Math. I just thought I would say something that would bring you back into a school state of mind.
Summer is ending, sigh, school is starting and I’m actually ready for the school year. Yes, I said I am ready for the school year.
Normally my mindset going into a new year is passive; sometimes I don’t even know when the first day is. Oh and in the past you should of never asked me to try and remember my schedule. “I have a class at 12? Its 12:30 now? Oh.” But ask me those questions now and I can tell you everything. Ok honestly there is one class I keep forgetting but hey baby steps people.
Normally procrastination is my middle name. I normally procrastinate so much that I truly believe my friend did a speech on procrastination because of me, and he got an “A” on it. So if it was about me, at least I know I’m an Honor Roll procrastinator.
But this year will be different, this year I won’t be willingly late to any of my classes. No more eating at the cafe and “losing track” of time. Hey I may just be fifteen minutes early to all my classes. That’s pushing it but I can dream.
I’m going to participate in discussions in all of my classes this year. Normally I would only talk in the ones that interest me, but if I talk in the classes I don’t like then I will force myself to study and make sure I know the information for the sake of sounding like an idiot.
Oh, and I have a plan when it comes to studying. Yes, thanks to Sinclair’s Career Services I have designated study times planned everyday so I will make sure I stick to the schedule.
My classes won’t intimidate me anymore. A class requires a fifteen-page paper? So what? I want to write for a living. I need four to five credible sources for research? No problem, I won’t even look up Google or Wikipedia. I’m going straight to the Library, and if Sinclair does not have what I need I’m using Ohio Link. You don’t know what Ohio Link is? Look it up, you will need it.
Of course I will make sure to have fun and not burn myself out but now I’m going to separate work and play time. Facebook IM chats while working online? Nope, not this year. Madden 2011 on Xbox Live before I finish a math assignment? Sorry Chad Ochocinco but you won’t be catching any passes from me until my work is done.
And speaking of math, that’s like a forbidden word in my vocabulary. The fact that I have used it three times in this column already makes my stomach turn. But this year I’m not sweating equations and properties with names I can’t even pronounce. The math lab is going to be my best friend, if it was a girl it would replace my current girlfriend, I hope she doesn’t read this.
I’m turning off my Soldier Boy “Pretty Boy Swag” and turning on my Doogie Howser “School Boy Swag”. In the words of Jay-Z “I’m focused man.” Now does it matter that I said all of this last year?