Left Out

They say that if you try to please everyone, you will end up not pleasing anyone. Well I'm going to stretch this phrase to cover college. There are only 24 hours in the day, so between work, classes, and homework, something is bound to get left out, or at the very least, half-heartedly done.

And this is coming from a double major with three jobs.

Am I saying that I do this? I try my hardest not to, ever. When at work, I do everything on my schedule that day. When in class, I listen and participate and all that good stuff that gets you a gold star. When doing homework, I stay focused and put real effort into my projects and papers. But still, sometimes things slip through the cracks.

Maybe I'm tired and overlook something at work. Maybe I'm tired and I doze off a little in class. Or maybe I'm tired and I choose to go to bed at 2 in the morning instead of pulling an all-nighter to write a paper.

Notice a trend? Once again, there are only so many hours in a day. And there is a new law in Indiana that says for every hour students spend in class, professors should assign two hours of homework. Let's think about this. Really?

I'm not one of those people who hate school and homework and all the likes. Actually, I genuinely enjoy school, and I embrace the work head on because guess what? I'm here to learn. My only concern is that sometimes administration (not just at my school) forget that we're people too. We're workers, family members, friends, boyfriends, girlfriends, and many other things. I understand that college is supposed to be tough and that time management, while not a class, is the thing we learn the most about. I just think that sometimes, it can be too much.

As I type this, I can think of four projects (oh wait- five) that I could do right now. Guess I should get to working on them so I can go to bed before 2am.