Freedom

FR EEEDOM

How can it be that I am in the country of freedom but miss it????!?
This is actually one of the only things I’m really looking forward to, when I am going back to Germany. Doing what I (just I) want to do. It’s not that I don’t have to do anything in Germany but …. It’s hard to explain … it’s just different.
I was just raised with having all freedom I wanted and it worked out fine. I would say that I turned out alright. I get good grades, have friends and even some sort of social awareness (if that makes any sense).

Okay, my host family here is really nice and they are not too strict. It’s just that every little bit of not having is really weird to me. Something like “you better don’t hang out with friend if you’re sick” I know that this is probably the right thing to do, it’s just that I always could make my own choices.
It is very good that they understand me though and try to be as loose as they can. But in general kids here don’t even thing about doing more on their own (not everybody but most), like going alone with just friends on vacation. They don’t think about that but everybody is working (something German kids don’t to that much, we’re more spoiled).

I think nearly all exchange students have this little problem. But one thing is sure, I definitely learned through this experience how valuable personal freedom is.
And the whole issue doesn’t bother me that much that I don’t enjoy it here. Because I do.