Night Out: Stress Reliever or Addiction?

College is the last part of an individual’s education. This is the final stage before he or she goes out into the world, find work, and raise a family. They say that college will define you future because whatever decision you make in choosing your course will make an impact in your life after graduation in choosing a job.

Everyone would agree when we say that college is not easy. It is full of challenges and problems which are not present in elementary and high school. All your decisions in college is very important as it can affect your education and your grades. A person can only breathe easily when he or she is wearing the black toga of a graduate and receives his or her diploma.

What is the hardest part of college anyway? A question with many answers, as in many answers. But majority would answer this question with exams. Prelims, Midterms, Finals define the learnings that a student has made within the semester. Whatever answers a student has in his or her test paper shows what he or she was able to comprehend from his or her lessons. That is why students consider exams as a huge problem in college life. All are busy in studying and preparing for the exams especially final examinations. No malling, no shopping, no watching of movies, no recreation! Just books, notes and photocopies!

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But the fun part always starts right after the last exam. It has already been proven and tested that right after examinations, hang-out spots here in Iloilo City are always filled with students enjoying themselves to the fullest. Smallville always overflows with students from different universities right after exams. It is truly a night out without any school works to think about. No more exams, no more assignments.

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This has already been a culture here in Iloilo City. A culture easily adopted by students of all ages. Even first year students are already into this culture. Young as they are, they can already bear witness that what I have written is true.

Try to observe the students during the last day of exams. As early as the morning, they are already planning on where to go and what to wear. I doubt if the test is in their minds while taking the last exams for the day. I know that. I’ve been there, done that.

We can’t blame them, it is already the culture of even professionals to go and hang out with friends after a stressful day at work or at home. It is already normal to see young and old alike hanging out especially in urban areas like Iloilo City. What more in Metro Manila.

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A culture that is hard to break but not hard to avoid. If you have the discipline in you, then you would choose not to go or otherwise. But it won’t hurt to go out with friends once in a while. It refreshes your mind and makes you forget your problems. 

However, this becomes wrong when you do it daily. It is already an addiction. An addiction which truly is hard to break and much harder to avoid.