The Trap Semester

Well, Winter Break is coming to a close, which means every college student is about to enter what I am terming the "trap semester." The name stems from college sports where teams run into "trap games." Example: Michigan plays Ohio State in the last game of the season every year. The teams are huge rivals, if there was a talented, yet underachieving team on the schedule the game before the two teams meet, that would qualify as a "trap game." Michigan or Ohio State might get caught looking ahead to the big game the next week and play poorly or perhaps even lose in the week before it.

That brings me to second semester. If the rest of the college world is like me they have been partying with their friends and playing NHL 07 on PlayStation 2 for the majority of break. The only thought that I have had of school was when I looked up whether or not I got Martin Luther King Day off (And I do. Hurray!). I don't remember anything I learned this past semester; my brain has basically turned to mush.

Second semester becomes a time where it is easy for college kids to fall off the radar. After not doing anything for a month but hang out with friends, going out on a Tuesday night doesn't seem like such a bad idea. A season of NHL 07 on the dynasty sounds a whole lot better than Econ 4000. It's a trap to make college students squirm.

I can see the college schedulers now: "Give 'em a month off. Then when they come back the weather gets warm and there is no way they will be able to focus on school work. They will fail or do poorly in at least one of their classes and either have to or want to retake it, and we'll charge 'em all over again. MMMWWWAAAAAHAHAHAHA"

Beware fellow students, this upcoming semester can be real tricky. We have to shake off the haze of Winter Break (or is that still a hangover from New Years?) and focus on the classes. It pains me to say it, but it's time to go back to work. Fortunately, in the college years, work also includes a ton of play.