May term is arguably the best time of the year at Transy. Four weeks. One class. Warm weather. What more could you ask for? It's a time when you can finally relax and only think about a single class. It sounds simple enough right? What people don't talk about, though, or at least not to me, are the harsh realities that come along with May term. I quickly came to terms with these struggles coming into my first May term. So, here's Beyonce explaining how May term actually turns out...
1. When you schedule a class from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
2. When it changes to 9:00 am to 11:00 am... (Yes, it happens)
3. When you're late for the first day of class.
4. When you see the homework list on the syllabus.
5. Knowing you'll only have to take this class for four weeks.
6. Realizing you're basically cramming a whole semester into four weeks.
7. Looking for the motivation to do the homework before midnight.
8. When you're literally and figuratively drowning in homework because the professor said they weren't going to take it up then changed their mind.
9. Leaving the library after six+ hours of catching up on your homework.
10. When you try to enjoy the nice weather but know you still have tons to do.![]()
11. Finishing the class and realizing that, despite the struggles, you wouldn't change a thing (except maybe get four May terms instead of three but that's a whole other story).
p.s. If you haven't seen "Lemonade" it is an incredible work of art that you should definitely watch. You can watch it on Tidal here, with an account, tidal.com/video/59727844.
