Was Spring Break Too Soon?

It is always nice to have some time off from school, sleep in, and catch up on the many lost hours of sleep. The only issue is that I believe that we got spring break too soon this semester. I am not sure how others might have felt with this but from a personal stand point I was not exhausted to the extend in which I needed a whole week off from school. As of now school has been steady and not difficult. Yeah, I have had my few essays and midterms to do but nothing to an extreme in which we should get a whole week off. For me it wasn’t much a break because I still had work and woke up early so I would have preferred to kept on going with school. In addition, all my classes still left homework to complete so that didn’t help to the “break”. Spring Break would have been better further down the semester maybe in mind April. That would help all the students re-freshen their mind entering finals week and help evaluate test scores and the passing rate of classes! Stanislaus State must do some scientific research and a large sum of surveys to help decide when would the ideal time be to have spring break. This is an alarming issue that should be funded in order get an answer. Overall, spring break is a good idea to incorporate in a student’s semester but further planning has to go on from administration to decide when we should have spring break.

Declaring The Right Major

Declaring a major is an exciting sensation as you finally feel you are taking control of your life and have your next few years laid out. The only worry you have is to get the classes you need to graduate in time and prepare for your future career you are pursuing. I recently declared a major after a semester of being uncertain what I wanted to earn my degree in. There are many questions that contribute to declaring a major, the most important being what does one want to do for the rest of their life and is the career I want going to be giving me a great pay? A huge dilemma that many may have is should one go after a career one will enjoy or go after a career that pays well money. It is broken down between happiness or money. The degree I declared was in history as I want to become a history teacher. A high school history teacher makes about $45,000 on average which isn’t bad but I know I can go after a degree in the science field and can make more money. I am already doubting my decision to earn a history degree and change it to have a career that will earn me more money and open more doors for me. The reality is that a history degree doesn’t allow me to do anything other than teach history or show that I have a Bachelor’s degree while another degree such in computer science, chemistry, or biology I will have many job possibilities to work in. For now I will be remaining as a history major but I have a feeling that it will change as money is the motivation.

School Gym

Stanislaus State University is in a sense underrated by many locals. It doesn’t seem like a great school when it actually has a lot to offer to its students. My favorite luxury from this university is the gymnasium. There is no need to pay for a membership elsewhere when I have a gym free of charge with state of the art weight room and basketball court. Yes, this is great for students but I definitely think there is a few changes that can be taken in order to improve our experience at the school gym. To start off the number of students at Stan State is large in a sense but not to an extent when compared to other university’s such as Fresno State or Chico State. Still I do not believe that should serve as justification on why our gym size is so small. The weight room has a capacity for roughly sixty-five individuals. I go to the gym in the afternoon and there are times in which I cannot do the exercise I’d like due to the lack of equipment but most importantly room. It is still winter but when entering it feels suffocated and humid in the room. I simply imagine when the temperature starts to rise. The weight room should be expanded. Another addition that can be made to improve the facility is incorporate a steam room or sauna for a after recovery session. In-Shape has one and when I go there with a couple friends I use the sauna and wished that Stan State had one for its students. There should be funds for that to be accomplished.