Independence at University

The transition from high school to university is a big step. University demands greater responsibility, diligence, and self-discipline. You learn to mature because you find the mature and adult perspective of university is balanced by the freedom that comes with being an adult student. In this blog posting, I will discuss the freedoms that a university, like Ambrose University, offers to students.

Freedom comes in many forms and fashions, and Ambrose University is a great place for freedom. University gives you the freedom to make your own decisions. As a student, I can come and go as I please. I can leave class when I want to or I can decide not to go to class at all. I can decide to sleep in and miss my class or I can decide to study and go to class. Personally, I have on a few occasions slept through my alarm or simply forgotten to turn it on, resulting in missing my class . . . oops.

University also offers the freedom of new opportunity. I left my old high school friends when I came to Ambrose, and now I have created new friendships. I can meet new people and talk to whomever I want and associate with the people I want to. I can build relationships with my professors and go out to coffee with them. I can choose to fill my time with the activities that I want to do:

Playing sports (Hockey, Squash, Futsal, Volleyball, Basketball, Ultimate Frisbee)
Going to the gym
Playing music with a group of friends
Acting and participating in theatre or finding an art

One new freedom that I have recently encountered is reading week. You may not be familiar with the term “reading week.” Reading week was created for university students to take a break from constant class routine and “catch up on reading,” but in reality, reading week is a time where you and possibly some friends plan a week vacation, or maybe plan a week of sleeping, a week of gaming, a week of actual homework, a week to go home and visit the family, or a week to just have fun together.

I have never experienced a reading break before now, and all I can say is, it’s awesome. For my reading week, I stayed at school and hung out with friends for half the week, and for the rest I visited my mother’s side of the family in the States. I went to Portland, Oregon where my cousins live. I had a great time catching up with my family and laughing and creating some memories. Reading break is great and I already miss not having a week off to do nothing.

So there you have it. University offers an array of freedoms, which hopefully you will come to find soon.

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Independence at University