For many of the students, the semester is winding down.
It seems like just yesterday we were starting, full of energy and enthusiasm.
Even for those of us who have been around for a few semesters, or years, this is an exciting time.
We make promises to check in with our assignments often.
To reach out to the instructor if we need help.
To carefully watch our assignment list.
To do the reading faithfully every week.
To look out for our classmates, offer to lend notes, or offer to study together.
It is so, so tiring.
And then suddenly it is mid-semester when it was just the beginning of the semester.
Time is funny that way.
The end of the semester is so close for most of us, glimmering in the distance.
Kind of like a mirage.
But unlike a mirage this place in time is real.
There is just a little more gas in the tank to get to the end of the semester.
It is okay.
I believe in you.
And in myself.
Remember the mantras…
the only way out is through
just keep swimming
Whatever works.
Dispatches from the Evening Shift 