First Week of Uni
And I finally got to the reason why I am in Australia – to study. Coming as an exchange student was my way to explore this side of my character – the explorer, the adventurer, the person who doesn’t think that college is only what I have seen in New York. I wanted to escape what I’m used to and to come to a place where I don’t know anyone and where I have no clue what the hell I am doing.
It’s funny how people come for many, many different reasons. After talking to many exchange students, I believe that we all want to escape from something, be it our comfort zone or our very uncomfortable life back home. Or maybe both.
First week of uni has been challenging. People talk about things, names, places and TV shows I have never heard of. They speak fast in their sophisticated, awesome-sounding-hard-to-always-understand Australian accent and I just lose track sometimes. But I have done it with adjusting to New York-ish lifestyle, I can do this too! :) It’s just my first weeks here after all.
I am taking classes which are a side of me I couldn’t explore in my home college and this makes me happy. It’s the business side of me – Society and the Media, Consumer Society, Marketing Management… and to throw some creativity in that mix, I am taking Poetry.
A person’s character is a mix of passions,memories, desires and dreams. And if university can help someone explore as much of those as possible, then that’s awesome! Nothing is just black and white. We are many-many-sided beings. This is why I am studying Psychology, this is why I am taking weird classes – I’m an explorer. And my journey begins with exploring myself.
