Beware

The Pitfalls of Spring

 Omar, Ojeda, staff writer

Flowers will be blooming, birds are chirping and students will be happily graduating. But it’s still sad to say that it’s the time when more students will be dropping out of school instead of sticking it through. Most students usually just get tired of going and slack off on studying, thinking they would rather be working and getting ready for the summer ahead. I guess after Christmas and New Year’s or whatever holiday you celebrate, the last thing you want to do is come back to South Plains but in the long run everyone will thank themselves. The point of this article, my opinion, is to not get distracted this spring with other things that may seem important and concentrate more on true priorities. There is always a time to party and there is also a time to handle your business. I hate and love the spring semester just because the weather is getting better and clothing becomes more revealing, which leads to more parties and fun.

The results of that are obviously not positive, and so my GPA starts to fall and the struggle begins all over again to try and bring it up in the summer and fall. So why not do things right the first time and just spend a little extra time on studying and projects, so things will be easier in the future? Isn’t that one of the main reasons people enroll in school, to further their education to either make more money or just be content in what they do everyday. It’s to make life easier on yourself, so just start now and you won’t have to pay for avoidable mistakes in the future.

I know I might sound like your mother or father preaching about how you need to stay in school, and that they didn’t get to have the same opportunities and privileges that you do. I know, because I get the same lecture at least once a week. I learned this lesson last spring semester. Believe me, it’s hurting me now, because it’s a lot easier to bring your GPA up than to lower it. I guess I won’t know how self-disciplined I need to be until I’m fully supporting myself, because I seem to find it easier for self-supported people who usually have kids.

That helps, I guess, because since they have to take care of their children, they don’t mind working on school assignments. One final thought before I make this any longer, any advice is good advice and always goes a long way. A great New Year’s resolution would be to keep up with priorities before it all becomes a lesson you don’t want to learn.