FRO 14 DTI

Back in high school, one of the first life lessons I learned was that between good grades, sleep, and a social life, I could only succeed in maximum of two of them. By entering college, I thought I would finally succeed in all three, especially because the amount of class time was shorter. Sleep would be guarantees because my classes would start later, and I wouldn’t have that 8am class anymore or wake up at 6:30am every morning. As for social life, I thought of course it would be possible. After all, what else are longer weekends for? For grades, I thought I’d be able to suffice with decent grades, that the same quick review before walking into class or studying for maybe an half an hour max would be more than enough. But I proved to be wrong when I realized I still had that alternating 8:15am morning class. The hour breaks and long weekends weren’t spent socializing, but on catching up with the next class assignment or reviewing notes for a test. With less days to meet during the week, assignments and exams came much quicker than I was prepared for. When I was finally free from my workload, social life was nearly impossible because others would be busy with theirs. I realized how important time management skills were and regretted not taking the life lesson seriously or learning not to do every assignment last minute. It was much easier to fall behind on the lengthy readings, especially when you are fully aware that the professor won’t be calling on you in class to check that you have read, or because you have to prioritize a written assignment from a different professor.

—Annie Kong

This picture represents the results of poor time management and how important it is to balance your priorities in college. Source: http://cstrips.bitstrips.com/G73GP_JP5S.png