Spring Break

Spring Break 

Man do I miss Christmas vacation, because this break was very well needed. Like I feel energized as much as I did before I started first semester. I think it's because after a while, I got my eight hours a sleep at night now that I am working long shifts. I wake up to my own sleep cycle and man do I feel good. Honestly, I am just happy that the school decided to give us spring break a week early from the UC system because I know that we only have a month left of school before finals, it was a break well needed. 

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The only thing I did not like about spring break is that it is only a week, when it could be a week and a half or at least two weeks. However, I am grateful for even a week off because my job is not giving me a week off whenever they feel like it. I guess this is the workplace now, so yeah I am going to enjoy as many breaks as I can. Also, we get a generous holiday this Friday which is amazing because now I get to crash in and sleep another day. Hopefully the school and government will prolong our spring break. For many, this spring break went by too fast, but for me, it went by really slow. When I was walking into campus today, I felt that I haven't been in school for a while. I kind of missed school because sometimes I spent most of my mornings on the internet or catching up on chores that I could not complete during the semester being in school.

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Now that I have gotten my rest, I am ready to tackle this semester and go for one more month of school before finals. I feel so energized to finish this semester with a bang and to have my GPA be above a 3.5. I wanna get a diploma after all, right? Isn't that what we are all here for?

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Struggles

Struggling in School 

I do not consider myself someone who is horrible at math because I've done math throughout my high school  years and even took AP Calculus in high school and passed the class. However, I never did take statistics in high school because it never ran through my mind. I should have however. In this semester, being one of the most challenging yet, I have never felt so stressed in my life about passing an exam for this class that I am not doing so good in. The class? Statistics for Decision Making, 1610. It sucks man. 

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The reason I say it sucks is because I know the math because I've been attending the tutoring center for a while and it has helped me a lot in managing the problems in statistics. To my surprise, the math is EASY but when I have to come to my Tuesday and Thursday class, it can be overwhelming only of the fact of having that fear that I am not going to understanding the concept behind the math. The hardest part for me however is that it is in the morning and the professor has an accent and I sometimes have trouble understanding the professor. Of course because it's the morning I'm also thinking about what time the class is going to end. But after Tuesday and Thursday classes, I usually head to the tutoring center so I can receive help and I cannot thank the tutors there more enough for being there and helping me along the way. So, tutor if you are reading this, thank you. I do not think I would have the patience to become a teacher but either way I admire each professor that took time off their life to pursue a career into educating the next generation even though at times it may not be easy. So Thank you!

Distractions

Distractions 

One of the things I hate about being in college is that one lacks accountability from teachers. It's a good thing and a bad thing because obviously we take on the role to develop our own personal responsibility. But after 12 years, I need to recondition myself to break this habit of not prioritizing my tasks of the day and destroy distractions. One of the things I distract myself is by being on my phone sometimes on YouTube on the web. Last semester we wrote an essay about this and did an activity about how we can change the way we study and be less wasteful to do things in order and be in more discipline. But then winter break happened.  

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As soon as winter break started, I knew I didn't have homework so obviously the time I spent on the internet increased by a huge margin. Then, I knew that there was this show that was popular because my sisters would always watch it. The show was called The Office. I gotta say that this show is one of the best shows I have ever seen. I got through all 9 seasons in a span of 6 weeks lol I'm a nerd. The thing about the show is that each episode is only about 22 minutes long compared to other 30 minute shows. Those 8 minutes make a difference so I was always left like "Aw man I gotta watch the next episode. The show is so funny. These were and are my distractions until today. When I don't have nothing to do after I took care of everything I had to do, I would go watch The Office or YouTube. 

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These are the distractions I have today that I still need to break because sometimes I have homework. Like this blog was due yesterday but now I'm doing it today lol. This sucks but it will all be over soon after May! So that is something to look forward too! Here we go to get rid of some distractions as students.