College is a Time

Not just any work, the type of work that can earn a college student real income. Many college students complain about being broke and not having enough money, and for good reason. As the economy takes a turn for the worse and college students are bogged down with increasing tuition fees, room and board, textbooks, and gas charges, everything adds up, and it can seem like a HUGE weight on a student who also has schoolwork to worry about. In order to really make the most of college time, a student must go and have a social life as well as do well in school. so how to make money?

There are plenty of online sites that have a plethora of opportunities available. If you are good at a subject, you can go to sites such as tutor.com, studentoffortune.com, or such sites, where people will pay to get tutored by your skills and knowledge! There are other opportunities available, which I will talk about in the next blog.

The main reason that college students are failing their classes (or not doing as well as they would like) is that they do not go to class in the first place. In order to be productive, college students should really try to wake up early and make all of their classes. But while in class, it would be helpful to listen. The professor is going to be talking about things pertinent to the next exam, and the information builds on itself, so there’s no reason to think that you can learn the information on your own the night before the test (maybe you could, but then you’re not most people). The key is incremental learning, something that many students aren’t really familiar with, because they feel the need to follow their high school tendencies and continue cramming. It doesn’t work. Learning the information by going to class and approaching the problems and systems systematically and step by step is a 100% guaranteed winner.

It’s all too inevitable that college students find the need to stay in their rooms and play Guitar Hero while eating pizza. Even so, you must understand that college is a time of opportunities, and once the time passes - you won’t have them anymore. Networking and meeting new fun and interesting people is always a good thing, so think about your future before you lock the door and turn on your Playstation.

Make sure you spend your free time wisely, as many people find that the people they meet when in college help them out a great deal later on, whether it be job related or not. Humans are social creatures, so make sure you keep yourself happy. And no, not by playing Warcraft.

It has come to my attention that college students refuse to check weather.com or watch the weather channel. It is imperative that college students take care of themselves, but yet again the inevitable happens: they don’t really care (or they just don’t know). Mommy isn’t around to take care of you anymore, and it should start to dawn on you that you are now responsible for yourself. In order to make sure you live past the tender age of 25, please college students: take care of yourselves.

So now that it’s winter, people should be dressing warmly, right? I’ve seen at least 10 people wearing nothing but short sleeve t-shirts and shorts. What gives?

So, now you’re in college and you want to get out on the dating scene?

The truth is, college is a time to get to know people. Solidifying your friend base so you can network later on whether it be for business or play is vital to the tasks that a college student must complete. If you start dating in college, the problem arises of: Where did all of my time go?

It is highly recommended that you as a college student hold off on the dating scene until you are really clicking with someone. Otherwise, there is no need to be in a relationship just to be in one. If you break up afterwards and most of your college time is over, you’ll look back and see all of the things that you didn’t get to do.

If you must attend college, don’t cram. And if you cram, you probably will fail. There are 2 reasons college students cram. Students cram because they are either scared of the material needed to learn, or they have an ego problem.

Scared of the material? The only reason students procrastinate (and you may have heard this a lot) is because of their fear that they will not do well on the next test, hence they are timid to really sit down and get cracking.

The second reason students cram is that they think they are overly smart. With too much of a confidence invested in his or her own abilities, a student can quickly feel that they will be able to learn the information quickly and then ace the test.

But think about this - if you can learn the information in 8 hours you can also forget it in 8 hours. You’re not as smart as you think you are. We’d all be geniuses.