Midterm Season

It's February/March and you knwo what time that is...

Midterm season!

A quick motivational for all of my student-friends out there who are feeling the crunch:

Anyway, it's hilarious to see people neglect any and every other class just to tunnelvision on the closest upcoming midterm. Case in point: In another one of my Accounting class, no one answered the homework question (well one person did, but he got it wrong anyway). What's even funnier is that the prof already knows this would happen, so he basically says, "There's no point in teaching this problem today so we'll do it Thursday, day after the midterm."

Ah! Whatever happened to constant review throughout the year? What were we doing back in September and October when there was literally nothing to study for and nothing to do but silly overnight assignments? Has the prospect of "cramming" become absolutely inevitable in today's post-secondary population?

One other thing I'd like to mention, planning events (for clubs, sports, community involvement, extracurricular, etc) is ridiculously difficult in the days following up to a midterm, because the turnout is literally in the single digits. Now, since there are midterms every week during the season, sometimes multiple per week, that translates to an epic fail on the part of the club, in particular the event organizers and marketing efforts. Case in point: the UBC Marketing Club has a member social coming up tonight, and from what I've heard, there are only 7 RSVP's. All because of the midterm coming up on Wednesday.

Come on people! Get out! Get involved! If you really can't spend an extra hour socializing and attending functions, then maybe this University business is not for you.

And yes, I will see you at the member social tonight!