'Tis the season to fail all of our finals! Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la!
It is the greatest time of the year, once again. Florida winter is upon us and reading days are our only savior this semester. One moment I was shoveling turkey down my throat at Thanksgiving dinner, the next I returned to campus and realized that I was screwed into eternity with three projects and 2 exams all due within the same 4-day period.
Isn't it amazing? Can you all imagine that we our actually living in what is considered to be the best days of our lives?
I'm sobbing on the inside, and I am sure you are too. Let me lighten the subject by having my personal favorite from Panic! at the Disco, Brendon Urie, breakdown exactly how finals week feels for all of us.
1.Returning from Thanksgiving break like:
"Oh my god! I have missed you!" -me to all of campus, all my friends and even my professors. At this point, you're absolutely ready to get back into the swing of things and have the semester end on a beautiful note, or so you thought...
2. Checking Canvas
For some odd reason, all of the due dates that you wrote in your agenda are not adding up. You have two weeks now to get your life together before winter break, and you swear this is some kind of conspiracy. There is no way this is true, but now it is time to face the facts.
3. Accepting Your Losses
You have realized at this point in time that there is no way you are going to be able to save yourself. It is time to accept that your academic excellence is burning to the ground and that you either will not graduate or end up graduating with no professional future ahead of you.
4. When Studying Has a Hold On You
Someone once told me: pain is temporary, GPA is forever. Don't even think about sleeping, eating, showering, talking to other people, oYir going anywhere but the library during finals week because you will not survive. Freedom does not exist. We are prisoners of a top ten public university.
5. Kissing Your GPA Goodbye
You've studied as much as you possibly can, but it still was not enough. You walk into your finals saying your goodbye to that nearly perfect semester GPA.
6. The End to All Things
You waltz out of the exam room pretending that everything is okay, but it is not, at all. The good news is, you're finished with the fall term and you're finally free to enjoy your break... until spring!
