Wednesday 4th April 2018. Again, I decided to go
to the tutoring center in the evening. Midweek, only a month left until finals,
I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to observe students studying.
How right I was. As soon as I got to the tutoring center, it
was hustling and bustling with people. I sat in a slightly different part of
the tutoring center today, a room they call the Business Suite. This room is
typically used for group tutoring and exam reviews, but ever so often they just
use it as a spare room when the actual center is cram packed. I spotted the
same girl from Monday doing financial accounting again. This time however she was
not alone; she had hoarded a group of three other classmates and they were
having a group study session with a tutor. One of them told me that they had a
ridiculously hard exam the next day, and they needed all the help they could get.
The group consisted of four sophomores, two girls and
two guys; of which there was a female basketball player and a male lacrosse
player. Contrary to my earlier observations, the athletes did not reach for
their phones. I think however, this is due to the fact that they were so
stressed about their upcoming exam, and their lack of knowledge. This was
so refreshing to see, yet surprising. In this day and age, I just expect people
to constantly be on their phones. In fact, as I’m typing this right now, there
are 7 people around me on their cell phone procrastinating. It doesn’t surprise
people of my generation for others to be attached to their cell phone, even
though we are all fully aware that we shouldn’t be.
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