New beginings come around once again

Every once and while, we are required to take a step back from our busy happenings and reassess where it is that we are going in such a hurry. In the case of us students, that means at least once every semester for course scheduling.

By Maddie Gillespie

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Every once and while, we are required to take a step back from our busy happenings and reassess where it is that we are going in such a hurry. In the case of us students, that means at least once every semester for course scheduling.

It is amazing that you can plan out your entire course load for all of the years that you will attend Seton Hill University (SHU). You can figure out everything on paper and even make it look semi-neat and orderly. Then again, this perfect plan is always subject to change by the will of those infamous higher-ups that know all.

You might also change your major or add a minor (or another major if your adventurous) and throw that neat schedule out of whack. Such was my case, and when I was planning out my next semester of courses, I seriously felt like Wylie Coyote when he can see his elaborate plan backfiring before his very eyes. My orderly plan had clearly miscarried at some point and now it seems that I will be in a dead sprint to the finish line that is graduation from now until then. I know that this is a primary feeling of education majors at SHU, who have a specific and set schedule laid out for them, let alone those who carry double majors or more than one minor.

But what does Wylie Coyote do? He takes his lumps, tries to learn as best he can from them, and then goes out to try, try again. So we keep on scheduling new courses and rearranging them, all the while thinking, “There’s no way I can do this, this, and this, and still find the time to sleep. That’s it! I just won’t sleep!”

While not sleeping (or your other chosen form of fighting against time to get your work done) inevitably catches up to you at some point, each new course offers a new beginning of some kind. Each class is your own gateway to learning something new, making new friends, or maybe just figuring out how the professor’s mind works for future reference. Who knows? Though at the end of your busiest semester, you will at least be able to brag to your friends that you survived it all in some fashion.

Such new starts may not always be welcomed, we are still sitting in courses for the rest of this spring semester after all, but they still show up at our door all the same. It may be time consuming and give you a headache when you are done planning everything out, but at least you finish with the knowledge that you have a good length of time before you ever need to think about it again. You might even walk away with a sense of satisfaction…if you are one of the lucky students who have only one major and do not seek to enter the field of education.

No matter the case, change has once again come to SHU and with it changes our potential future. Plans may map out exactly what we have to do in order to graduate, but it is also important to not lose your sense of spontaneity. Whenever you can take a class that truly interests you and will not be the proverbial piece of straw on the camel’s back. Be like Wylie Coyote and never give up, no matter if the head animators seem to be against you for a smidge of entertainment. New beginnings mean new chances and opportunities to learn something previously unknown about either yourself or the world around you. Roll with the changes while still consulting your master life plan to find the road signs.