Bored Stiff

The very first thing I learned about University is that is can be very boring. I'm not talking about the classes themselves, which can actually be quite interesting, but instead the endless amount of time between classes. It's' the time that keeps you from doing anything interesting or productive. You can't always work on assignments because if you start working on a tough problem you may miss you're next class. You can't do anything fun because there is never enough time.

The worst is when you have only and hour before class. You can't walk back to rez because it's 10 minutes there, and ten minutes back. When you add in the fact that you want to be 10 or 20 minutes early to some classes so that you get a seat, there is really no point to going back to rez. Instead you just have to hang around by you're next class and find some way to kill an hour.

Evenings aren't much better. You are either not working on assignments and board because everyone else is busy, or you are working on assignments and board because you are working on assignments. It's really a lose-lose situation. Still being board at home can be fought of with games and sports activities.

The boredom before class can sometimes be fought off with the use of a laptop, chatting with friends, surfing the net, especially if you use you're laptop for you're next class. This, however, assumes that you're friends are not in class or away from their computer. And even if you do use you're laptop, you run the risk that you're battery might run out in class, or rather that you're computer might start beeping to let you know that you have a low battery. All in all it's still not that good of a situation.

The break between classes can also be used to get important tasks done such as returning text books or buying supplies. This only works for the first couple of days though, because you end up finishing everything you need to do and then you can just sit.

Probably the most logical thing to do is to bring an assignment with you so that you can work on it outside of you're next class. People going into the classroom near you should be you`re signal that the class is about to start, and by working on you`re assignments, you do something productive. At least if you are struggling with an assignment the time might pass a little quicker.

Anyways, remember that when you`re going to university, prepared to be bored.

Note: All this is written after having attended each of my classes only one or to times

Double Note: The word class can also be substituted with the word lecture or the word tutorial

Triple note: The statement that the classes themselves are interesting does not mean that you will not be bored IN you're class

Quadruple note: This is the last one, I swear. The use of a laptop between classes assumes that you have wireless internet access in the buildings.