Independence In College Essay

Independence plays a tremendous role in growing up. As adolescents, we learn how to be independent, from parents, guardians, and teachers, to prepare for adulthood. In the end of my sophomore year of high school, my parents went out of town for a few days to go up to Maine with their friends. They left me and my brothers, who are both adults, home alone. The last time they left for a few days, I had to stay with a babysitter. Therefore, it was a major independent experience for me because it gave me a sneak-peek of how to do everyday things without my parents. My parents left for four days; Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, which means I had to make sure I got up on time and got a ride to school. I’m terrible at getting up, so I made sure to set an alarm every 5 minutes, with the sound on full volume. My neighbor, who was also a student, had driven me every day so I already had that planned. I would get home from school on the bus and do my normal routine in the afternoon. My parents had left plenty of food in the house, and my brothers offered to help with dinner, but we all ended up doing our own thing for those couple of days. On Friday, I wanted to go out with my friends, but I don’t drive and my brothers were either working or out themselves. I eventually found a way to stick …show more content…
This made me obligated to do things by myself, like make dinner, clean dishes, take out the trash, clean up around the house, etc. My brothers and I shared the chores which made cleaning up the house less stressful. Around dinner time, we didn’t usually eat together except for one night when we had Chinese takeout. Other than that day, I made dinner for myself. I figured out ways to make something new instead of having eggs or a grilled cheese every night. Tasks like making dinner, waking up on time, or getting to school are things that I will need to do by myself in college. This experience gave me a glance at taking care of