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Thanksgiving Break was a Tease

I hate how life cheats me outta happiness sometimes

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Riccardo Bresciani

Along with every other college student in the world, I've been cheated out of how amazing Thanksgiving break was. The food, the family, the relaxation. It was all a tease. Being able to relax for a week-ish was the best thing in the world. Only to come back and get with all this homework and studying because finals are in 3 weeks, was the worst thing on the planet.

How could they cheat us like this? How can they give us the sweet taste of victory and no exams or homework, only to crush our dreams and hammer us with not only 8 inches of snow; if you know, you know; and pounds and pounds of homework to top things off.

I feel hurt and betrayed by the school that was supposed to love me and supports me no matter what, however, in this case, I've been forgotten and ripped off with the benefits of luxurious vacation. And now I'm not sure how to proceed with life anymore knowing that what I think is true might actually be wrong.

Curse you, college. You are not my friend. You never were, actually wait you were last year when you nice to me and I could drive to my classes and never be late but now I have to walk half a mile EVERYDAY to get to class on time which requires me to leave a half an hour before so I can trek through the hard-hitting snow.

And on top of the snow, we carry heavy, heavy backpacks that are filled to the brim with law and medical textbooks that will get us through the classes we need to fulfill our dreams of being successful in life. But obviously everyone needs a break here and there and Thanksgiving was the best break we could ever have before Christmas. But before Christmas break, we have to endure the pain that is finals. I wish that we could skip over finals and head straight to break, I wish the professors could give us all automatic 4.0's because we all deserve them. Especially after putting in months of hard work in the class only to take a test and go close to failing the class because the exam is nothing like you studied for (I cannot begin to explain how many times this has happened to me this semester, I'm scared to look at my grades).

I'm praying that final exams go well because we all deserve this. We put too much effort in our classes and lives just to be disappointed in the end because of our bad test scores. We deserve empathy from our professors because they were once in our shoes before, struggling to get to the place that they are in right now. And with that being said, that is the reason they should feel for us and be more forgiving when grading papers and exams this finals season because we are all hurt college kids.

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