Good and Bad Procrastination

Everyone has at some point procrastinated. It eventually might catch up to you if you wait to the last possible minute to do something. Most people procrastinate school work until they absolutely have to do it. Its a hard habit to break once you start it. Good procrastination is ignoring the little tasks to focus on the big task at hand. Bad Procrastination is waiting on the big task and just doing the little tasks to procrastinate more. I myself have fallen victim to procrastination and waiting til the last minute to do a project. It takes away from doing your best work but at that point good enough is what your shooting for anyways. It is a good feeling having your shit done but it is also hard to stay on task and not procrastinate. Anyways procrastination can be used as a good thing or a bad thing just try to stay away from the bad procrastination habit.

Overscheduled students

Students today are expected to have good grades, be apart of clubs and sports, volunteer, and still work. The expectations out of all of these things are crazy and makes students stress out. I actually read something one day that said that students today have the same stress levels as a mental patient in a psych ward. That to me is crazy and someone should do something about it. Everyone wants to be accepted and the best they can be that is the reason why we do all of these things. I keep my grades as high as they can be, I stay busy with organizations and clubs, and I still have to work to pay to do these things. Students my age are stuck at minimum wage jobs and always get taken advantage of by the older workers. Since we are the lowest on the "totem pole" we get stuck doing the crappy jobs within the job that suck and we still get paid the same amount. On top of that customers that come in treat us like we are beneath them which is wrong but to keep our job we have to put up with it. Then once I got my college bill and realized after working for a whole year saving up my money I could not even pay for a semester of college. Everyone thinks that students just have fun and party while students are actually working hard and trying to make it in the world

Student Responsibility of Drinking

Students themselves are fully responsible for how much alcohol they drink. If you are ever in an uncomfortable situation where you think you can not handle then you leave, its simple. When you reach college most students are around 18 and legal your an adult. Adults know their limits on alcohol and control themselves. Alcohol is a part of many peoples lives and you have to know how to socially drink and not get destroyed. Everyone has nights that they drink a little too much but the people that die from it take it to a whole new level. Enjoy your nights out and make new friends don;t make it a goal to get hammered and not remember the night. To prevent drinking deaths you just have to be aware and sometimes you have to be a good person and help someone. If someone is making a fool of themselves due to be drunk then you tell their friends that they need to take that person home and they are done. If they are truly your friends then they will take you home and they will not even need to be told. Sometimes that person at a party lost their friends so you might have to step up and walk them home. Everyone should look out for one another in any situation I feel and especially when there is drinking involved.

students working too much

Kramer writes an article about students working in college. The college workload of studying and homework in reading is already time consuming. Then you add on extracurricular activities that are encouraged but can not be used as an excuse on why you didn't get your work done. Some students have part time jobs on top of that which is almost too much. I know once I came to college I had so much more school work in high school and then I got involved in a couple clubs and I'm pledging a fraternity right now which is almost like another class. The workload gets crazy and you have to learn to balance your time but at some point there is basically not enough time. School is super expensive and most college kids work in the summer just to get by. We make minimum wage or a little more then minimum wage and I know with working a full year at Subway and saving my money I could not even pay half of my bill for school. That is a sad reality knowing no matter how hard you work your job you still won't make enough money for school. That is why kids work during the school year but that can effect your grades due to not having the time to study. It is definitely part of growing up you just get busier and busier and free time comes once in awhile and it sucks but it is life.  

Colleges with less men

I honestly think that there are the same amount of guys and girls in college. Just because there is more girls at one colleges does not mean that it is like that at every college around the nation. Albert Cruz is a guy that lucked out and knows how the system works. It doesn't matter what you know its all about who you know. In my personal experiences I have found this to be one of the most true statements about life. Like Albert said he got his job that pays more then most jobs that college students get after graduation he received from a customer. That is very lucky and good for him but I mean that is why everyone goes to college is to get a good paying job after. This guy gets an opportunity to get this job without college loans to pay off and 4 more years of school? That is a no brainer I personally think. Then the fact that they say girls are more mature and smarter then guys isn't completely true. They do get better grades sometimes but if you have met some teachers they are pretty bias with girls and guys, most guy teachers favor girls completely. Its just a part of life though and doesn't mean that guys can't get good grades they just have to work a little harder. Also when she says girls get better opportunities for colleges and scholarships is also true. On the other side in my highschool they were more on top of scholarships and had a plan for college. While guys I talked to were a lot less prepared but its just in our nature.