Throw Away Your Books!

By Jessica Milhoan
With summer approaching, the weather is getting warmer, days are getting longer, and school is getting harder. Individuals attending college and working themselves through their responsibilities are becoming victims of stress. School is a full time job in itself. Having to pick what a person wants to do with his life and trying to make the right choices is no easy task for anyone. Most students have a job outside of school as well, making things that much more difficult. The ability to perform at work and make good grades could eventually suffer. What happened to the times when people had the summer months to do as they pleased and their entire life did not ride on one midterm exam score?

Stress is a frightening and unhealthy thing for people. Taking on so many tasks and responsibilities is robbing us of our light-hearted disposition. Will it ever stop? Why should a person be in such a hurry to grow up? There are plenty of jobs out there. The school is here and will be for a long time. This summer should be full of making the best out of life and not over doing it.

Seeing people 20-years-old and even younger with no time for themselves and no personal lives due to work and school has long been a concern. It has been proven that an education will get people a long way in life. However, if one is not happy with his schedule and the way things go, he will not have the energy to put into one or the other. They will lose momentum and eventually everything will suffer.

College students, young or not, should have enough time outside of work and school to do normal things for themselves. So this summer, throw away your books and notebooks, plan stress-free outings, and leave the worries of school behind until next semester.