted Nov. 17, 2006
About four months ago, you left home. Oh, it was terrible.
You cried. You would not let go of your parents when they
dropped you off at your new residence. You have called home
everyday since you have been gone. Yeah right! Well, at least
for some of us, it really was not that serious of a matter.
It is now time for the freshman’s first Thanksgiving
break and many finally get to return home for the first time.
I moved here from Madison, Ill. That may not be far from here,
but I have not seen home since school started in August. My
dorm became my second home, and I accepted that fact. Freshmen
who are far away from their first home may be a little homesick.
That is understandable. They are away from their family, old
friends and everything they knew. If asked the question, “Are
you homesick?” A lot of freshmen would probably say
yes, but I am not one of those freshmen.
Of course, there was a transition period. “Wow, everything
is new. What will I do?” Speaking with freshmen, I learned
I was not alone in my thoughts about my first home or going
back to see that place I had left behind.
Bryan Richardson is from Houston, Texas. He is a long way
from home. He said he was sort of happy to leave home. He
has not been home since he arrived here in August. He said
that he is not homesick at all, and this will be his first
time back. His said that he wants to go back because he has
a girlfriend that he will finally get to see again. In regards
to coming back, “The week will probably pass quickly,”
he said. He said he will probably feel homesick after coming
back.
According to Josh Shocklee, from Bonne Terre, Mo., he does
not want to go home. He said he lives in the middle of nowhere
with senior citizens, and there is nothing to do at home.
He is glad he will get to see his nephews and other people,
but he would rather stay here in his dorm. “I’m
not homesick, and I’ve never been homesick,” he
said, “and I won’t be homesick after coming back.”
Tom Romano, from Duluth, Min., was happy to leave home. “I
didn’t mind leaving,” he said. He has yet to make
it back home either, but he is not homesick. “Going
home for the first time, it will be nice to catch up, but
I don’t really want to spend a lot of time there,”
Romano said.
Some freshman cannot wait to get back to their first home
and some do not really care. With dorms locking up and throwing
freshmen out, some of us will have to grin and bear the journey
back. The break will be nice, but luckily it is only a week.
It is time to man the battle stations.
