Well it’s finals week! *queue suspension music* I have successfully watched 2 movies, 10 Grey’s Anatomy episodes and re-written my reviews for finals. Don’t worry Mom and Dad, I am actually doing my work. But one thing I learned today in my Bio class was that “the prefrontal cortex section of a teenager’s brain is not fully developed”, and if you don’t know what that means, just know theses two words “decision making.” This, I felt, was extremely relatable to finals week. During the week of finals, students say “I have to study” probably at least 10 times a night. However, how many of us are actually telling the truth? Here are 25 things students are probably doing rather than studying for finals.
- Watching Netflix
- Baking and decorating Christmas cookies
- Playing video games
- Watching cheesy Christmas Hallmark movies
- Watching ABC Family’s 25 Days of Christmas
- Drawing
- Painting the Mona Lisa
- Searching for the location of the Ark of the Covenant
- Wishing they weren’t broke
- Wishing it was Christmas Break
- Singing throwback songs from middle school
- Having Disney Channel show marathons
- Regretting going to college
- Thinking about how life could be somewhat acceptable working as a McDonald’s manager for the rest of their lives
- Trying to decide what to get for their White Elephant gift
- Contemplating life
- Showering for the 4th time today
- Determining the minimum score they need to make in order to keep a good grade in the class
- Actually re-writing their study review guides
- Cooking bacon, because America
- Thinking about possible summer vacations
- Thinking about how they will be more productive in the Spring semester
- Posting on their Facebook wall “comment a memory even if we barely know each other.” And acting like they caved when in actuality we all know you wanted to know what memories people would post.
- Crying
- Studying