Rebecca Batchelder

Hi Class,
My name is Rebecca Batchelder, and i am a freshmen at Jacksonville State University. I moved to Alabama right before my senior year of high school from New Hampshire. We moved here because Alabama, about two springs ago, had bad tornado's and my father is a builder, so that meant work for our family. I liked living in New Hampshire but I have moved around in the past a couple of times so I'm no stranger to being "the new kid".  However, moving to the south from the north, which is where I have spent most of my life, was a culture shock to me. So many things are different here, the food, the schools,the people, and above all, the temperature. Admittingly the transition from New Hampshire to Alabama has been by far the hardest move i have experienced. If the culture didn't differentiate enough, the move was also harder because it had landed on the summer before my senior year. Even though everyone knows that moving your senior year is hard, it is still only one year. If you don't fine anything you like about a new school, especially when its your last year, look to the bright side and tell your self "It is almost over". I only had to do that a few times but it did come in handy. I had a pretty good year and made some really great friends. Now I am a freshmen again and have to start all over again with making new friends and getting to know a new campus. I guess last year helped in preparation for this year. I think and hope that this school will hold great experiances for me and really become my home away from home.