When should I do background reading?
Students have to do background reading and you will need to do this in between your lectures, or your lab work, or your field courses, and in between your part-time work because more than likely you will have part-time work as well. So you need to find a time, a dedicated time, where you sit down and either catch up on your notes, do some extra reading from that seminar, or prepare something for your group work. But you've got to allocate time for this, not to forget this. It's easy to forget this but don't.