Filthy, poor, drunk, and looking for booty, the similarities between pirates and college students are uncanny. Whether it's finals week or a night out, Captain Jack Sparrow seems to resonate with college students on a spiritual level. Here are 12 of those moments that made us unsure whether he was a sea-sailing, swashbuckling pirate or a stuggling and starving college student.
1. That feeling when you first get to college and you finally are on your own.
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Freedom. Sweet freedom.
2. When it comes to student loans...
Take what you can and give nothing back. At least until six months after you graduate.
3. When you ace the test you were sure you'd fail.
Those kind of moments are only once in a lifetime opportunities. Brag while you can.
4. In college, treasure comes in the form of a curve.
Curves. Extra credit. Showing up to class every day in hopes that your professor will boost your grade at the end of the semester. The prizes that all college students search for.
5. Every textbook you've ever bought.
When you spend $200 on a 1,000 page book bound together with unnecessary descriptions and student tears.
6. When you realize you only have three weeks to save your grades.
This is about the time to start panicking.
7. When people try to talk about school on the weekends.
Just don't.
8. When you see your future bae from across the room.
That booty though...
9. Every idea that you've ever had when you're drunk...
Alcohol is known for increasing both brilliance and madness simultaneously.
10. When people tell you about what you did the night before.
The stories that will haunt you forever.
11. When you realize it's only Monday.
This feeling usually happens within the first two weeks of the term.
12. When you realize classes start in about two months.
Cheers, Mate.
BONUS: Will Turner accurately depicting what college students look like during finals week.
