{"id":630,"date":"2019-10-31T10:34:01","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T17:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/compactscholars.sdsu.edu\/?p=630"},"modified":"2019-10-30T10:55:05","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T17:55:05","slug":"throwback-thursday-letter-to-future-scholars-hard-work-pays-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/compactscholars.sdsu.edu\/index.php\/2019\/10\/31\/throwback-thursday-letter-to-future-scholars-hard-work-pays-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Throwback Thursday: Letter to Future Scholars &#8212; Hard Work Pays Off!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Submitted by Alberto G.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/swoXPcTom0GR0B5ilW9sPenTCnv3ONJ_Cm16ssWNp5OE5PQtUV-mwJAY9pFFzs-U2pHMYpDmvxJAWXgPkii7GikoYJEH-lCHrNH2eCTggGM9w_NJ2A5SHtou2URFNXDO08jkeU3j\" alt=\"\" width=\"411\" height=\"273\"\/><figcaption><em>Work as hard as you can, but when you need a break, be sure to take it!<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The most important thing that I can tell an incoming student is to work as hard as possible, even if that means not sleeping. The reward will come slowly but surely. I have tried my hardest this semester and can say that I\u2019m having a better time now than I did in high school, both academically and socially.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Very often I find myself sleeping for only 3-6 hours a day because of schoolwork. But hey! I\u2019ll repeat it again: IT\u2019S ALL WORTH IT!! If you need a break, take it. Go to a party. Visit friends and family. Take a trip. Treat yourself for your own sanity, but don\u2019t let that affect your grades. Always put school first. ALWAYS!<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted by Alberto G. The most important thing that I can tell an incoming student is to work as hard as possible, even if that means not sleeping. The reward will come slowly but surely. I have tried my hardest this semester and can say that I\u2019m having a better time now than I did [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-throwback-thursdays"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/compactscholars.sdsu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/compactscholars.sdsu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/compactscholars.sdsu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/compactscholars.sdsu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/compactscholars.sdsu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/compactscholars.sdsu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":631,"href":"https:\/\/compactscholars.sdsu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630\/revisions\/631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/compactscholars.sdsu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/compactscholars.sdsu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/compactscholars.sdsu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}