It\u2019s you versus time. You hope to beat the clock and you usually do.
\nCommuting to college is a challenge that includes even smaller challenges. Commuters who carpool to school split the cost of driving, but don\u2019t have space to share. I carpool to school every day of the week.
\nWhen I\u2019m not driving, I would like to be reading or studying for class that I\u2019m about to go to, but sometimes I can\u2019t because I have to respect the space of the person driving. If they want to listen to music loudly or pass 18-wheeler trucks, you don\u2019t have room to tell them not to, because you aren\u2019t driving and it\u2019s not your car.
\nOnce you arrive to campus you\u2019re now faced with the challenge of finding parking, and walking about 10 minutes to class.
\nWhen I find a really close parking spot to my classes, it\u2019s usually a tight fit because the person next to me didn\u2019t park straight.
\nI can\u2019t really complain because I, too, don\u2019t always park straight.
\nSometimes I find myself driving all the way to school just to find out class is canceled, or just to turn in an assignment.
\nThe most devastating struggle I face is not having an umbrella in my car on the rainy days or wearing long sleeves on a hot day.
\nWaking up early to commute isn\u2019t much of a struggle for me, except when I stay up late watching television.
\nAll of these challenges I face commuting don\u2019t really matter to me, because at the end of the day I get to go home and see my family.
\nSeeing my family every day is what matters most to me, and I think going to college 30 minutes away is only a benefit because I get to see them.
\nThey make my commuter student challenges disappear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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