Students came back to campus this week after Thanksgiving Break a little more rested and probably still full from a homecooked meal that they'll be daydreaming about for weeks. The idea of relaxed college students sounds so peaceful. But those who are in the midst of it know the reality that is about to be thrust upon them. We are about to be thrown into Finals Week.
Finals week is a tough time. The brain-dead students walking in and out of the library at ungodly hours of the night could scare even the most stable of high schoolers. Yet, this is the norm for us at this point. Because we're putting all our effort into studying (and finding new ways to distract ourselves from studying) we can barely even put into words what we're feeling at this point. This is where good old Michael Scott comes in. Here are 13 times that Michael Scott perfectly described our feelings during finals week.
When the professor jumps posts the study guide the day you get back from Thanksgiving Break.
Then when you look at the study guide your professor posted.
When you drag yourself all the way to the library just to realize you don't have any energy left to actually study.
Walking into class the day of the exam.
Looking at yourself in the mirror after you're sure you just bombed that test.
Then trying to convince yourself everything will be fine!!! You're fine!!
Pumping yourself up for the call to your mom you'll have to make.
How the call to your mom will actually go.
...this one too.
Mourning the presumed decline of your GPA.
Getting on Blackboard just to find out that you actually passed the test.
Realizing you're not a complete failure and that you survived another semester.
Regardless of your final grade, going out later that night with your friends and celebrating the fact that the torture is finally over!
Going into finals week, just remember that you're probably better prepared to take this exam than Michael Scott ever was to manage an office and he survived. Good luck these last couple weeks!
