Full Time Schedule
Publication: PCThis Week
(1) More and more people are choosing to continue
their education at colleges and universities around the world. Some of
which choose to stay on campus or close by, while others decide to travel
larger distances daily to get to their destination. Hospitality students
should consider a few important details first before making such a decision.
All day scheduling forces full time, commuting students to struggle with
fatigue as well as a loss of contact with others.
(2) In the Hospitality division, all day scheduling
can be a common problem for many people. When in class all day, it is extremely
difficult to find time to do simple things such as eat a meal or even do
homework. Without having a spare hour or two in your thirty-hour school
week, it is sometimes hard to work on research and term papers that are
due, resulting in grade loss. It is usually very late until you return
home from class and driving. This often entails not eating dinner until
eight, nine, or even quite possibly, ten o’clock at night.
(3) When you are in one class straight through
into another, you do not get a break, which in turn, means no down time.
Relaxation seems as though it is impossible to obtain. Eventually this
could cause health risks to that individual.
(4) Fighting with fatigue becomes an everyday
event. Your gradual loss of sleep mounts. After you get up at five a.m.,
get around, drive for an hour, head into a six hour long lab, and then
have classes back to back all day until five at night, and drive home:
you have put in a thirteen hour day. When you finally eat supper, get cleaned
up, and slip into bed, suddenly that annoying alarm goes off and it is
time to go through it all again.
(5) The lack of sleep could
also mean a loss of concentration, making it difficult to keep your focused.
Attitudes may come across as snippety when you only have five or six hours
of sleep, instead of the recommended eight hours of rest. Physical strain
becomes immense towards the middle to end of each semester. You drag your
feet wherever you go, with whatever you do especially before a lab. Your
weakness may not be visible to others, but the headaches are still very
evident to you.
(6) Losing contact with others does not always
make itself visible immediately. Over time you may have limited connections
with people from school, because of the lack of time needed to even give
them a simple phone call. For instance, it would be rude to call them at
five in the morning before you leave your house, after ten o’clock at night
when you have returned home. This could result in fewer newfound friendships
while you are in college. You lose touch with a majority of your friends
"back home". Most of them probably attend another college and have classes
when you do not or vise-versa. Seeing your family only seems slightly possible
on the weekends, that is if you’re not sleeping and they are in fact home.
In addition, you miss out on everything that is going on in your community
such as follows: soccer games, town plays, or even social events.
(7) When Hospitality students make their decision
as to choose whatever living arrangements students feel will best benefit
them during college, they should consider a few things first. By choosing
to have a full time schedule and commute to their destination, they may
cause themselves fatigue and a lost sense of contact with others.
Outline
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Introduction: Thesis: All day scheduling forces full time, commuting
students to struggle with fatigue as well as a loss of contact with others. |
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II. |
All day schedules |
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A. No time to eat |
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B.No breaks |
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Commuting |
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A. Lack of sleep |
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B. Loss of concentration |
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C. Physical strain |
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IV. |
Loss of contact with others |
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A. Friends |
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B. Family |
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C. Community |
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Conclusion |
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