Studying
is important, so is living
Midterms are here. No matter how much we
all try to avoid thinking about it, they
are inevitable. Or am I the only one trying
not to think about it?
There are many different types of mid-termers.
One of my best friends used to freak out
and hole herself up for about two weeks
before the test. In one instance, she left
her boyfriend sitting in a jail cell for
about six hours after he was free to go
because she said she couldn’t miss her finance
class. She didn’t see the humor in that
until I diligently pointed it out. I would
call her an anal test-taker. Sorry Michelle.
Another good friend of mine is a finger-crosser.
She takes solace in the fact that the “Powers
That Be” are ultimately watching her back.
“No, I’m not worried,” is her famous line.
Is that Peter Tosh I hear wailing from the
speaker? Where is that smoke coming from?
Then there are the I’m-cute-and-you’re-an-old-man-who-will-give-me-a-B-if-I-flirt-with-you
test-takers. A friend, Lisa, I’ll call her,
is notorious for this scenario. She never
goes to class, and when she does, she makes
sure to be sitting on top of the teacher’s
desk when he comes in. One teacher even
gave me a B just because I saw him pinch
her butt. Good old Lisa.
Good old community college. What happened
to the days when teachers gave you B’s for
witnessing a breakdown in the entire teacher-student
relationship.
Don’t you love when a test is right around
the corner and you can find someone who
hasn’t started studying yet either? Instant
friendship. Misery loves company and all
that, right? Sometimes it is hard to find
a happy medium between all we have going
on in our lives. It is possible though.
Suffice to say, my anal-test-taker friend
graduated a year ago from USC with flying
colors. So we could say that her method
is proven to get you good grades. Whether
it makes for sanity and a good time is another
story.
You need to find a happy medium between
school and real life. People become too
wrapped up in school and forget that living
their life is just as important during this
time. Otherwise, where do you draw the line?
After school, there’s a career. After that,
there are a whole bunch of possibilities
I won’t go into here. Time is ticking away
right now. It doesn’t stop because midterms
are imminent.
Study, yes, study. I don’t think that the
“Powers That Be” are so fond of all of us.
But also take time for the things in your
life that are going to really mean something
forever: family, friends, pets, music, movies.
I could go on forever. School is important,
but life does not boil down to letters A
through F.
Tina Page is a journalism major at Cal
State Long Beach.
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