BY ALEXA CHERRY
For the UAS Whalesong
You are! You’re a good student. However, while paying attention in class and turning in your homework on time are important parts of college, your grades aren’t the only thing you need to keep an eye on. College is like adulthood with training wheels, and therefore it’s also an important time for you to keep an eye on yourself. Just like how everyone has different learning styles – visual, auditory, etc. – everyone also has different ways of dealing with stress, and we’re heading into a stressful time here at UAS. It largely depends on what your major program is, I think, but at least for me I find midterms to be more harrowing than finals. It doesn’t help that on top of whatever we’re all trying to get done for school and work, we also have to deal with basic Alaska problems: the weather’s getting colder, sometimes the rain seems like it will never stop (that’s more a Juneau problem than a universal Alaska one, though), and every day we lose whole minutes of sunlight. That’s a lot of stuff all going on at once, making it hard to pinpoint exactly why you’re so stressed, or exhausted, or moody, or experiencing any number of other feelings or behaviors. Continue reading “Who’s a Good Student?”