Amani, ‘12

Hello hello, Prospectives!

My life at this school has been so busy!  Midterms and papers have been swallowing up my free time and social life.  I’ve been stressed out, and I’m pretty sure that the sentiment is resounding across campus.

The unfortunate events began about a week and a half ago when my teacher posted sources for our term paper due today.  As nice as it would have been to get started on that paper then, I couldn’t because I had a midterm in the class due on the Monday of Fall Break.  Yeah, I know…why would he do that to us?  So much for having a break.  Mind you, the midterm was a paper.

Ok, so after that paper consumed my entire Fall Break last weekend, I had to turn around and get started on my term paper that was due today—6-10 pages on pretty much the stuff covered in the midterm.  The point of it all?  Who knows.  But I can tell you all that I struggled.

I had been highly upset that my teacher would do such a thing as have such a weighty assignment due over our supposed break period, but I was even more disillusioned with this particular professor when I spent my entire past weekend working on this term paper.  Two weekends in a row gone to two papers which both count for large portions of my final grade.

I have never had much trouble writing papers at all, but considering the amount of mental exertion I’ve had to endure with these assignments on top of all of my other classes, I did indeed struggle for the term paper.  Every day I sat on my laptop and tried and tried to work toward my goals, but never quite accomplished them.

It was not until today at 4:45 p.m. that I finished and finally submitted this term paper.  Currently to show for my effort, I have a piercing headache and bags under my eyes.  Hopefully, however, all of my toiling will pay off with a rewarding grade.

We can only hope.

Best wishes to you in all of your current academic endeavors!  Perseverance is key! 

Amani