After I graduated high school a few years ago, I attended the University of Alabama for a short time before I decided that I did not want to be in school at the moment, and would rather work until I was ready to go back to school. Being in the small town of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, was a culture shock to me being that I was born and raised in the suburbs of Washington D.C., and then moved to Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, where I always had plenty of activities to choose from. Coming to Union College was not something I had been planning for a long time; it was very last minute and was a difficult decision to make seeing that I had already left college in the past, partial reasoning because I was not happy in a small town: I felt trapped. Ever since the year 2012, I have moved five times living in four different states—Alabama, Florida, Maryland, and Kentucky—which has been stressful for me to say the least. The move to Barbourville, Kentucky was not entirely easy, it was difficult to leave my family and move to a part of the U.S. that I had never visited before.
My first few days in Barbourville, everything that I had grown up with, everything that was familiar to me, …show more content…
I was shocked to learn that there are many people in America that live without these things, and after moving to Barbourville, I became one of those people; and I am so grateful that I did. I have become a less needy person, I have realized that I do not need all of these extra things in life, and that I am fully capable of living and surviving in a small town. It took me a while to get used to Union, with one of the reasons being that I was so unfamiliar with my surroundings; I felt lost. As I overcame the big changes and allowed myself to became more comfortable in Barbourville, I was able to focus more on my classes and
My first few days in Barbourville, everything that I had grown up with, everything that was familiar to me, …show more content…
I was shocked to learn that there are many people in America that live without these things, and after moving to Barbourville, I became one of those people; and I am so grateful that I did. I have become a less needy person, I have realized that I do not need all of these extra things in life, and that I am fully capable of living and surviving in a small town. It took me a while to get used to Union, with one of the reasons being that I was so unfamiliar with my surroundings; I felt lost. As I overcame the big changes and allowed myself to became more comfortable in Barbourville, I was able to focus more on my classes and