It's May. Do you know where your next final is?

By now as a Planet College veteran you are aware of some of the quirks of student life. One on- going quirk is the location of the finals for your classes. Finals for many courses are not actually examinations. Often they are monologues, recitals, demonstration or the presentation of a group project. Still many courses have traditional finals. Finals for many classes are often not held in the same classroom location where the lectures, demonstrations or labs have occurred. Commonly for example, finals for many general education or lower division courses are held in large lecture halls or campus auditoriums. Some finals may be held in alternate locations not on campus. One one campus, for example, the final for an upper division Creative Writing course is held in a local Mexican Restaurant. The reason is the professor likes the guacamole. Your campus, too, has a variety of venues for the administration of finals. Right now it is important to make sure you know where the final for each of your classes will be held. Check the syllabus, check with the TA or instructor. Check everywhere you can. You wouldn't want to miss your final.

Bored of Education?

Are you bored? In school. Do you stare out the window a lot. Are you unstimulated by your classes? Probably the answer, at least sometimes is yes. This is common. Sitting in a classroom under flourescent lights in a sometimes windowless room can be boring. The setting is provided in this manner to allow students like you to concentrate on the subject at hand. Often if the presentation is unimaginative and sometimes even when it is the result for a typical student like you is boredom. Then often sleep. When you look around especially in afternoon classes you see a lot of other students on the obligatory snooze cruise. Basically there is no antidote. Like life, much of what you do to become an educated person is repetitive and potentially boring. Through all this in order to complete your courses and graduate you must find a way to hang tough. Don't let boring classroom presentations defeat your quest for a degree. Part of the art of becoming an educated person is dealing with everyday boredom. Eventually you will be able to tell how worthwhile this is.