{"id":3189,"date":"2016-03-10T19:39:13","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T03:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/westernjournal\/?p=3189"},"modified":"2016-03-10T19:39:13","modified_gmt":"2016-03-11T03:39:13","slug":"musings-woman-edge-11-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/musings-woman-edge-11-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Musings from a woman on the edge"},"content":{"rendered":"
By: Katrina Penaflor \r\nManaging Editor<\/pre>\n
It\u2019s dead week and, yes, I\u2019m completely, 100 percent, totally dead.<\/p>\n
The burnout of week 10 has hit me the hardest this year. Maybe it\u2019s because I\u2019m a senior, maybe it\u2019s because I only have one more term left after this, or maybe it\u2019s because the work load for my classes has piled up so high I can\u2019t see past it.<\/p>\n
I always thought dead week was the time where classes basically stopped and my only focus was worrying about my upcoming finals the following week.<\/p>\n
But sadly, that isn\u2019t the case. I\u2019m still chipping away at a paper due in two days that I have a substantial amount of work left to do, organizing a term\u2019s worth of homework for a 100 level LACC\u2014yes, I am the senior who put these kinds of classes off until the last minute\u2014and struggling to start or even think about any of the things I have to turn in next week, or the tests I have to take.<\/p>\n
I can only imagine the struggle of the students who are graduating at the end of this term. By week 10 of spring term I imagine the last thing on my mind will be the homework and projects I need to turn in before graduating.<\/p>\n
I understand my column this week is basically me just complaining\u2014okay, it\u2019s totally me just complaining\u2014but sometimes when it comes to school, students just run out of juice.<\/p>\n
I can only handle so many eight page papers and class projects. I can only handle so much reading and writing. I have all this to worry about and work on top of that, as well as everything else going on in my life.<\/p>\n
Just a week\u2019s more worth of work before spring break. That\u2019s it. Dead week you\u2019ve temporarily killed me again, but I\u2019ll be up and running again at the start of week term. <\/p>\n
Countdown to graduation: three more months.<\/p>\n
Contact the author at kpenaflor12@wou.edu or on Twitter @journalkatrina <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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