[00:00.00]College-A New Experience

[00:04.78]College is a new and different experience for me.

[00:10.03]I'm away from home,so I have many things to adjust to.

[00:15.96]Being on my own,talking with friendly people,

[00:21.63]and having Fridays off-these are just some things I like about college.

[00:29.28]Living at college,first of all,gives me a sense of responsibility,

[00:36.94]of being on my own.

[00:40.49]My parents aren't around to say,

[00:45.14]"No,you're not going out tonight"or"Did you finish your homework?"

[00:51.98]Everything I do has to be my decision,

[00:57.13]and that gives me the responsibility of handling my own life.

[01:04.47]During the second week I was at college,

[01:09.83]I had to go out and look for a bank where I could open an account.

[01:16.49]Before that I looked in the phone book since I had no clue

[01:23.12]about any banks around here or where they were located.

[01:29.68]Someone told me about a good bank:Continental Federal Savings.

[01:36.44]I went to the bank and made decisions for myself

[01:41.98]-whether to have a checking

[01:46.03]or savings account and whether or not to get a MASTER card.

[01:52.69]That was one example of having responsibility

[01:58.15]now that I'm on my own and of making my own decisions.

[02:04.40]Friendly people:that's another aspect I like about college

[02:11.16]On my first day (and even now) people were nice to me.

[02:17.61]I came to Mary mount University here in Virginia from New York

[02:25.16]and -even though I'd been here before

[02:29.71]-I was a bit confused about where I was going.

[02:35.27]My mother and I drove in,

[02:39.92]not knowing the building we were supposed to go to,

[02:45.56]and the guard was especially nice:with a smile,

[02:51.42]he told us what building we were looking for

[02:56.98]and where we could park our car.

[03:01.42]My room was on the first floor of New Gerard,

[03:08.06]and I knew had to go through some glass dorrs

[03:13.91]-but my mother and I didn't know which ones.

[03:19.05]Some upperclassmen saw ne and asked,"Are you a new student?"

[03:25.69]When they found out I was looking for New Gerard,

[03:31.44]one said"Oh,just follow us;that's where we're going."

[03:38.78]Even now I feel comfortable in the dorm

[03:43.82]because there are friendly people around to talk with.

[03:49.77]Finally-to and to my likes of college

[03:55.34]-I love having Fridays off,

[03:59.67]I wouldn't be able to cope with five days of classes in a row.

[04:07.41]Also,I love to sleep in.One Thursday night,

[04:15.16]my roommate and I and the people across the hall went to Georgetown.

[04:22.92]We got in rather early the next morning,

[04:27.86]and my roommate(Juanita)and I decided to sleep in,

[04:34.70]something I couldn't do in high school.

[04:39.56]I do like things about college-being on my own,

[04:45.70]talking with friendly people,having Fridays off,

[04:51.37]but this doesn't mean I don't think about things at home.

[04:57.01]Although I like college,I can still get homesick:

[05:03.36]New York is a pretty good place,too.