Izzy Blaber ‘19: Time Waits for no Trade Scholar: Selecting between Extra Journey and Extra Examine
Considered one of my favourite components of being overseas is the power to proceed touring and exploring new locations – particularly in Morocco, the place there are such a lot of bustling cities and quaint cities to discover, all with their very own distinctive charms. Up to now, I’ve visited Tangier, Chefchaouen, Rabat, Khenifra, and Fes, and within the subsequent few weeks I’m hoping to see Meknes, Marrakech, Casablanca, and perhaps Rabat once more. Whereas touring round is great, it’s additionally troublesome to discover a good stability between touring and doing what I’m technically overseas for, which is to check. (I say “technically” as a result of we’re additionally imagined to be exploring and studying concerning the world round us, however the main objective is to check and study from one other establishment).
Up to now, I’ve discovered some stability by marking all my huge tasks, papers, and exams on my calendar, after which highlighting weekends I’m roughly free to journey. For any weekends the place there’s someplace I wish to go, or one thing I wish to do, I’ve tried to ask myself just a few questions to assist make my determination. Query (A) is whether or not or not I might go to that place or have that have one other weekend. Query (B) is that if there’s a method to work round my deadlines (prep forward of time, and so on.), and © asks, How a lot does that project or examination matter to my grade? (a/okay/a – might I get away with a barely decrease grade on that project and nonetheless do OK within the class?)
If I nonetheless can’t determine, the ultimate query I ask myself is what I’m going to recollect in 5 years – will I wish to bear in mind a cool journey to a brand new metropolis? Or staying on campus and finding out? I attempt to remind myself that it’s “higher an oops than a what if,” so if I can handle my workload (with out sacrificing my sanity), then all the higher to journey!
