Ugh...
Thanksgiving break was AMAZING...I did absolutely nothing productive (except read The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants for a class) and ate two turkey dinners!
But, Monday brought me back to reality.
Post Thanksgiving leaves professors with only three weeks to finish up the material they want to teach and synthesize the whole course. In other words...I have one quick paper, two term papers, a total of three tests and an art portfolio final. That doesn't include "finals" which thankfully will be take home for me. As you enter college, this is all your friends talk about toward the end of the semester. We try to trump each other with how much work we have to do in the least amount of time. For that reason, I know that I shouldn't be too stressed, because I have it easy.
However, when you sit down to your course syllabi, it gets overwhelming. Here is the key (not that I am an expert, because I tweak out every semester...but), you need to take one thing at a time. Decide what is priority and what can wait another day. I actually have one of my two term papers done because I finished it for my speech at UMaine. The quickie is due Thursday and I have one test on Thursday. So I'm focusing on that right now. Then I'll take on the second term paper. My professor is giving us time in class next Monday to work on the art final, so I'm not going to work on that too much this week.
I sound like I have it under control don't I?
(That's why I'm an English major...I can make anything sound good!)
Crunch time isn't a phenomenon for UNE...it happens at every college and university. You might even get it in high school. So no matter where you end up, keep in mind you can't do everything at once, so pace yourself. Don't procrastinate...too much (I'm the worst to be preaching that) and make "to do" lists. In the end, you'll get it all done and probably A-grade. Then you get to take a break from school and just have fun (or work).
