'Poor college students' lack social life
ALEXANDRA NEU
Issue date: 5/5/08 Section: Student Life
Adam D'Alonzo wakes up
every morning in his
Bensalem home at 6:45 a.m.,
then drives 20 minutes to the
campus. After classes he goes
home to do homework, and
then returns to Bucks at 2:30
p.m. for tennis practice. In
the evening he has night
classes at the Lower Bucks
campus.
Ask him if he has time for a
social life.
"Believe it or not they're
my easy days," said
D'Alonzo. "After my long
week, Tuesday nights is really
the only night I have to go
out on. When the weekend
comes, I work...I'm spending
all my time dedicated to
school, work, and tennis.
And, [I am] spending a huge
portion of my paycheck on
gas."
Between the time demands
of school and work, and rising
prices of everything from
gas to food, Bucks students
say it's getting harder and
harder to have a social life.
Danielle Carr, 20, a nursing
major from Bensalem said, "I
put my social life ahead of my
first semester at Bucks and
slacked off, then I realized
when my grades went down I
had to start caring more
about school. Most days I
work at Frankford Hospital 8
and 9-hour shifts and school.
I'm always preparing speeches,
presenting them and am
busy with psychology work
all the time. The time I do
have, I devote to spend with
my boyfriend. I really don't
go out as much or have
enough time for my friends."
It's a vicious circle. College
students spend money on gas
to get to and from school and
work. They work to get
money and then spend it on
transportation. There's no
time to spend money on anything
else.
"I'm taking classes at Holy
Family and summer classes at
Bucks," said Lindsay Schafer,
20, a nursing major from
Bensalem said.
A lot of students are overwhelmed
with the amount of
work and school they have
and the lack of time to have a
social life. The lucky ones
shrug it off like it's nothing.
"I go to school fulltime and
every morning in his
Bensalem home at 6:45 a.m.,
then drives 20 minutes to the
campus. After classes he goes
home to do homework, and
then returns to Bucks at 2:30
p.m. for tennis practice. In
the evening he has night
classes at the Lower Bucks
campus.
Ask him if he has time for a
social life.
"Believe it or not they're
my easy days," said
D'Alonzo. "After my long
week, Tuesday nights is really
the only night I have to go
out on. When the weekend
comes, I work...I'm spending
all my time dedicated to
school, work, and tennis.
And, [I am] spending a huge
portion of my paycheck on
gas."
Between the time demands
of school and work, and rising
prices of everything from
gas to food, Bucks students
say it's getting harder and
harder to have a social life.
Danielle Carr, 20, a nursing
major from Bensalem said, "I
put my social life ahead of my
first semester at Bucks and
slacked off, then I realized
when my grades went down I
had to start caring more
about school. Most days I
work at Frankford Hospital 8
and 9-hour shifts and school.
I'm always preparing speeches,
presenting them and am
busy with psychology work
all the time. The time I do
have, I devote to spend with
my boyfriend. I really don't
go out as much or have
enough time for my friends."
It's a vicious circle. College
students spend money on gas
to get to and from school and
work. They work to get
money and then spend it on
transportation. There's no
time to spend money on anything
else.
"I'm taking classes at Holy
Family and summer classes at
Bucks," said Lindsay Schafer,
20, a nursing major from
Bensalem said.
A lot of students are overwhelmed
with the amount of
work and school they have
and the lack of time to have a
social life. The lucky ones
shrug it off like it's nothing.
"I go to school fulltime and
Viewing Comments 1 - 2 of 2
Cody
posted 6/22/09 @ 10:50 PM EST
What about students that are forced to take car of their own survival needs ie food/rent/bills.
Sure..I was paying for just gas while I was in high school. (Continued…)
Pittsburgh Mover
posted 7/10/09 @ 11:17 AM EST
It can definitely be difficult to balance school, work and a social life all at once. But if that's the situation we're in then we just have to deal with it and make the best of it. (Continued…)
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