This piece originally appeared in the February 4, 2020 edition of The Kaleidoscope. When Aaron Johnson first started at UAB, he said he was not sure if he was going to even last his first semester. “I remember calling my dad my freshman year and I told him, ‘I think I’m coming home’,” Johnson said, “He said, ‘Well, I don’t know what home you refer to because I don’t have a room here for you.’ And I was like, ‘What you mean?’ He’s like, ‘You got to figure it out. You chose to go down there. You chose to do what you got…
Author: Caleb Wood
Caleb Wood
I'm Caleb Wood, managing editor for the Kaleidoscope. I'm a senior studying English and film. If I'm not writing, you can find me stress eating and sitting too close to the TV.