I chose to go to college because I wanted something for myself. My parents didn’t push me to go to college, but I chose to because I want a degree in teaching. I want to see myself going into a classroom one day, and have my students greet me by saying, "Good morning, Miss Brown." If I didn’t go to college, I would either be sitting around waiting for my friends to come home or get out of high school and watching countless hours of cartoons, or working my butt off somewhere.

So I thought, why not go to school? I also went because my friends that I graduated with went on to school as well. If I took a year off it would be very hard for me to continue school again. Because I was already in the groove of doing school for 12 straight years, I thought, "Why not just keep going with four years of college?" I’m very happy when it comes to being at college and never thought I would be able to experience what I have experienced in any other schools. The friends I’ve made are truly my family away from home. I call them and they will be there in five minutes. However, getting homesick is inevitable.

The first week of college was not what I expected. We moved in, and realized that we could eat what we want, go where we wanted and pick our bed time. In college we have received a lot more freedom then what we could handle. It was great, and I didn't think twice when I would wander campus and stay up with my friends until one in the morning eating ramen noodles and watching Netflix. I laugh at the fact that I said, "I'm never going to eat ramen noodles," in high school.

Now I look forward to the block of pasta and packet of sodium. Overall college is great. It has gone faster then senior year of high school when I was in such a rush to get out of those halls. When I see my friends who are still in high school get accepted into college I can only smile because they are doing what is best for them. I can't picture myself anywhere else but at Framingham State. When ever I go home it's like a mini vacation I get to have time off and in my own bed at home and my parents in the next room. I can't imagine going to a different school or thinking that my friends would go to a different school and we would not meet each other at all.

Now we all laugh at the fact that we would be lost without each other and would seriously not know what to do. I wouldn't be able to call Framingham State my home. I wouldn't meet the people I have met. And I wouldn't continue on to the path of my future career of being a teacher. College isn't for everyone, but it definately is for me. And I wouldn't change it for the world.