Just like that, the spring 2019 semester nears to a close with only about week left of classes for most students at Long Beach City College.
Students are excited for the summer and the warmer weather after a particularly wet and rainy spring and winter season.
Many students fully intend to not waste any time putting their plans into motion.
LBCC student Israel Mendez has a multitude of travel plans he hopes to experience over the break.
As of right now Mendez and his family are torn between Sequoia National Park or the Grand Canyon for which they should visit first during the summer months.
“I plan on enjoying the summer break, and just waiting for classes to start up for the fall semester,” Mendez said.
The idea of just laying back and enjoying summer break seems to be a running trend with students as this spring semester draws to a close.
LBCC student Ralph Tangen said that he has plans to enjoy his time off and relax.
He brings up that his idea of enjoying a summer vacation consists of just staying at home and doing pretty much nothing.
As far as academics are concerned, the EOPS student assistant wishes to enroll in communications classes during summer session to further his chances of graduating at an earlier date.
Some students do share the same mindset as Tangen and want to use the summer as a means of getting required classes out of the way so that they may take interesting and fun classes during the fall semester.
Others are taking up summer jobs and internships as way to pass the time during their summer vacation.
Music major Matthiew Begay plans to pick up a summer job at Guitar Center where he will teach music classes with different instruments to aspiring musicians.
“ I want to be able to make money teaching people piano and other instruments I know,” Begay said.
There are many more adventures LBCC students will experience this summer and even if they plan to keep themselves busy with summer classes, many will be grateful for the warmer weather and longer days to come.