Honors Longwood Seminar was a required class meant to help students find a balance between having a social life along with their school life, as well as giving tips on how to study and manage class time to its fullest. Also, the class allowed us to explore Farmville and the community as we were encouraged to get involved with those who support the Honors College and Longwood University. I learned a lot of valuable information in this class as it was very tough at first learning how to handle hanging out with friends and get classwork on time. My professor was dedicated in answering all of our questions and ensuring that we have a memorable college experience. She knew what it was like to be sitting in the classroom staring at the board from our perspective wanting to have a thriving social life, but she reminded us what we were at Longwood for, which was to study and achieve the degree we desire.

During this time I also got to know my fellow Honors students more than at the Honors retreat since there was a small class of us in Longwood Seminar. We got to discuss various topics with each other and learn more about the opinions each of us has on certain topics. Over the summer we had to read Every Day by David Levithan, a book that explores gender roles in society, and it was very interesting to here how different some people’s opinions were on the subject.

The artifact I chose for this class was a paper we had to write on how we spent twenty-four hours in Farmville. It might seem like a tedious task, but it was very insightful. I learned how I spent and managed my time as I had to write it all down. I chose to write about my time spent at Octoberfest, a festival of sorts that occurs at Longwood towards the end of October, so it showed more about my social life rather than my studies. This paper taught me to look more at the time I spend doing things besides classwork in order to see where exactly my time goes. One of the hardest things about being a college student is learning how to spend time wisely as there are only twenty-four hours in a day, which is only so little time in which so much must get done.