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Summer School... I Would Rather Not

5 struggles of summer school

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Summer School... I Would Rather Not

It's your last final, and you can't wait for summer to begin. But then you remember -- in just a few weeks you start summer school. Some are fortunate to never have to take those dreadful summer classes, while others are not. This summer, I am one of those sad students who realized that even though I just finished my last final, I only had a week off before classes started again.

If you are also taking summer classes, you'll definitely relate to these struggles.

1. Having absolutely zero time to relax

Yay, summer -- I mean, yay, studying. If you aren't in class, you are doing homework. Taking classes over the summer means learning an entire semester in five to six weeks. That means a unit a week, which means a test a week.

2. Wanting to go to sleep at 10 p.m.

Between studying, class and your internship, you are exhausted. All you want to do is sleep but you can't because you have to study for your next exam. Your friends ask you to go out and you always have to make up a dumb excuse of why you can't go.

3. The heat.

So you thought going to school in the cold was hard? Summer school means being stuck in a small lecture hall with 100 other people in blazing heat. At least in the winter you can layer. All you want to do in the heat is take off all your clothes.

4. Always having class.

You never get a day off during summer session. Class is every day. Say goodbye to your summer traditions of staying out late and sleeping in.

5. Having no motivation.

I seriously don't know how I am supposed to want to study and go to class when it is perfectly sunny out and the pool is calling my name.

Although we often complain, summer classes do have its benefits. That daunting class you thought you would have to take one semester is now only five weeks. And for some. you will even get to graduate early. Of course, we miss those carefree summer nights but it will pass in five short weeks and then summer is all yours.

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