“I am so going out with the class of 2008. Go buck wild, considering this is my last high school summer,” said Benavente.
“What I really want to happen before I leave is to have the gas go down to $2.00. I am partying and so I don’t want my friends to pick me up, I would actually want to take my own car out,” he laughs.
Cruz and Ada say their idea of summer fun is to spend “every single moment we have together.”
“My dream would be to shop for great food and all the best clothes,” said Cruz.
Ada would like to travel all summer long. “Travel around the world, but then again, this is just a dream,” she sighs.
Upon summer, love seems to be in the air.
“I definitely do not want a boyfriend. I want to have fun and be single,” Ada continues.
‘Welcome Back’
The girl who left home now comes back.
Some teens return to tropical paradise and spend their summer holiday here at home.
“I remember on how scared I was when I left. I had mixed feelings though, I was scared and excited. Knowing that I had a return ticket to Saipan helped ease my anxiety, coming home to Saipan is always great,” said Jennifer Villegas, the 19 year-old teen attending Brigham Young University-Hawaii located on the island of Oahu in the tiny town of Laie.
“I had no doubts at all going there and leaving home. I had friends from Saipan attending the same university,” she continues.
“They were getting me all pumped up about Hawaii. It was just as great as they said it was,” she said.
By leaving her family, friends, and especially Saipan, Villegas said she had a lot of mental preparation about leaving her home to enhance her education. .
“The area that I live in Hawaii is in many ways similar to Saipan, but I realized that it still wasn’t home, and I missed my family and friends,” she said.
“I would get so homesick at times, but I just kept reminding myself that I was getting to go home at the end of the semester and to just enjoy the moment I was living in!” she added.
College life is one of the first steps of a teen’s independence.
“Oh gosh, where do I begin? Everything seemed to change,” Villegas explains.
“You’re on your own living life, no supervision and a lot more responsibility. The thing I found most difficult about being away from home was finding a good balance between fun, work, and school,” she says.
