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"Back in the Game!"
January 31, 2007
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Hi everyone! It’s been a long time since my last update. Since
last time, a lot has happened. I was caught up in school work, so I
couldn’t post an entry. But now I’m back with a new plan and a lot
learned from first semester.
I am reporting to you from my dorm room feeling slightly sick.
Living in an enclosed area with 100 other people during flu season
is a germ fest. I’ve heard rumors that the air circulates in the
dorms, so we all share the same air and breathe in each other’s
germs. A lot of people in Ward are sick. A few of my friends have
bronchitis, which thankfully isn’t contagious. They should have gone
to the health center weeks ago, but they thought it would just go
away. When they went and asked for cough drops, the nurse knew from
their cough there was something wrong. The moral is: when you feel
sick, going to the health center as soon as possible will save you
the hassle of being chronically sick. The health center is very
accommodating and can order tests for a lot of sicknesses. I’m sure
the health center employees would agree with me that you should
stock up on Emergen-C and Airborne. You can take these when you see
people beginning to get sick so you don’t.
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The DuBois Health Center at Rollins College |
These next few entries are going to be a look back into last
semester and the things I wanted to share that were going on, but I
didn’t get to tell you about. I’m going to start out with finals
week. Everyone has heard horror stories about finals week. I
remember one of my high school teachers telling a story about
someone that started screaming out of his window from frustration,
which triggered a screaming fight between all the people in the
dorm. Anxiety can cause you to do funny things. I didn’t witness any
rash behavior on the Rollins campus. The first change I saw during
the time leading up to finals was the in the library—it was full! I
don’t want to say that people don’t use the library to study, but
you could tell that it seemed a bit packed. The usual places I would
retreat to study were filled with people. There was also a wait list
for all the study rooms. Everyone on campus was ready to get their
study on!
Every final is different for each professor. Some professors like
having final papers; others like tests. Some of my friends had a
three-part test. They took the first two parts before exam week and
then the last on the exam day. For my English class, I had a final
paper that was due the day of the final. In my history and
literature class I used a blue book and had a final test. After
leaving those finals, I had the same feeling after taking the AP
test. My brain felt like jelly. I had been studying for hours on
end, and after thinking and writing all the information I had
learned, I was plain tuckered out. It was obvious to say that after
each of my exams, I took a well-deserved nap.
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| Rollins College's Olin Library |
My RCC final was my favorite. The RCC class I was given was
Around the World in 80 Days: Becoming a Global Citizen. Half of
the students in class were international students, and the other
half were American students. For our final, we were supposed to
write a seven- to 10-page paper about an aspect of another culture
and give a 15-minute presentation. I chose to write about Japanese
pop culture. My paper was a lot of fun to write, and I was happy to
see that the pages were flying by. I was worried at first about
writing so many pages. It’s very overwhelming to think about writing
on a topic for that many pages. But if you pick a topic that is
broad enough and has lots of sources the words will come quite
easily.
In the end, all my finals were pulled off in fine style and I
survived. There were a few times when I thought I should just throw
in the towel, but studying with my friends and taking breaks made
all the difference.
In my next entry I’ll talk about my intersession course. It was an
experience I’ll never forget!
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| More about Michele...
Michele learned to speak up and get involved when she moved
from a small private school to a large public high school in
Michigan. She plans to join All-Campus Events, participate
in community service and work for
The Sandspur,
Rollins' student newspaper.
Michele said, "I know now not to hide in the shadows and
wait for someone to notice me. I want to let prospective
students know there is a place for them at Rollins no matter
what they like to do."
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