Studying.  How do you even do that? What is studying? Many of us consider studying to be the act of having a book open while spending time Facebook stalking your ex’s new girlfriend, instagraming  pictures of the sky, #nofilter, and obnoxiously tweeting so you can reach that 16k goal.  Maybe you will review some notecards but that is highly unlikely. In reality, for most of us, studying is the fine art of wasting time. Your parents ask what you’re doing; you inform them that you’re studying when in all honestly you’re reading Cosmo while texting your best friend about her troubles. Maybe you’re on pinterest planning your wedding and finding adorable pictures of cats. Whatever the case is, there is a 99.9% chance that you haven’t looked at your notes once.  The dictionary would define studying (v) as: devote time and attention to knowledge on an academic subject, by means of book or investigating and analyzing a subject. This definition is all kinds of incorrect. Urban dictionary tells us that studying is a blend of the words “student “and “dying” and the act of texting, Facebooking and eating with a textbook nearby. This is the correct definition. Thank you urban dictionary. I’ve been rambling on about students dying for too long, back to studying.. aka painting my nails. 

My Life:

In high school I was the master of the no study but still able to ace a test technique. A quick once over of the notes the day of and I was set. This is the method loved by all students and my key to the honor roll. I’ve always heard that In college you need to study, which I never doubted, but my efforts must have been lacking because after that first psychology and biology exam  I can’t say that I was satisfied with my grade. The class after that last exam I told myself, Leah you will buckle down and study more than a few days before an exam. I was sure I could stick to this new goal. Naturally I failed to follow through. Now here I am, the eve of my second human biology exam cramming to memorize the bones of the body and the process of ossification. I sit here wondering many things. First I am trying to retain all this wonderful biology knowledge while contemplating if I’m ever going to use this information. As a future communication major I am certain this material will never help me out. Another part of me is panicking. How could I have been so stupid to waste all my time not studying this? I know science is my weakness, yet I spent last night bedazzling my phone case.  I hope that the biology exam gods don’t choose to teach me a lesson with a low quiz score. I can’t even believe I’ve wasted so much valuable time typing this. Back to exercising my medulla oblongata.