Clarion University of Pennsylvania - Sequelle Yearbook (Clarion, PA)

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JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE TO GO TO BED. 4| i ' aSM M

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The day is over with. That ' s all she wrote. Fini. You don ' t even glance back at the buildings for fear that you will turn to salt or worse yet, remember that you have more work to do in the library. It ' s been one killer day. Your eyes are rolling around in your head like marbles in a cup. Your fingers ache from dissect- ing a disgusting pig. Your back aches from bending over too many tests. There ' s a 50-50 chance your legs will collapse any minute. You are not a pleasant sight. The walkto your dorm room or apartment seems like running a marathon, backwards. You arrive at your home abode tired and cranky. What awaits you? A tremendously high phone bill, an empty refrigerator, and three annoying roommates. This is defi- nitely not your idea of a fun day. As you relax on your unmade bed, the day ' s events are scram- bled like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. Soon your brain mellows out as you think about going home, the next party, the five-page English paper due tomorrow. What? Every muscle in your body tenses. You shake your weary head, rub your red eyes, and sit down to compose five pages of nonsense. You wouldn ' t even wish this day on your worst enemy. Tina Reuter m if ..

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One of my favorite quotes is, To know is notlning at all. To imagine is everything. I wish my professors lived by that quote rather than by the 650-page textbook they make me memorize. Studying is a neat phenomena to examine here at Clarion. You can always tell, without the use of a calendar, that finals have arrived. The students walk around glassy-eyed and exhausted, while the professors smile and joke with each other. Everyone is carrying stacks of texts, notebooks, and dimes (should any available tests suddenly become available). Cramming is a popular method of study at college. Of course, college students argue that there isn ' t enough time in the day to compose Business Writing papers, memorize geometry formu- las, and learn Marketing str ategies. After all, they have to make time to vent their frustrations, which translates into hit the Roost on Wednesday and Thursday evenings and partying at the Park on the weekend. This leaves little time for education, book-wise. Thus, studying soon becomes cramming. Cramming is an art. You must appear disheveled with un- combed hair, rolled-up sleeves, and dirty jeans. Carrying only one notebook, you arrive at the library and procrastinate. You don ' t want to look too anxious to study those fifteen chapters of Econ. When you cram, you only memorize the information that is very important. Little details are discarded. You only review your notes until 12:00. After all, the library closes, and you need your beauty sleep. The life of a crammer isn ' t easy. Tina Reuter i