It's just past the middle of the semester and you are ready to be finished with the classes you have. Maybe you are just excited to go home and see your friends and family for the holidays, or maybe you just are ready to never see a certain professor again. Whatever the reason you don't want to do anymore work, I have five reasons to keep going strong to the finish.

1). Scholarships

In high school, you were told to work hard and keep your grades up so that you could get scholarships for college. Now, you aren't working so much to get scholarships, but you are working to keep your scholarships. For a lot of people, scholarships are the only reason they can pay to go to school; you have to work to hard so that you can continue to go to school without having to pay as much (or for the lucky few, even none at all.)

2). The Dean's List

Everyone wants to be on the Dean's List at their school. It shows not only your friends, family, and peers that you are excelling; it lets the people in the community know that there will be some amazing adults coming out of your school that will excel at life. The Dean's List gives you something to work for that is closer than graduation. If graduation is a month away - or four years away - it's nice to have some short term goals to work for until you get to graduation.

3). The Break

When you work hard and finish strong, the break at the end will be much more appreciated. You will feel as though you deserve the break more because you worked hard to get there. Also, the break will help you let go of all of the stress and make it so that you can be ready to come back for more. You can soak up those few short, Netflix-filled weeks in peace.

4). Family Pride

Its always nice to know that your family is proud of you. They will be proud of you anyway, but it will feel better the more you work for it. Hearing people say that they are proud of you is one thing, seeing it in their eyes makes it so much better. So, work hard these last few weeks, so that you can enjoy your break even more and see the pride in your families eyes when they hear just how amazing you are.

5). Graduation

Finishing a semester strong means you are one step closer to the day that you will be given the degree you have been working so hard for. You will want the best grades so that you are more appealing to future employers in your field someday. Business owners don't want people who made "C's" all the way through college; they want the people who made 'A's.