What to Do Over the Summer

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Charles Treadway, Writer

Ah, summer. We dream about you and your greatness every day during the experience we call school. However, when you do come around, chances are that we’re not quite sure how to spend the time. Like the great legendary heroes Phineas and Ferb did over their 104-day break, we must come up with fantastic ideas to fill our time during this break. I have found three archetypes, if you will, into which all students can be categorized:

1) The Lazy Fellow. This human being has decided that he is going to sit down on his couch, bed, chair, or whatever seating device he has run into, and he is going to take the largest chill pill known to mankind. The only reason why he would get off of his lazy glutes is to grab food, to change the remote batteries, to turn on the TV if the batteries don’t work, or to move to a different couch because he wants variety.

2) The Mad-Man. This homo sapien decided one morning that he was going to run around the whole Earth twice, go to the store shirtless while wearing heelies, toilet-paper a random house twice a day, and go to every sushi restaurant to ride the sushi bar conveyor belt. Basically, he is the kind of guy you would find at a football game wearing nothing but his team’s merchandise while yelling about how much the other team stinks. To all of you first and second formers out there, I implore you, PLEASE do not be this guy!

3) The Wise Guy. Now, when I say, “Wise Guy,” I am not talking about that guy in the classroom who thinks he knows everything when he, in fact, knows a whole lot of nothing. No, I am talking about an actual wise dude. He would hang out with friends, indoors and outdoors. He would also chillax inside his house for a few days of the week to, in a sense, “cool down.” He would also try and get a job, so he can have something productive to do, even if it sounds boring as can be. Luckily for this guy, he is the lifeguard at a pretty relaxing pool with the best co-workers around.

These three examples should give everybody the intel needed to have a phenomenal summer. All jokes  side, the goal this summer is for y’all to enjoy yourselves, so please,  just make the best of your break.