Things that should help procrastination but don’t

Right now in Hamilton there is several inches of snow. I would say about 5. It has been coming down hard and non stop. The roads are ugly, buses have stopped and become stuck, while other buses are delayed. With all of this being taken into account, does the university decide to cancel night classes so that the people who are commuting don’t have to take a risk to get here? NO! The what the hell. What gives someone the right to decide that others should risk their lives to get here to write midterms and attend night classes or labs. I know that other places in Canada have it worse but then again this is not something Hamilton is used to.

This amount of snow should constitute a “snow day”. Remember those? Well apparently in the university world there don’t happen. This amount of snow should be a sign to professors and such that they should give their students a rest and not stress them out anymore then they are right now especially with the ever increasing assignments and not to mention midterms. This is just getting frustrating. And to top it off… I am getting tired of having to change my sock because snow got in my shoes from walking to one building to another.

All in all snow is something that should help procrastination but doesn’t!

University Student Rant #2- Homework

Ok so here’s the deal. I still have 2 out of the 4 pages for my essay to do that is due tomorrow. I have kinda started them but not really so it’s going to be a late night for sure. In addition to doing this I have a newly assigned 6-9 page essay and multiple 2 page reports that just keep coming. All of the assignments are getting bigger because of the reading week.

I don’t understand why university professors think that someone can handle all of this work at one time. There is no was a student can to the essay in 3 days with the essays from other classes. Don’t forget to factor in the time you need you eat, sleep and go to class. Plus is someone has a job that is a lot to juggle. I have 3 night classes a week so I am already tired when I get home. The last thing I want to do is be up to all hours of the morning working just to get the readings and the essay done. I am missing out on sleep and that is effecting everything I do.

Well I guess I should get back to working on the actual paper now and stop putting it off. All I can say is that I hope that somewhere out there, a prof is reading this and considering lightening their course load.

 

Ok just an update: I am sitting in “The Nest” with my good friend/ drinking buddy/ tard-wring-go-getter-and-eater Jessica. We both have papers due tomorrow. I am almost half way since the last post. Jess hasn’t taken the books out of the plastic yet. Procrastination at its best!