Mommy's Little Helper

     Being a college student is rough as it is but when you have a two year old who stares at you when you're trying to study, it gets that much more interesting. My textbooks have stains of juice on them and have the consistency to smell like a hint of apple sauce. The buttons on my computer sometimes stick because some unknown sticky substance has been split, not once, but multiple times right on top. On the bright side I always have a little helper trying to sneak a peak of what mommy is doing and who's cute little face makes it nearly impossible to get anything done so in the long run, I don't spend much time on homework. I'm surprised that I'm getting this done right now while being a human jungle gym at the same time. I'm pretty sure I just heard a loud BANG and the child is nowhere to be seen. Silence is now among us and that is not a good sign. Sorry to cut this short but I have to go make sure that he is all in one piece and whatever was just shattered on the floor is cleaned up.
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Haven't Gotten there Yet

So I haven’t exactly got to experience the secret life of a college student yet, seeing that I’m still in high school and only started college last month. But there is this perceived idea that college is just partying, sex, and drugs. Even though there might be a piece of that life style during college I think there is more a college student does. College is where you find yourself and where you learn how to manage your time right and your finances too. Where your ideas and religious views are challenged. Where you are challenged. The place where you find out all the different ways you can cook roman noodles, and how to stay awake through class or sleep with your eyes open during class and do a cram session later. You do anything and everything to survive and pass. Then there comes the secrets you hide from your parents and the rest of your family, the parties, sex, and drugs. While it does happen I don’t think or expect it to be at the level the media hypes it up to be. 

Why You Gotta be so Rude?!?!

By Jackie and Angelica
    Do you ever just wake in the morning in a good mood feeling good got some pep in your step, smiling  from ear to ear at the world? and then out of no where BAM! some random human being you have no connection with decides to ruin your day based on the vibe they gave, for example: When you smile at them they don't smile back. Or you share your opinion in class but because it is not to their liking so they throw a rude comment at you. These are a just few things within a huge pool of  rudeness. Basically when it comes down to it and what we're saying is people will always be rude. You don't have to take it personally. When people are rude it usually means they are dealing with their own issues in their personal life. "How people treat other people is a direct reflection of how they feel about themselves...When people are mean, I figured it was a personal choice; that it was a conscious decision to stop caring about other people's feelings and opinions...I even became prone to insulting people as a way of protecting myself if they didn't like me...People aren't mean for the sport of it, or because they are against you; people are mean to cope." Paul Coelho.tinybuddha.com/blog/why-people-are-rude-and-unkind-and-why-its-not-about-you/

The Secret Lives of College Students

         From going to work, riding my horse to driving out to Pueblo every Sunday to get some practice in on the Bulls. Id say I have a pretty great life, work hard on all of my goals especially Bull riding. Every time I reach that goal then I make another one and another one. I push myself to the limit every time I get on a Bull. Yes its a scary to get in that chute with a 2,000 pound animal in an all metal box.To hear the Bull kicking at the gate snorting and when he looks at you in the eyes and you can read exactly what hes saying, and that is he wants to hurt you so bad but you look at him and in your head you say I can ride him. But let me tell you it is one heck of an adrenaline rush! Every time I ride and fall I just get back up hurting or not and say give me another on to ride.



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Secret Life of College Students

Written by Brett Carr & Victoria Quintana

Drugs, booze and fast food, what else can please a college student? Sleepless nights, frat parties, dorm rooms and the endless choice of potential mates sounds amazing to anyone entering college.   At the same time, entering college can be intimidating and tempting.  Not only are our social lives at the hands of our fellow classmates, but college students are endlessly bombarded with homework and finals with no end in sight.  Temptation finally arrives when night falls as the frat parties began and pressure to follow your dorm mates sinks in.   The so called “secret life” of a college student is not so secretive but rather hidden.  Not secretive because a college student rarely has time for themselves to breathe or think in a moment of silence.  Hidden because many college students must choose to isolate themselves in order to escape the distractions of their everyday lives.  College can decide our fate in life which is why we choose to remain hidden and spend many sleepless nights catching up.  Coffee and Mountain Dew becomes our best friend rather than our roomies because they help us push through our hidden lives, in our brief moment of silence so we can achieve that A. 

Secret life of a College Student

     Working at going to school and learning to go to work its all a pain in the ass. Conflicting schedules between working astringent hours being at work from 6am working up until 7 or 8 o'clock in the evening with still a commute to get through, and pushing the long arduous paper. Coming to wits end what will I do, I am going to brew some coffee and try to push through. If only cocaine was a legal upper, image all that we could accomplish. Like when it was still in coca cola and a over the counter treatment for illness. But I digress back to caffeine and sugar to get me through the day, one day at a time. https://caps.byu.edu/sites/caps.byu.edu/files/pictures/Untitled-1-01.png

Chill Out Man

College can be pretty stressful. You start out the year on a clean slate and you think they year is going to be great! You have all your priorities in line, you're organized and ready to go, then WHAM! You're stacked with homework, and you're stressed to no end and you're feeling overwhelmed.

What can you do to ease this stress?

How can you lift all this weight?

You'll be one stressed out Sylvester all semester 

To make sure you're not everywhere all in one place, break up your work in chunks. Write down your schedule and try to get your work done in a certain amount of time.

Also, make sure to get plenty of sleep. Eventually all that homework will pile up if you wait too long. If you end up staying up later than usual, and you have class in 6 hours, 4 hours of sleep is probably your best bet. At least it's some sort of rest.

Lastly, all your stress right now is temporary. The sooner you get your work done, the less you have to worry about. In the end, your end result will be great if you push hard, but don't push your limits. Know when you're over working yourself. Everything will work out in time!

It'll all pay off! Just don't forget why you're doing this. This is for you no body else!

The secret lives of a college students

         Becoming a college student was the worst yet best decision of my life. I’m known to procrastinate everything, and when I say everything I mean EVERYTHING. For example my math class I at least have 4-5 chapter homework due within a week it is assigned, so I think I have a week to do this no problem right? Wrong I will literally lie to myself and say that I can do it tomorrow or the day after tomorrow or the day after to that but no sir, I end up building up all that homework, along with my anxiety of not getting it done and my grade dropping, and the fact that I stay up past midnight the night before I have class and finish my homework and yet still have to come in early the next day on 3 cups of coffee and almost 4 on my way to school and finish the homework. Basically what I’m saying is you procrastinate, build up anxiety, develop a coffee addiction (unless you already had one, in that case you make it worse), you start to eat a lot more then before (you’re just always hungry). However with all of this cons they’re some pros you can pick your class and went to have them, you get to meet new people, or you don’t have to socialize at all! Which is awesome because I hate talking to people but I’m really good at it. In other words, don’t procrastinate, do your homework, have a cup or coffee (or 3), don’t watch 8 episodes of Greys Anatomy over your homework, study , and pack food for class. That’s it. Actually small tip do not buy your books new either used, rent them, or find them on amazon way cheaper. The picture to the right is what a basically do when I want to watch Netflix, math homework, and hang out with my bestfriend.

What do college students carry for stress?

What do college students carry for stress?

Typically it's spend our parents money and get "turnt" up every single night of the week. For some of us it's a different story we may have kids or a job to keep. Others are just doing it to add on to there list of achievements. Me personally, I don't wanna have to worry about my future anymore so I decided to finish school but still work at the same time. It's honestly not as difficult as I imaged but only taking one class I cannot speak for others. Some people can be so busy they don't have enough time to cook there own meals or get a full 6-8 hours of sleep. I have a decent enough amount of time on my hands but as I said I have a job and I don't spend a lot of time at home. What can I say? I don't like doing nothing.
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College Student Hacks!

Around the world many college students have different ways of surviving the torture all four years of being financially disabled. These big universities are really expensive which makes students come up with hacks that will save them money throughout the four years and have experience on making college life easier. Students are suffering and worried about how they're going to pay for college and textbooks that they come up with hacks such as experimenting with food, ways to do chores, and living/doing things out of the ordinary to get you by four years while being BROKE!



Being broke sucks! Don't have money maybe next time I can go out

Hacks in College. We Can do this!
Follow these hacks and be successful in college stress free!

Secret Life of College Students by Miriam and Bryson


         One cannot define the college student so broadly. An example the age ranges of this English class range from late teens to early thirties. Many of the students also are not just a full time student, but also have part time or full time jobs. Students all have different backgrounds, different education levels, and experiences. For example when looking at Red Rocks there is the veteran students, international students, fresh out of high school students, and the students that are going back to school. Each student with something different and unique to offer to the school and their classmates.

     Do Community College students really feel like they are in college? In movies and books, we see college as an escape from reality into a world of no work and partying 24/7, and start to our independence. It works well in movies, and yes we have no rules and  we  are able to wake up at what ever time we want. But the picture that the world paints of college isn't what those in Community College see. So with that said, each individual college student has a secret life, perhaps a single mother trying to provide a better life for her family, or the high school student who is getting a jump start on college. Either way College is just like life; HARD!

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