Crossing Over
Crossing over from high school to college can be whatever you decide to make it. My transition was not easy, but it was not hard. The transition from one way of life to another will not always go the way we want it to, but it is what we make of it. I was homesick for the first three weeks. Being so far away from home and not being able to come home when I wanted to was different for me. Even though I hung out with some of my friends from Memphis, I was still empty on the inside. It was after I started getting involved with school activities and organizations that I felt better. I began to meet new people and learn new things. I did not hang out with my friends from Memphis as much; I was not trying to abandon them, but rather expanding my friends at APSU. The best way I can explain my mindset was, “If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, it is not always a duck; it could be AFLAC.” I thought school was a duck, but it turned out to be AFLAC, which is even better. I did not see college the way other people saw it because I was still homesick, but after I got involved I saw college ten times better. I went home for fall break and thanksgiving and wanted to come back to Austin Peay. I felt like a guest in the house I had grown up in for 18 years. Austin Peay is now my new home and will be for the next fours years, or even more if I decide to come for graduate school. So if you do not take anything else from what I say, take this GET INVOLVED. It will not only make the school better, but it will make you better more than you know. I can say this from personal experience. I have crossed over to Austin Peay, come join me and share the Peay Pride with me.
