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Miss Survivor

As I walk by the library, I saw her sitting on the bench waiting for me, folding her slim legs. She greeted me with a smile and told me she has been waiting for me. Asemahle Badiwe was prepared to share her first year experience here at Rhodes with me.

Asemahle is a first year Rhodes student. Her passion for kids drew her into majoring in Psychology. “Rhodes has changed my life, I was an ‘A+’ student in high school, but ever since I came here, I am a ‘B and C’ student, and that is not the kind of a person I am”, said Asemahle. That shows how hectic things get when you grow up. Asemahle was a quite person when she got to Rhodes, then she started adapting to the lifestyle of people here at Rhodes, “I started drinking, going out and having fun with friends, and that is something that I have never done in my life”, she said. Tertiary life comes with a lot of responsibility as well as pressure from peers but even though there are many influences that students come across during her first year at Rhodes, she has managed to stay herself throughout and is most likely to pass her first year with 1st grade passes. She have now stopped drinking and partying, she is back to the normal person she was. Drinking and partying was something that she did first semester.

Coming to Rhodes proved to be a very good choice as it has given her a platform to have a stronger academic foundation. Education is the foundation of her career, and that is something that she came here for. When studying Asemahle hides from the rest of the world. She goes into her own world because to her, her education is her responsibility. “I hate politics, I don’t know why I took it as one of my subjects, I never even bother myself by attending the lecture”, she bravely said. Asemahle passed all her subject during the June examination, including politics. She was surprised to see that she passed one of the most boring subjects in the world, she didn’t think she will pass it and she was prepared to drop it second semester, she decided not to because she is doing good in it.

Disappointing her parents is something that she hates and that she will never dream of doing it that is one of the reasons why she stopped drinking because she knew that she was going to end up being an addict. Asemahle has never had a boyfriend in her life and is not even thinking of having one. “My mom told me not to fall in-love up until I finish my degree, and for that I respect and honor her words, I won’t do that up until the time allows me to, Falling in love will mean that I have disappointed her, and that is something that I do not want to do”. She guffaws.