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Coming Home

by Sophie :: Sunday September 24, 2006

Coming back to Thacher after my year abroad was like being welcomed home. Despite new buildings and sports fields, new teachers and students, Thacher is still the same. Although I didn’t know more than half the student body, I still found it welcoming. My friends have grown taller, have longer hair, or have deeper voices, but they are, in essence, the same friends I left at the end of sophomore year. I have a different horse and a different room but my same roommate, and we still argue over the same things. Almost a month in and I am already tired of work but still satisfied when it is done well (as usual), and I am already looking forward to Thanksgiving break. Being a senior isn’t too different from being anything else aside from harder classes, but I suppose such things are only relative. I still keep in touch with my family in Italy, and Spanish class is a little more difficult than it used to be, but it is still better than Latin. My life has rolled back into its familiar patterns that I love and appreciate that much more after a year away.

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