Life as a student

I have been a student before, not just in high school, but I did my early childhood education at Columbia Bible College.  This time it is a little different.  This time I don't have the buzz of campus life because this time I am living at home instead of in a dorm.  I remember the dorm life.  It was a lot of fun.  Many late nights visiting with friends, going to hockey games, watching basket ball and volley ball, going to the movies and playing games.  There was always people around and you were never lonely.  Lets just say it was more about my social agenda than it was about the school work.  I enjoyed bible school but I was young and my mentality about school was so much different than it is now.  I just wanted to get through my classes with as little effort as possible so I could have more time for my social life.  I didn't ask questions in class because to be honest, I didn't care that much.  I never really had much to add because I wasn't educated enough to be able to participate in class discussions.  Maybe if I had of spent more time on my studies and less time socializing I would have had more to offer during class time... HA.  I see this mentality in so many of the young students who I am in school with now.

This time school is a little different. I decided to go back to school to do my bachelors in social work.  It is something I have always wanted to do but the timing has never been right.  Well, lets just say God provided me with the perfect opportunity to peruse this goal. My mentality towards school has changed greatly in 8 years. I have realized that since I am paying to be in class I should probably make the most of it and soak up as much information as I can.  That way I am getting my moneys worth.  I now ask a lot of questions in class because I refuse to leave class not understanding what the professor is trying to teach me.  I also feel more free to offer my opinion because for some reason I feel like I have one.  

Since I am about a good 10 years older than most of the people in my class my wisdom that I have gained through my age has allowed me to notice a few things that are of interest.  I am now the older wiser student who knows what she is doing.  The younger students look to me for leadership in group projects and during study sessions.  I find this kind of annoying because I just want to be one of the gang and not their tutor.  I spend my mornings teaching and leading preschool kids I don't want to teach and lead collage students too... but non the less this is what I do, mostly because I want a good grade.  

A few things might have change about school like my aged wisdom and my attentiveness in my classes but some things about school have not changed and I don't think they ever will.  The fact that I am sitting here blogging about school instead of studying for my Sociology final that I have tomorrow is just one prime example of how procrastination goes hand in hand with the life of a student.  The ever need to find anything to do other than your homework will always be a students way of life.  

Oh Starbucks... Starbucks in general might not be something that every student needs but coffee is.  I am single handedly funding the wardrobe savings accounts of the teenage Starbucks girls here in Chilliwack.  I am one student who needs her coffee and I know I am not alone.  

The hours and hours of studying just to make a C on your final... Sigh... That is something else that never changes about being a student.  I am sure that when professors prep their exams they make sure that they have never actually taught any information on whats going to be on the exam! 

I have to say that even though I will have an ulcer from the large amounts of coffee consumption, I am so thankful that I am in school.  I love learning (ask me if I still feel this way in a year or so). This part of my life is a HUGE blessing. There are so many people who don't have the option of going to college or university and here I am am feeling very privileged.  So, even though I spend hours studying and writing papers just to get a passing grade, I plan to enjoy every moment of being in school.  Now I better get back to studying because I have my last final of the semester tomorrow.