As the semester comes to an end it is often interesting to see the people who emerge from SNHU. Students and teachers have been working hard all semester and the last two weeks of class and finals are the culmination of all that work. Students often feel stressed by the amount of review and reflection they have to do and how it all turns out in the end may not be a true reflection of the work they have done all semester. But, this is the way it happens and this is the way we get used to it.

Many freshman struggle with their first, end of the year, finals. It is their second set of finals, so most have gotten the hang of it, but some still have a hard time catching on. Luckily it gets easier as it goes. Other students, remembering the pains of finals, start preparing for it ahead of time. They shift class schedules around to make it easier when the end comes. They even do all there work on time to help alleviate the pressure of finals week.

But no matter what you do, there is almost no way to avoid ALL stress during finals week. However, it is easy to take care of and forget about the stress. I personally like to listen to music and rock out until my neck hurts from head banging too hard. Some others like to get away for a few hours. It doesn’t matter where they go, just to get away.

As finals near a close, you also have the issue of saying your goodbyes to all your friends and acquaintances that meant anything to you. Hopefully you will see them next semester, but occasionally you will just have to wish them well into the working world. So as this semester comes to a close I say goodbye to you all and I hope to see many of you in the fall!

Posted by Daniel Smith at 3:28 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Walking through the door of my room I wasn’t sure what would behold me. I had never seen the room before and I wasn’t sure what it would be like. I stood in the doorway taking it all in and wondering who was lying on the bed near the wall. I thought to myself, this man is much to old to be my roommate. He quickly sat up and said that he was the electrician called in to fix the outlet that my new roommate had shorted out. Phew I thought, as he went about his work, I did know what this “college” experience would bring me, but I hadn’t expected that.

This was my very first moment in college. I had no idea what was going on or who I would meet. Now I am 3 years wiser and a whole lot stronger. I have made many friends and many acquaintances and acquired the knowledge to know the difference. My first year in college was a blur of class, clubs, friends and fun. I did an immense amount of work (more than I was expecting) and had an amazing amount of fun.

Making friends was one of things that I thought would be hard in college, but as I quickly found out, everyone who was there was in the same situation as I was. They had just been placed into college and knew no one except the advisors who had been talking to them for two days. It was interesting to see the friendships that came about. People grouping together like you would never have seen in high school.

I loved my first year in college and I learned a lot from that experience. I hope that everyone can have as good of an experience as I did, but there are always ups and downs in life, so you have to roll with the punches.

Posted by Daniel Smith at 3:12 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)