Spring break starts lazy days
by Shane Jester, staff writer
At this point of the semester, I find
myself exasperated with schoolwork and studying.
I’m not quite sure exactly
what it is, or why it happens, but every semester, once I
get to this point, I find it unbelievably hard to study and
concentrate in the classroom. In the previous issue of the
Plainsman Press, I wrote about the great experiences of
spring break and how that week allows us all to get some
much-needed rest and recuperation. Now I have come to the
realization that by having that whole week off, it makes it
so much harder to get back on track in school.
It always seems that all of
a sudden once you get back from spring break there is just
so much to be done in all of your classes. It is just like a
full-blown conspiracy for certain students to fail.
Even the simplest of tasks
related to school are literally thrown on the backburner
because I am already starting to get in “summer mode.”
Usually I am pretty good about staying on top of my studies,
but for some unknown reason I have been relying on
procrastination to get my studying done for me.
With only five weeks left
of school, it is crunch time for most of us. This is the
time when you can decide for yourself whether you will
finish off the semester with a bang or with a couple of W’s
on your transcript. Throughout my college career, I have
been the “king” of dropped classes. I recently calculated
how many hours I would have if I had not dropped any
classes, and basically I would have had enough credits to
get my associate’s degree last summer.
Since I started at South
Plains College in the fall of 2004, I have paid for 15
credit hours worth of W’s, probably not the highlight of my
college career. I am sure that others can sympathize with my
situation, considering the fact that I am probably not the
only student who has completely given up on a class because
of the instructor, amount of study time, and/or a mixture of
other factors.
I concluded my last article
with, “Spring break 07…just a precursor of all things to
come.” Now I realize that procrastination was just one of
those things.
