All college students are anticipating the questions their family is going to ask them when they come home for Thanksgiving break. Here are five questions you definitely don't want to be asked:
1. How are your classes?
How are my classes? HAHA, so funny you ask. Do you want me just say “Good” or do you actually want to know how I get about three hours of sleep a night to juggle all the assignments I have? I study for about 12 hours a day and still feel like my test is in another language. My professors don’t speak English or don’t speak loud enough. Sometimes I consider dropping out and becoming a telephone operator but since my classes are going “Good” you should not be concerned for me.
2. Is it really that hard?
No, I just find so much joy in complaining about everything, enough joy to fill my eyes with tears actually. YES, it is that hard! This is not like “When I was in college…” Welcome to 2016, where college is no walk in the park and teachers don’t care how much time and effort you put into your studies if they don’t see the results on the exam. Getting a 70 is a blessing and getting an 80 is a miracle! You know it's hard when your motto is “C’s get degrees!”
3. Do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend?
So, I’m not quite sure why you asked me this ridiculous question but I have a ridiculous response to share with you. NO, no and no! I do not have a love interest because I am currently engaged to my textbook and having an affair with Quizlet. With classes all day every day and enough homework to kill a rainforest, who would have time to go out and meet someone that they could potentially fall in love with? There is truly no time to dedicate to a relationship, I barely have time to take a shower (which could be another reason why I don’t have a boyfriend).
4. Have you been eating healthy?
Could you define healthy for me? If you mean, “Do you only have four scoops of ice cream instead of five?” because if that is what you are asking then the answer is YES! But otherwise no! My dining hall is open 24/7 and the salad bar is not what I’m craving at midnight after studying my life away. Pizza, French fries, Lucky Charms and quesadillas are always on the menu. And to answer your next question, YES! I did gain weight. Stress eating will do that to a college student, now will you please pass the mashed potatoes!
5. What do you do for fun?
Fun? I haven’t had that in a while, but I know I get a warm fuzzy feeling inside when I get to climb in bed before 3 a.m. on a Monday night or treat myself to an episode of my favorite Netflix series. Sad isn’t it? That, that is what I do for fun. Sometimes I’ll go to a campus event and paint a picture of my cat or watch a soccer game with my friends, but that is the extent of the fun I have been having. But don’t get me wrong, reading 400 pages of my micro textbook is kind of fun!
