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Biography
Devon Thomas
Underhill, Vermont
Anthropology Major, Smith Hall
My hobbies are writing short stories, preferably fiction. And I am obsessed with sailing small boats, JY's, 420's, that sort of thing.
My name is Devon Thomas. I am 20 years old. I will be an Anthropology major this coming semester. For the moment, I am basically just taking in life as it comes to me. I have lived in Underhill, Vermont since 1998. I moved there from Williamstown, MA that same year.
Before high school, I had been home schooled. Home school was more of an opportunity to get my bearings on what it was I wanted from life. By high school, I felt that I had a general idea of where I was going, which was a need of mine. I am the type of person who needs things to be planned out. Otherwise, I feel lost and can't get anything done. While I was being home schooled, I felt that I was behind and was worried about how I would catch up. As things turned out, I really was not unprepared for reentering the public school system. I credit that to my choice of study from '98 to '99. In those years I developed a love of stories, and I read anything I could get my hands on. That spurred me to take up writing as a hobby. Not that I am totally inert to anything else! I also enjoy singing, and I was in my High school choir. I love to sail. But, sailing for me has become a more sporadic means of escape over the past few years. Still, I jump at any opportunity to get out on the water.
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Devon's Journals
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Coming to College...
My first thoughts about college are basically financial and social. I am worried about job opportunities in Durham. I am torn between the images of college my parents and friends are giving me.
My friends tell me that college will be great compared to high school. For one, we don't have teachers breathing down our necks eight hours a day. On the other hand, my parents tell me that I will be spending twenty four hours a day, seven days a week, with my nose in a book. I have basically come to my own conclusions regarding college. One is that if I stay on top of my work I should be fine. I doubt that I will be doing as much work as my parents tell me I will. I mean, my dad basically went from inner city to Yale through the course of his educational life. And I, for one, feel a bit more privileged than him.
I am not deluding myself into thinking that college will be easy. I want to get out and socialize; have fun. Despite the image my friends give me, I also doubt it will be a twenty four hour party. As far as the coming year is concerned, I feel that if I keep my eye on what I want, there is no reason I should not achieve my goals. |
