Man On The Street
This Week’s Question:
How do you prepare for a new semester?
Najla Roel
Major: Psychology
“Usually I’ll clean out everything. [I’ll] clean out the stuff from the previous semester and get organized. I get my papers ready, make sure I have my syllabus printed and up. I always write everything first. I make a list, get my calendar up, [and] make sure I have everything for a semester.”
Jackson Lewis
Major: Communication
“Slowly, as the weeks come by to a semester starting, I start setting up my alarm, waking up early, getting into the daily routine of how I would go about my daily routine throughout the semester. Mentally and physically preparing myself for what a semester needs. I try to get in the mindset of being able to perform intermediate tasks every single day.”
Lauren Camarillo
Major: Political Science
“For each semester, I go get my schedule and sometimes I’ll take a day just to wander around campus. [I] go find my classes and find out how long it takes me to get from one place to another – kind of pace myself. I grab all the materials I need, look at any syllabus that are online, that’s how I prepare for class. I also usually have a little get together with my friends and talk about what the semester is going to be like.”
Joseph Lopez
Major: Civil Engineering
“I try to take a long vacation to get away from all the school work and all the distractions; just try to return to my inner self and relax. I like going anywhere that isn’t where I’m from. I’ll go to Houston or San Antonio. I’ll sometimes go out of state. This past winter break I went to the Mayan Ruins in Belize.”
