The University of Idaho Argonaut

Keep it up, there’s only three weeks left

The good news: It’s almost over.

The bad news: It’s not over yet.

This semester, like any other fall semester before it, is long. It seems there’s some pressing assignment due each week, sometimes two, and those long, brutal weeks leading up until now wear you down more and more.

You, wonderful, hard-working student, are not alone. Everyone is tired.

The semester has reached the point where it’s little more than a mad dash to the finish, made up of late night paper writing and ominous assignments that ruin any chance of fun over the meager two days some call a weekend.

If you are not tired by this point, you’re likely failing your classes.

The week after the fall recess is sure to be riddled with last-minute papers, presentations and tests. The week after is playfully called “dead week,” but is it ever really “dead?”

No. As true as that is, it becomes irrelevant for a week of gluttony and family time as Friday’s classes end and you get out of Dodge.

Enjoy that, and when you get back here, push through the exhaustion. There is still much learning to be done and grades have time to improve. You will thank yourself later for pushing yourself the little bit extra. More work now could make the difference between an A and a B.

Here’s to spending the holiday with family and friends. Here’s to traveling home, or staying in Moscow and truly giving yourself a break.

Enjoy the break, even if it’s full of homework, because most “real” jobs after graduation will not allow them.