College Brain Fart

• 2/21/2008 - Scheduling

Well, I'm sure you didn't notice that I didn't update yesterday. Or maybe you did, I dunno. But still, I have an explanation:

I scheduled myself REALLY BADLY on Wednesdays. As in, I'm at school from 9:00 in the morning to 6:00 at night with a break of only about an hour. Which really brings up my point for today:

Schedule yourself reasonably.

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I don't believe that means you shouldn't take more than two classes a day - seems to be the average, actually - but rather that you have to make sure you have time to relax and rest between those classes. I should recommend an hour to an hour and a half between each class. Any less doesn't give you enough time and any more makes it hard to concentrate in the class after the break. Besides which, breaks are important for eating reasons too. I can't exactly concentrate on an empty stomach, you know? So I make a point of eating well during breaks.

I know a few people who don't really have breaks. They have a rough time in lectures, but they're the types who can easily study their way into Honor Roll, anyway. They're probably some of the smartest people I know - I can't imagine doing it myself, but for people who are really good at studying, it would probably work.

To contrast that, I have friends who take classes five hours apart who say it was a stupid scheduling decision. They're at campus for hours with nothing to do, and generally they spend that time doing homework, studying, and then wandering the campus with "exercise" as their excuse. It's kind of funny. I know for a fact that it's the only exercise they get in a week.

And I know this post is short, but it's also very late. I need to take a friend shopping, too, so bye!

-Rem