The first few weeks of each semester have always been very busy weeks for me, not because of terror teachers who bombard their students with piles of readings on the first days of classes, nor because of the usual back-to-school errands that students have to do. During these weeks, the members of the dormitory committee Ateneo Cervini-Eliazo Network Team (ACENT) are always up on their feet, crimping cables, fixing up keystone jacks, assisting other dormers in registering for Internet access and in setting up their systems for use in the network, diagnosing problems with messed up operating systems of other dormers, and dealing with problems that arise from changes in the network usually implemented during the break.
I would say that, for me at least, the first few weeks of classes are usually more stressful than the finals week. There are the physical stress of going from room to room, and back and forth rooms and the wiring cabinet, the mental stress brought by thinking about the number of people who still have problems with their connections and, when applicable, diagnosing network-wide problems, the emotional stress of having to deal with other people who sometimes get rather high-strung, and the self-imposed time pressure from knowing that the subscribers ought to be offered the services they pay for. Interestingly, it is usually the latter two that do the most damage.
Of course, this is just a small part of the ACENT experience. The new knowledge and insights, work experience in a real environment, friends met along the way, and great opportunity to serve are all worth this.