On Oct. 10 we didn’t have class and the school called this the dean’s holiday.
We all knew that this was our sad little fall break.
The transition from the long break of summer vacation to hectic fall semester is only achieved with an insane amount of caffeine and the time management skills of a professional.
In the summer, most of us were just focused on sleeping and relaxing because we knew once school started those memories of sleep would be all we had to get us through sleepless nights.
Now, our days are filled with papers, projects, tests, work, internships and oh yeah a social life.
Without breaks we would all be over sleeping and throwing our tuition money out the window. Even worse, we would be institutionalized at the closest psychiatric ward.
Breaks from college allow us to join the real world for a little. They remind us of the simpler times of high school. When the workload is compared to college, we shouldn’t have complained about anything.
“Fall break was a joke,” junior psychology major, Aundrec Powell said.
Powell makes the point that most students don’t even have class on Fridays so it isn’t a break for most to campus. “ I had a test due online that day anyway, so I didn’t get a break from school work.” Powell said.
Compared to surrounding schools such as Villanova University, other Cabrini students would agree that our fall break was “a joke.”
For their fall break Villanova had Oct. 13 to Oct. 17 off. One day may not seem like a lot but to zombie college students, it could mean the world.
USAtoday.com surveyed young adults about their stress levels.
From this survey they filtered out the top five stress sources. Out of 100 percent, 76 percent of stress is from work. College students today find schoolwork more stressful than money, relationships and family.
According to these statistics college students could benefit from as much of a break they can possible get.
But when college students are on break can they even relax?
During Thanksgiving break do we have time to reconnect with our family and friends, or are we trying to study for our finals in-between bits of turkey dinner.
During winter break we should be focusing on regaining our mental health and preparing for the next challenges that we will be faced with in the next semester. But in reality we get asked “How is school going?’’ by distant family members and share college war stories with our friends about horrible group projects we worked on.
Sophomore psychology major, Samantha Cimarelli, uses the breaks from school to spend time with her family. “My family means everything to me, when I’m at home I feel a lot calmer.” said Cimarelli.
It’s no surprise that college students are stressed out and we take any chance that we can get to relax.
When well rested, most people learn their best.
But to many students, the whole point of college is to learn how to function in society no matter what life throws our way.
