End of the Year “Goodbye”

Hello fellow CVUers,

How was your week? Any fun plans for the upcoming weekend?

As we rapidly approach the end of the school year, I will be posting some final farewells from my peers in the Journalism class. :’(

The following passage is written by Caleb Curtis, class of 2010:

My final words that I will speak through this paper are about some metaphors I go by. A trail is there for you to follow but that path is just a sugestion. Take the adventure, stray from the path and create a new trail for you to explore. Take this adventure in to your own hands and don’t let anyone control it. Take this path step-by-step and live in the moment of your life.  Going along with all this, take the change and try something new, get out of the box you are use to being in, take the chance, be in charge of your dreams and pull them closer. Let your voice be heard, share your thoughts with the world: disapointment and accomplishment are stretched along a fine line.  Failure is only another word for “try again”. All it means is that you have the chance to do it again and not make the same mistake, but learn from them instead and yet again, pull your goal closer.  
 
These were my final words I’m not asking you to believe it or hate it, just read it and think about it. Thanks.

This following passage is written by Camille Freycenon, class of 2010:

17…

 17 is the number of days that I have left.

 

In 17 days, at 4:50pm, I will be at the airport, in direction to France.

In 17 days, I will be saying good bye to everyone who made my year so great.

In 17 days, my year as an exchange student will be over.

 

Should I be sad or happy? I don’t know, it’s such a weird feeling.

My past 10 months with you were just awesome. It was one of the best, or the best year of my life. You cannot understand what really means to be an exchange student if you don’t live it. Being an exchange student, is leaving everything to experience a new life, by yourself. When you leave, you don’t know anything about what you’re going to encounter. You just hope the best, imagine the worst and take what is coming to you. Being an exchange student is not easy. You have to adapt yourself to a new culture, to a new family, to a new school. But can you imagine doing that when you aren’t able to express yourself as you want, when you cannot understand what people are saying to you? Yes, because in the beginning, you don’t speak the language of your host country! Hopefully, you improve yourself very quickly. I think that after 2 months I could understand everything but speaking is much harder and even harder when you don’t like your accent at all… You have to be very patient with yourself and don’t be afraid to make fun of yourself, make fun of your mistakes. And finally, while the year goes by, you enjoy your experience because you know that you are going to go back home soon enough. You don’t want to leave with any regret at all! That’s what I did. I tried to stay busy as much as I could because when I wasn’t doing anything, when I felt like if I was missing something, or waisting my time. I also traveled a lot so I had the opportunity to discover different parts of the US. And now, I have lots of great memories that I will never ever forget. I had a blast! So, yes, I will be sad, and I am already sad when I think about my departure. But last weekend, my host brother told me, “Cam, you are leaving, but you shouldn’t be sad. You are going to keep all those great memories in your head, and all those people who made your year so great will always be somewhere in your heart. So, when you’ll be sad, you’ just need to think about all you did this year and you should find your smile again because your friends will be present in every single one of them!” This is true. So finally, I believe that you are not only an exchange student for one year, but for the rest of your life!

 

At the same time, I’m excited to go home. Just the idea to be with my family again, to hang out with my friends and to sleep in my own bed makes me smile. But mostly, I am very excited, as with all of the CVU seniors, to go to college. I feel so ready right now. It’ll be a new experience. I’ll meet new people, I’ll learn something I really like and I’ll be on my own. So I’ll be home to finally leave once again. It’s like starting a third life! To be honest, I would like to go back to high school after the year I spent here at CVU. Being a senior at CVU was so great. And I would like to thank Sean McMannon for allowing me to attend CVU!

 

It’s very hard to believe that after 10 months here, 10 months which went way too fast, I’m already about to go home. 17 days is nothing. It’s like going to vacation somewhere for a little bit more than two weeks! Sad or happy, the fact is the same. I’m leaving and I cannot change it. I’m enjoying my last few days with you as if it was the last days of my life, because they are the last days of my American life. Thank you all of you guys, for making my year unforgettable, for welcoming me so well, for being friendly… for everything you did for me! I will miss you so much. Hopefully, many of you are visiting me next summer. And I truly hope that I will be able to come back, and see you again for a couple of days!

 

Camille Freycenon,

Exchange student from France,

Year 2009/2010

 

More posts are soon to come, from Dani Terrill, Kelsey Darby, Dillon Palmer, and hopefully from the rest of the class! Stay tuned

 

Your’s truly CVU,

Fammy Zammy

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