Tuesday, October 09, 2007

Good Grief

"Katie McCarver is skipping class today to get some work done...how does it even make sense that she has to skip class to get her CLASS work done...good grief..."

I'm not one to quote Facebook frequently, but Katie's status aptly describes the life of the college senior. Photo projects, extensive readings, stories for class and for the Red & Black, internship applications, English papers -- where does it end? 66 days from now, according to my calculations. Including weekends. That's how many days are left this semester and I'm counting down!

But Katie brings up an interesting point -- can skipping class to get work done actually work? Or is this just counterproductive? This is the first semester that I've seriously considered skipping a class to do just that. Coming from someone who never even thinks about skipping a class, this is quite a statement to make. But some days I just feel a little overwhelmed by the amount of work I have. And it doesn't help that I have professors who think their class is the only one I'm taking and therefore I have hours to devote to the subject matter. Hmmm, about that...

66 days and counting...