Ahhh class, an all too familiar word that many of us dread hearing. We dread waking up early, getting to our 8 am or 9 am classes, barely keeping our eyes open as we listen to the monotone voice of our teacher going on and on about accounting or english or what was it again? We feel electric energy shoot through us when we find out our Friday morning class is cancelled because the teacher is sick or has an important meeting. Although we may feel this way now, we may regret it in the future.

Pay attention in class.

Although many of us, myself included sometimes, journey to class only to sit there and allow our minds to run off into a day dreaming haze, it is important to pay attention. Sometimes I leave class confused and reassuring myself that I can learn it on my own. Yes, many of us are bright and driven kids, teaching it to ourselves isn't always our best bet. This is where the paying attention in class part comes into play. Instead of using class as a time to do homework or surf the web, let's try to use class as a time to learn and get ahead instead of sitting in the library utterly stumped the day before our final exams.

Don't take classes for granted.

My mom keeps on telling me how she would do anything to be back in college again, taking classes and learning, furthering her mind and listening to intelligent professors while among peers. Although it's definitely awesome when Friday morning classes get cancelled the night before, class is still an important aspect of our lives that we will never be able to fully have again the way that we have them now as college students.

Yeah, school is school and we can't wait for summer break, but let's take a step back and realize why we're here. We all want to learn, to get degrees, to move on and do something important with our lives. Many of us have dreams and aspirations to accomplish as we grow older and paying attention in class is our best bet as a starting point. If we appreciate what we have now and go through it as best as we can, our results later in life are bound to flourish by the things that we learn now.