Homesickness.It’s a big problem, which is totally underestimated. When you’re in matric, you can’t wait to get away from home and your parents. Their rules seem stupid and restricting (believe me, the Simple Plan song ‘One Day’ was my anthem) and you spend a great deal of your time dreaming about varsity where you can go wherever, and do whatever your little heart pleases.
Then varsity comes. The fantastic independent you will be sitting in the dining hall at the end of an awful day, faced with some unidentifiable grey food product. All you’ll want is your mom’s lasagne and a day at home with your cat and DSTV.
It’s true. Don’t scoff. Homesickness hits you hard.
Your first year is full of ups and downs. You’ll love the freedom, but you’ll get stressed and miss home. This is natural. And here’s a secret: if you miss home, don’t go home. I know it sounds strange, but the more you go home, the more you’ll want to be home. The first week or so back at varsity will be tough, but you adapt and get used to it.
If you hang around with friends who single-handedly keep Greyhound in business because they go home every weekend, you’ll start wanting to go home too.
Then again, if its term 3 and your homesickness is still so bad that you spend most of your nights crying in your room and/or on the phone to your mom, then cupcake, maybe you should think about studying closer to home. I know people who are leaving Rhodes next year to study in their home town, and I know that it’s the best thing for them. They’ll be much happier.
So. Be prepared, and don’t let it get the best of you.
Ciao for now
Your first year is full of ups and downs. You’ll love the freedom, but you’ll get stressed and miss home. This is natural. And here’s a secret: if you miss home, don’t go home. I know it sounds strange, but the more you go home, the more you’ll want to be home. The first week or so back at varsity will be tough, but you adapt and get used to it.
If you hang around with friends who single-handedly keep Greyhound in business because they go home every weekend, you’ll start wanting to go home too.
Then again, if its term 3 and your homesickness is still so bad that you spend most of your nights crying in your room and/or on the phone to your mom, then cupcake, maybe you should think about studying closer to home. I know people who are leaving Rhodes next year to study in their home town, and I know that it’s the best thing for them. They’ll be much happier.
So. Be prepared, and don’t let it get the best of you.
Ciao for now
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