Typical Week

David R.

January 24, 2010 - 10:52 AM

After my English 260 class gets out on Thursday, my class-attending obligations are complete for the week. All four of my classes this term are formatted the same way. Students attend two lecture periods during the week, and that is it. Some classes have required discussion classes that meet for an hour at some other time during the week. It is nice not having to attend one of these discussion classes because it's one less hour of class during the week. On Mondays and Wednesdays I only have one class, which is my sociology class, and it runs from noon to 1:20 p.m. These days are nice because I basically have the entire day to catch up on homework that might be due later in the week. We have chapter meetings for my fraternity on Monday nights as well, which tends to go for a few hours, so it is convenient that I don't have a day full of classes before this event.

My Tuesdays and Thursdays are significantly busier. If you only have classes four days a week, and on two of them, you only have one class, it is a safe bet that the other two days might be kind of brutal. My day starts at 6:45 a.m. when I wake up for my 8 a.m. class. I get up earlier that I normally would because I have to walk up to my fraternity to get breakfast because I am on the meal plan. I was originally tempted to skip breakfast for a few more minutes of sleep, but I soon realized that that is a bad idea because after breakfast I can't eat again until two o clock in the afternoon.

My first class on Tuesdays and Thursdays is J440 which is a public relations class. This class goes from eight to 9:50 a.m. After this class, I go straight over the the Lillis Business Complex for my marketing class. I am taking this class to obtain a minor in business, which I think goes well with public relations. This class goes from 10 to 11:50 a.m. After this class, I go right across the way to McKenzie Hall for my English class, which goes from noon until 1:50 p.m. I enjoy this class because Tuesday is movie day and we sit in class to watch and analyze famous movies from past decades. Once this class ends I can finally go and grab some lunch. Having six hours of class in a row can be brutal, but I would personally like to get it over with all at once as opposed to having six hours of class spread throughout the day.

Once I'm done I usually try to make it to the gym to work on my fitness. I am trying to make this more of a priority because I don't exercise nearly as frequently as I was when I was playing on the club baseball team. When Saturday rolls around, if the weather is nice like it was yesterday, I will usually try to go outside and play basketball, or football, or something of the sort. No one really likes Sunday because Sunday is a homework day. Today however, the NFL playoff games are my incentive to get my homework out of the way in advance. I love spending my weekends in Eugene. I love being in a college town and I wouldn't trade it for anything.