Free Time at Case = Gold
The past few weeks I have been feeling a bit overwhelmed. Dividing my time between midterm exams and writing papers has made value the precious little time I have to relax. Even with a daily planner, I have found it a difficult task to allocate assignments well. I feel bombarded with schoolwork, and it has created a whole new meaning of the term "full-time student" for me.
This made me wonder, "Since when do business majors get so much work?" Freshman year seems like a distant time period to me. When there was actually time to socialize and hang out with a few friends to play some Gamecube. Last year, I had the opportunity of living in a suite with five roommates, who were mostly either BME's or electrical engineers. After class, they would often complain how much they despised three hour labs or how much work they had to finish, and I sat there content with my decision to study management. Sure, we management majors had homework, but it nowhere near compared with the workload of science majors. This year, however, taking a sick day off from class puts me in a nervous panic. In this situation, I often find myself thinking, "If I missed something important then it might be on the quiz tomorrow, or should be included in the paper due in three days, or on the test next week."
However, I know nothing will change, and I have to accept the fact that I am attending Case Western Reserve University, the school with the second greatest workload next to M.I.T. In that case, my girlfriend will also have to accept the fact that my daily planner has become the other love in my life.
Comments
Posted by: Paul Kuklinski
Posted on: October 13, 2006 12:54 AM
I agree with your topic as well, Chris. Sophomore year is significantly more difficult then our first year. I find myself doing homework from the end of class until bed. I don’t have much free time to do what I like. It’s a good thing there are weekends or else I would have a nervous break-down. I hope things start to settle down for you. It sounds like you are going through a lot of stress. At least, we have fall break coming soon.