Throughout high school many teachers loved to talk about how “your college professor won’t let that slide.” or it was always “do you think your professor will accept this.” The answer is yes they will. The work can be more time-consuming, and you have to learn self-discipline and time management but don’t stress too much the professors are pretty understanding. This one time I knew I had to do an assignment that day that was due at midnight, but I had to work I was in a factory and I wasn’t able to get any data to work I took a picture with my boss and emailed it to him when I could, and he extended the assignment three extra days for me. The professors know we are young adults and that emergencies happen.
The best advice I can give you, so you are not burning out and getting overwhelmed with homework is to have a planner. This will make it so you can break down the work, and don’t do it all in one night, try breaking it up over a week. Once you get in the habit of having a planner and checking off your task you may notice the feeling of relief when you’re done. Also, make sure you are consistent with getting your work done on time and turned in because the main issue students run into is the fact they did the assignment wrong they just turned it in late. So, making sure you have self-discipline, a good homework schedule, consistent study time, and a good place to study will benefit you and your academics. Study rooms or the library is a great place to study without any distractions. If you are looking for another place to study, try finding a nice place outside. You can get fresh air, and sun and even meet other students on campus. It might be nerve-racking at first, but it will be worth it. You got this Sam and good luck!
Author: Sweet Tarts
Just Five More Minutes
While struggling a lot with academics in high school and struggling to balance school, work, and just simply time for myself I was always telling myself I would do better in college. I have been in college for over half a year now and I keep telling myself next month I will do better, but it doesn’t always seem to happen. I have started working more hours on top of having more homework. I normally work five to six days a week and never get weekends off. I do enjoy my job as a lifeguard. It is my type of temperament and the hands-on job I like but I am always putting work first and forgetting about my schoolwork. I also have been volunteering less and not in my community as much as I would like to be, it makes me sad but knowing I can pay rent and feed my dog is what keeps me working.
While the last few months have been the school, work, sleep, then repeat cycle I have found it rewarding in a few different ways but the pile of things I need to get done keeps piling up. I have a professor who loves group projects and I mean loves making us do group projects and he makes it, so we always work in groups. I don’t normally mind the projects, but we have a few group members that rarely participate, and the professor has it set up where you can only get graded for your work. So basically, I do my half and the other two slack off, and I do the whole project. I receive just my portion of the grade. The professor says it’s for us to learn and handle others in different situations and I just feel I go the short end of the stick with groups and am not doing as well as I would like. Even though it is stressful and may cause me to randomly scream, I know at the end of the day I’m doing what I should be, and it will be okay.
High School Blues and Now New College Shoes
While now being in college for over five months I have found the students and teachers in high school compared to college are completely different. At least at my high school, I had seen over 30 fights and that seems like a very weird number but unfortunately, I feel I am pretty spot on. I couldn’t walk the halls without yelling, shoving, smoke being blown around and there was always that one group of girls hanging out in the bathroom. Now I can easily walk through the halls, and it is quiet, I go in and out of the bathroom with no worries. The teachers also are not so overbearing, in high school I had a teacher look under the stall while I was using the bathroom because she thought I was vaping or doing something I shouldn’t have been, and I wasn’t the first student she had done this to. I spent my senior year of high school; in a different school and I found it more enjoyable because I wasn’t surrounded by the same people, I was around people who wanted to learn and that is how it was when I first entered college, being surrounded by people that want to learn make school a lot easier to handle. There are still so many fun parts and great experiences that kids get to experience in high school but there are also so many different challenges that get put on you at once and there are a lot of emotions just generally going on. Some kids are not as lucky as others. They have to be so young going to school, work, and coming home to care for others in their home. This can lead kids to feel like they have a disadvantage and don’t want to apply themselves in school. When I went to college I felt a relief, something new and different, of course, all the stress and anxiety are still there but I took a step and am succeeding at something I would have found challenging in high school.