GALWAY–It was noticed Monday that several local students have contracted a virus, mid-term fever.

15 year old Steven MacDonald was seen a at a local school library at the beginning of first period every day for the last week, with his head deep into his various notebooks. It seems to be even the more laid back residents of Galway Central School district have been hit with overly oppressive midterm-blues. This intelligent social-bug  seems to have (like the majority of students who depend on good midterm grades) disbarred several of his distracting friends in order to concentrate on his work.

“I truly don’t study much ,but if I have any chance of getting into early admission next year when applying to colleges, I need to cram,”  Steven  MacDonald said.

It seems that education is becoming more of a priority for students due to the changing job market. They are in the middle of a giant social change. Good jobs are becoming more difficult to find, and when found, education is an prerequisite in  securing these positions.

Several students are hoping that local schools will follow the example of major colleges like Saint Rose. In order to break the drawn out midterm blues,  Saint Rose supported several fun activities on their campus, allowing students to de-stress. You can read more about those at:  http://strosechronicle.com/wordpress/

Note:  One of the symptoms of this fever is referring to oneself in the third person.

Fun Fact:  The St. Rose article this links you to was written by a Galway graduate!