Assignment #1

Hiteshri Patel

Professor Mohd Muzhafar Idrus

Writing Gold A-2

4 April 2010

Home Away From Home

For decades the Indian culture has married off the daughters of the family, having the daughter move from her birth home to her husband’s house. In recent years, the trend of sending children outside of the home to attend college has become more popular in Indian. The experience of living away from home and living at home do vary but the degree that it could impact the person’s style will depend on the way he/she will decide to accept the change. Though there is no place like home we should try to make ourselves comfortable in the new environment so we do not miss our home.

The support system you get at home in comparison to anywhere else may impact one’s life a lot. For example in when students move away to college in comparison to students who commute to college the level of suppose they receive will vary. At home, the student would receive a lot of suppose from parents and siblings as well as friends. Students living on campus would receive support from family but it might not impact the student as much because it is through phone or email. In addition students living on campus may have to deal with additional stress as they see competition with other students who they live with.

The level of freedom varies between living at home or living away from home. In certain households the parents are strict especially in Indian households; this restricts one’s freedom to a certain level but if living away from home you have the restriction that you set for yourself. This also makes the person more independent to self made instead of at home one will always be dependent on family. It is very important to learn to live independently so that you could learn how to manage a household by yourself. This helps improve organization skills, makes one more responsible, and learn new things which is always beneficial.

Living away from home makes any one become more social. When one lives away from they are forced to communicate with people they live with but if the same person was living at home they psychological would feel that it is not necessary from them to communicate as much. This way of thinking would prevent them from making new friends and networking with others. It is very important to open yourself to others to achieve greater success. Also it helps one learn many different things as well improve communication skills. For example my best friends from college had decided to commute while I had decided to live on campus; my shyness reduced drastically and I met some really good people while they had just kept to themselves. My friends had lost the opportunity to get to know other people who could have added something positive to their life.

Living at home and living away from will never be exactly the same, it is important to experience both styles of living. Both styles will help change the person in various ways. Living away from home could help person gain more qualities that may help them in their future. Making the environment at the home away from home would make the transition of moving away a lot easier and less stressful.