Spring Break
The Daily OrangeWinter vacation more laidback for freshmen
By Anna Brand
Posted: 1/17/06, 11:16 PM EST Section: Opinion
Thanksgiving break felt more like a job to me than a vacation. I felt forced to hang out with almost everyone from my senior class and revisit restaurants that used to be part of my daily life back in high school. I was pleasantly surprised when winter break was nothing like this. Instead of going to forced gatherings with old acquaintances that are incapable of holding a conversation without looking around the room for a more interesting person, I only saw the people I wanted to see.
"During Thanksgiving break there were organized parties for my senior class, but during winter break there was no pressure to do anything like that," freshman undecided major in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management Alexandria Evans said. "I just hung out with the people I wanted to see and I was happy doing that."
While Thanksgiving break was a time when people scurried around town to see everyone they had any sort of communication with in high school, winter break possessed a much more relaxed atmosphere. No one was interested in gossiping about the latest drama or arranging awkward get-togethers, in which the same groups of people just separated themselves around small rooms, anyway.
"I felt like I had to see everyone during Thanksgiving break," freshman political science major Erin Korte said. "I was so rushed and I was hurried to see everyone in the few days I was home. Winter break was just more relaxing for me because I could unwind for a week and then catch up with the friends I wanted to hang out with."
Throughout the entire break, I found myself drifting from my high school class instead of being in the process of drifting. Now I feel that I am really moving toward a more independent lifestyle where I can choose the people with whom I want to associate. And then, when I go to the parties, I know I'll have a good time.
"During Thanksgiving break there were organized parties for my senior class, but during winter break there was no pressure to do anything like that," freshman undecided major in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management Alexandria Evans said. "I just hung out with the people I wanted to see and I was happy doing that."
While Thanksgiving break was a time when people scurried around town to see everyone they had any sort of communication with in high school, winter break possessed a much more relaxed atmosphere. No one was interested in gossiping about the latest drama or arranging awkward get-togethers, in which the same groups of people just separated themselves around small rooms, anyway.
"I felt like I had to see everyone during Thanksgiving break," freshman political science major Erin Korte said. "I was so rushed and I was hurried to see everyone in the few days I was home. Winter break was just more relaxing for me because I could unwind for a week and then catch up with the friends I wanted to hang out with."
Throughout the entire break, I found myself drifting from my high school class instead of being in the process of drifting. Now I feel that I am really moving toward a more independent lifestyle where I can choose the people with whom I want to associate. And then, when I go to the parties, I know I'll have a good time.
Anna Brand is a freshman undecided major in The College of Arts and Sciences. You can e-mail her at asbrand@syr.edu.
