Once again, the semester is finally coming to an end. It is crunch time as finals week is rapidly approaching. Studying is about to become everything- eat, drink, and sleep, with a little procrastination thrown into the middle here and there. Although not everyone is jumping for joy over the fact of having to take tests, because who are we kidding- they are tests, there is a bitter-sweetness thrown in with the pool of excitement for the end of the semester and the pending vacation and recuperation time.
For about four and a half months, you take certain classes on certain days with certain people. Those four and a half months can be filled of two types of classes.
Sometimes you have the type of class where you just go and take notes, do homework, and listen. There is not much interaction and each individual is doing his or her own thing, usually minding his or her own business as the semester’s countdown gets lower. Now that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Then you have the other type of classes where you create a different atmosphere. You develop a personality for the class. You bond and become close with the students, your peers, and even at times, your professor. You interact as if you have been in the same class with these people for years.
Jokes are easily developed and laughs are even easier to share. These certain classes are the types you look forward to throughout the week. They are undeniably enjoyable.
That bond that is shared can be created from the likeability that stems from the class, or perhaps the dislike of the class. At times, you might experience both. It does not matter how it was created; although, most, if not all, can wish that it is derived from the former rather than the latter.
In these certain classes, you not only learn faces and names, but you get to learn personality, individuality, and even likes and dislikes.Opinions and thoughts are openly shared. You create friendships that will carry on into the new year. It is not a class where you just listen and pay attention, but you can have a conversation.
The class fosters an atmosphere that sets it a part from others that you may have had in the past, and even others you are taking throughout the same semester. It gives a feeling as if you are a part of something special, and you are.
You talk about what happened over the weekend and your plans for the upcoming weekend. You share your latest success stories and offer congratulations and support. You learn from each other, and that knowledge you gain strays and extends from the material you are learning out of a textbook.
It does not matter what type of class you have, it is what you make of it. Nothing is better than making a few friends and creating a bond to make the class enjoyable rather than a day-to-day type deal.
Being a part of a class where it feels much more than a class is a great experience. You have a semester full of laughs, smiles, applause, and friendships. You have a semester full of heart and opportunities to get to know some amazing people that you might not have otherwise.
Although the semester may be over, the friendships are not.
