Bellarmine Students Find Out-of-the-Box Ways to Study
The library is a great place to study but many students get tired of studying there. As students progress in their academic careers, they start to find their own spaces that encourage creativity and help them study.
“My freshman year, I spent 10-plus hours in the library a week. After I left, my brain felt weak, and I felt I did not retain much of the information I had just studied,” Santiago Ibarreche said. “I certainly felt burnt out of the library, that is why I know study in the chapel. The chapel is a very peaceful place for me.”
Some students find being in a huge building surrounded by books and other students wjo are stressing out about exams and papers to be off-putting.
Junior Andrew Blank said: “A quiet place is great to study, but sometimes you need to get out and be alone and not be surrounded by thousands of books. It is almost depressing walking into the library at 9 o’clock in the evening knowing you have so much homework to do.”
Blank has since moved to a more scenic study space. He prefers to be outside in nature and breathe in the fresh air before a big test.
“The fresh air allows me to relax and not have anxiety about what lies ahead. It allows me to focus on the now,” he said.
The library is a very quiet place and to some that can seem very eerie. For students who like to talk and bounce ideas off each other the library is not the place to go.
“I was told multiple times that I needed to stop talking or I had to leave sophomore,” Peyton Fosnough said. “After this experience I knew I had to find my own school space. Studying behind the stage in Knights Hall allows me to focus and have conversations with my colleagues.”
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