A naive freshman once told his advisor, “I can definitely handle a Spanish class at 8 o’clock in the morning twice a week.” Unfortunately, this was not the case as my Tuesday’s and Thursday’s have become the most exhausting, repetitious, and laid back days of my first semester at Hofstra University. My alarm sounds off at 6:55 in the morning, I shower, dress myself, and I sluggishly scrape my feet across Oak Street and to the student center where I eat breakfast. But, I only have enough time to eat a small serving of turkey bacon and scrambled eggs until I have to speed walk over the unispan to be on time to my Spanish class in Brower Hall.
A long and dreadful hour and a half session learning Spanish ends, and I’m suddenly left in my room to play video games such as Fortnite, while my suite-mates are at class or sleeping. I find myself so uninterested in video games yet I’m too lazy on days like this to get up and become productive due to my fatigue.
Three hours of boredom and losing video games goes by as slow as molasses. My writing class starts promptly at 12:45 in the afternoon and is the only class where I have no excuse to be late due to the gap of nothingness before it. We spend our time slot discussing the same environmental issues from a month ago and next thing I know, it’s over, along with my day of classes.
Within the last week or two, my Tuesday’s and Thursday’s have gotten better substantially because the Netherlands core has added soups such as chicken noodle and broccoli cheddar. Soup is one of my favorites, it takes some weight off of my already low meal plan, and it’s very quick. After class, I now get a bowl of chicken noodle soup with a packet of saltine crackers and I let my mind sit at ease for a few minutes as I eat.
My favorite thing to do is play basketball. Even after an early morning and some tough classes, the love I have for the game shines through and encourages me to get a good workout in for I have done nothing but sit down and eat throughout the day. Whether it’s just a couple shots or a couple games, the satisfaction I receive is unlike any other.
The setup in which your classes are laid out can greatly affect your productivity and levels of fatigue and happiness. Therefore, I suggest students in college to pursue a schedule that will definitely work for you rather than to fight through a schedule you thought you could conquer.
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