Author Archive: Samantha Stratton
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Difficult Professors
It’s no secret that, in high school, we all had certain teachers we just didn’t “mesh” with. Sometimes you could solve teacher issues by going to your mom, a school counselor, the principal or the teacher him or herself. But usually the teacher was pretty reasonable in the end.
Homework on the Weekend
Let me just preface this post by saying that 45 minutes ago, I opened a new Word document, titled it, dated it and then went on Tumblr for over half an hour. Why does the Internet have so many wonderfully distracting websites for me to waste time using?
Group Projects
Remember those times in high school when your teacher assigned a group project and it was only to be done during class time? Yeah, that doesn’t happen in college.
When the Fam’s in Town
First off, let me apologize for not blogging in for a bit. Life has been Crazy with a capital C. From babysitting devil children to interning crazy hours to wild sorority functions to ridiculously boring classes, life’s been a little hectic.
Midterms!
It has started. The dreaded middle-of-semester slump. Midterms have seriously got me down.
Stay Alive
I could get straight C’s this semester, get fired from my internship and babysitting job, and lose all my friends this semester. But at least I’ll have accomplished one goal: not getting sick.
Go Greek?
This week has gone by insanely fast. I take that back, this year has been going by insanely fast! I’m baffled that we’re already a month into the school year. I can’t handle this.
Spending Power
I’m officially the definition of a “Broke College Kid.” Not being a freshman is great, especially since everything in DC is now familiar to me. However, this familiarity also causes some major issues for my wallet. Freshman year, I was so hesitant to even leave campus or spend money. I wasn’t just trying to be [...]
When It Rains, It Pours
This semester, so far, has been almost too eventful. Here, in D.C., we survived an earthquake, a hurricane, the longest period of rain I’ve ever experienced and now everyone’s taking precautions for the upcoming 9/11 anniversary.
Dos and Don’ts: Where to Study
So I’m sitting in the student center right now, trying to read an article for my International Business class, and it hits me – I STILL haven’t written blogged this week! Then I realize that I’m not staring contemplatively at a scholarly article, but gazing at my Facebook newsfeed like a deer in headlights.
