This is what the end of a semester in college feels like, as told by the inhabitants of 221B Baker Street and their friends.
1. When people feel the need to comment about how much you're either sleeping, eating, or studying.
In the few weeks before Finals, all I've been doing is going to class, eating, studying, and sleeping. Those four activities are basically what fill my entire day, every day. I've learned to have a new appreciation for naps, the library, and having your parents send you food.
2. That moment leading up to finals when all of your professors pile papers, exams, and projects on you all at once.
This is extremely accurate. Sherlock says this right as a case gets more challenging and more frantic. Students have the same feeling when professors give papers, exams, and projects all at the same time... The only difference is that Sherlock lives for the challenge and the potential danger that his cases bring. Students say this, more often than not, with a sarcastic tone, as opposed to Sherlock.
3. When you're doing a group project or studying in a group, and someone says something really smart, but you're completely lost.
In group projects, there's always someone who knows more than everyone else. There's always some days that you're mentally out of it, and you can't really keep up with the others in your group. This quote by Dr. Watson pretty much sums up those times when you still want to sound smart and like you know what you're doing, but you're completely lost.
4. When you're trying to study or write a paper and people around you are being obnoxiously loud.
This is one of the most frustrating things. When you're in the zone writing a paper or studying for an exam and people interrupt you, it can really throw you off (especially if your deadline or exam date is quickly approaching). Sherlock's outburst when he screams at everyone, including poor Mrs. Hudson, is pretty relatable to how I feel on the inside when I'm trying to get things done and be a good student and others are being unnecessarily loud or annoying.
5. The last class of the semester when the professor gives you course evaluation sheets.
You can either be positive about the class that you took and you can fill out your course evaluation saying that you loved it, or you can completely trash the class and say negative things about it. Course evaluations make you feel like you have power, but you pretty much don't. The only professors that really have to worry about the course evaluations done by students are the adjunct professors- all the others have tenure. So really, this 'game' played between the professor and the student all semester- the outcome pretty much lies with the professor.
6. Studying for your finals or your last exams of the semester and trying to guess what will be covered on the exam.
By the end of the semester, a lot of material has been covered. It's basically impossible to study everything that you've learned in each class and retain it all for your last exams and your finals. Deciding what to study and what to ignore pretty much comes down to what you think is important and what you don't... However, what you think is important and what the professor thinks is important might be completely different. In Mycroft's words, it's the "Balance of Probability".
7. When your parents ask how your finals and the end of the semester went.
The end of the semester and finals are a stressful time. You have to plan for next semester and for break, and you have to cram everything that you need to do this semester in, but in a matter of days or weeks. Your parents don't really need to know about the multiple breakdowns and stressful nights that you've had, do they?
8. Studying at the end of the semester.
This gif of Anderson is so accurate for this. I don't really have to say anything for this. It's just so perfectly described by Anderson's mental breakdown when he realized that all of his theories for how Sherlock faked his death were probably wrong, and that Sherlock would never tell him the true method of faking his death.
9. When you study too much and your brain can't take in any more information.
When studying for exams and finals, I started to forget the most simple little bits and facts that I needed to know. I was focusing on the specific aspects of what I needed to know, and I wasn't wrapping my head around the broad concepts that I had to understand. I couldn't remember anything else; my brain was jam packed.
10. That moment when you leave campus for break and know that you made it through the semester.
Even though it was only around 15 weeks or so, it was a long 15 weeks. The semester was a struggle, but you made it. You made it. So celebrate and relax, watch some Netflix (maybe even some Sherlock), and be proud of yourself for making it through the semester in one piece.
