Spring Break
Four weeks to go; let's finish strong
State Hornet Staff
Issue date: 11/19/08 Section: Opinion
We have collectively been trudging through this semester and the end is in sight. In just a few weeks, we will complete our final exams and will enjoy our winter break.
That means a full month of drunken debauchery, partying and minimal responsibilities.
But until then, let's try and recommit ourselves to our classes. It is so easy to skip lectures, especially when some professors put their lecture notes and podcasts on SacCT, but let's get our money's worth.
We already paid the fees for this semester, we may as well squeeze every dime out of this place that we can.
The State Hornet understands the temptations at this point in the year. Family members who we actually care about are coming to town, we are trying to work extra shifts to pay for Christmas gifts and we're all just drained.
However, we must agree not to make excuses for ourselves and put in the work necessary to pass our classes.
It's not easy to stay focused, we understand that.
No one at the Hornet would be foolish enough to say it's simple to keep taking diligent notes and participate in all classes, but we all knew what we were in for when we signed up at the start of the semester.
We can hold each other accountable. Next time you hear students complain about their workloads to the teacher, mock them in front of everyone.
Confront them about the college experience, and ask them if they would prefer to play Connect Four and take a nap instead.
Seriously, the complaining needs to stop. Our educators ask a lot of us, but that's life. College is just preparing us for what life is really like.
If we think we are going to be able to complain to our bosses about how much work we have to do, we are going to spend most of our lives looking for another job.
Four weeks people. We've all been through more than a decade of schooling. A month is nothing, it's like a cup full of water in the ocean. We could virtually do it standing on our heads.
So let's all pull together and end this semester the right way. No more sleeping in and missing class. No more half-assed excuses for not turning in assignments.
This editorial is not trying to take an imposing tone or attempting to become a teacher's pet. All the Hornet wants to do is remind its readers that the end is near and this is no time to stop trying.
Take one day at a time and the semester will be finished before you know it.
Besides, the reward at the end of the journey is more worthwhile when we had to struggle to achieve it.
Nothing worth doing is easy. The Hornet wants all Sacramento State students to take deep breaths and not lose sight of what's important.
With that being said, many of our editors and reporters skipped classes this week to produce this paper.
The State Hornet Staff can be reached at opinion@statehornet.com
That means a full month of drunken debauchery, partying and minimal responsibilities.
But until then, let's try and recommit ourselves to our classes. It is so easy to skip lectures, especially when some professors put their lecture notes and podcasts on SacCT, but let's get our money's worth.
We already paid the fees for this semester, we may as well squeeze every dime out of this place that we can.
The State Hornet understands the temptations at this point in the year. Family members who we actually care about are coming to town, we are trying to work extra shifts to pay for Christmas gifts and we're all just drained.
However, we must agree not to make excuses for ourselves and put in the work necessary to pass our classes.
It's not easy to stay focused, we understand that.
No one at the Hornet would be foolish enough to say it's simple to keep taking diligent notes and participate in all classes, but we all knew what we were in for when we signed up at the start of the semester.
We can hold each other accountable. Next time you hear students complain about their workloads to the teacher, mock them in front of everyone.
Confront them about the college experience, and ask them if they would prefer to play Connect Four and take a nap instead.
Seriously, the complaining needs to stop. Our educators ask a lot of us, but that's life. College is just preparing us for what life is really like.
If we think we are going to be able to complain to our bosses about how much work we have to do, we are going to spend most of our lives looking for another job.
Four weeks people. We've all been through more than a decade of schooling. A month is nothing, it's like a cup full of water in the ocean. We could virtually do it standing on our heads.
So let's all pull together and end this semester the right way. No more sleeping in and missing class. No more half-assed excuses for not turning in assignments.
This editorial is not trying to take an imposing tone or attempting to become a teacher's pet. All the Hornet wants to do is remind its readers that the end is near and this is no time to stop trying.
Take one day at a time and the semester will be finished before you know it.
Besides, the reward at the end of the journey is more worthwhile when we had to struggle to achieve it.
Nothing worth doing is easy. The Hornet wants all Sacramento State students to take deep breaths and not lose sight of what's important.
With that being said, many of our editors and reporters skipped classes this week to produce this paper.
The State Hornet Staff can be reached at opinion@statehornet.com
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bonds
posted 11/19/08 @ 10:08 PM PST
Wow Just when you though the State Hornet Grew Some Balls the Last Line Killed it.
hypocrites
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