Round and round and round we go

The worst part about every break is the first day of classes when you come back.  Be it a month long break or a three day weekend I believe that students instinctively go into a lazy stupor that makes us want to stay up all night and sleep all day.  Unfortunately classes generally happen before noon, and you get smacked in the face by your alarm you forgot you set, fall on your face as you try to get out of bed (or maybe that's just me being clumsy), and stumble your half awake self to the shower so you can get to class on time.

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Then to compound your desire to be back on break you are perpetually tired all day, but all college students know exactly how to handle this problem in three words, "coffee and naps." That's right, grab a coffee on your way to class and pass out in your dorm for 15 minutes during your lunch break.  I know it always gets me through that rough first day back, and I'm sure I'm not the only one.  

The first day back

Well after a much needed midterm break here my peers and I are again; back at the old grind.  It is truly amazing to see how this campus can go from empty and bleak to bustling and filled with students.  It is nice to have everyone back together, but we all know deep down that it means tomorrow our classes are back in session.  After a week of sleeping in we all will have to reset our internal clocks and get it ready for classes again.  As you walk into the library or through the dorms you are greeted by groups of students frantically doing classwork that they put off "just one more day" for the entire break, and students bringing their belongings back into the buildings.  It is a very busy day, and the hustle and the bustle of the campus can be felt. At the end of the day many of us will fall back into our beds, look around the room listening to the campus come alive, and think to ourselves how good it is to be back.

Midterms, Midterms, Midterms!

The term is half way almost half way through, and midterms week is coming up.  For most collegiate students this week is a proverbial "hell week,"  but for me it is actually an easier week.  The bright side of being a science major is that many of your classes do not follow the term schedule.  For the most part professors simply set dates for your exams based on where you will be in the material you are covering to make the most sense, not where in the term you are at.  This actually ends up making exams a lot easier to handle as the information is all cohesive, and many times your exams do not fall in the same week.  All that being said this week will not be all sunshine and rainbows for the science majors. Some of us may have exams still if their classes happen to fall as such or they are taking general graduation requirement classes, quizzes, and papers due.    Personally I have two quizzes this week (Botany and Organic Chemistry two) both falling on Wednesday, can you say bad timing?

Oh and the most worrying part about midterms? Definitely the procrastination that leaves me up until four in the morning frantically trying to learn everything the night before the quiz/exam, but that's just my opinion.

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