College life

I read many people’s articles about the Thanksgiving Break and Winter Break. It seems that many of them will go back to home and have a great time with their family. I can’t wait for the break too, but the reason is I will go to Chicago and spend several days there to visit the museums and shopping. Chicago is not far from Purdue. It’s weird I didn’t go to Chicago in the past three months. Before I came to U.S, I searched lots of information about Chicago and I believed Chicago is a wonderful place for traveling. It’s good to have some friends can go with me and I hope we can have a great Thanksgiving break. Some of my friends will go home during the winter break. They can’t wait for the final exams because after the exams they can go back home and spend three weeks with their families. I think this is the first time of most of us that live far from the home alone for three months. But I must say, that the college helps us transition to life on our own. Without parents around me, I must learn to take care of myself. I need to cook by myself and clean the apartment. Also, I need to deal with study problems and learn to deal with the problems between friends. Most of the time, my parents can't understand what is happening around me. I must be independence. Before I came here, I knew almost nothing about cooking. My mum always worried about me. Now, I can cook and friends around me told me I am good at cooking now. Many friends have the same experience. Although sometimes I hope my parents can be around me, the college life does teach me a lot of things except studying.