New Year, New Semester

The last day of summer ends and then the first week of school officially begins. The ending of summer meant moving back to Sacramento from the Bay Area and starting a new semester and seeing new faces. I honestly did not know what to expect from the first week of school. I admit that I had a nervous gut feeling about starting a new semester because it meant meeting new people, meeting new professors, and learning about the different classes that I am taking. Every start to a new semester seemed to be predictable because it was the same routine over and over again, but the start to this semester had a slight change to it. It was a change that I did not expect.

So when the first week of classes rolled around, I was expecting to just get a boring syllabus and a boring lecture about the introduction to the different classes that I am taking. There was a different twist to my first week of classes. Normally I am really bored with the first week of classes because of the fact that nothing really gets done the first week of school. All professors do is hand out a syllabus, talk about the introduction to a course, and then end the class early. Normally people would feel really happy about getting out of classes early on the first week of school, but for some reason I was not happy, only because I actually wanted to learn something useful the first week of school.

A change that has happened throughout the first week of school was that some of my professors were serious about getting to work and surprisingly some of my professors actually lectured the first day. Call me a nerd, but I actually do like it when professors lecture material the first day of classes. First of all, it gives me something to study when I get home and it allows me to learn something new and useful. I am not trying to bash on the professors who only just give out the syllabus and let their classes out early, but it really does catch my attention when I see that professors are serious about their work and what they are teaching. It gives me a glimpse as to what I will be studying throughout the semester and it will also help me set up goals for myself to achieve. I believe that it is good for people to set up goals for themselves and to stay organized. I am a big believer on being organized and it makes life a whole lot easier.

Throughout this whole talk about school and changes to the first week of classes, it seems as if people are changing as well. When it comes to being in College it is really important to know what you want to study and what sort of jobs will be available in the real world. After just being in Sacramento for two years it amazes me to see that students are taking school seriously. Change is a good thing for College students and by seeing college students grow up and mature, it gives hope that anyone can accomplish big things in life. Even though there is a lot of stress with being in College and with the expenses that comes along with it, it is probably better living to be in school than to be working dead end jobs.

Time is of the essence and time is constantly changing. Our lives are currently changing day by day and we never know what will happen. Life is short and school should never be turned away. Education is something that will never die. Without education, I do not think it would be possible for people to even live. It is something that surrounds us constantly and education motivates us to do well in our own everyday lives.