9 Questions No College Student Wants To Answer This Thanksgiving
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9 Questions No College Student Wants To Answer This Thanksgiving

Please just don't ask.

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9 Questions No College Student Wants To Answer This Thanksgiving
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As college students, we're asked the same questions so often that the answers become almost routine. Thanksgiving is no exception. Because most of us spend the holiday with our families, they all want to know about college. Evey time college students are asked any of these seemingly basic questions, it causes us to reevaluate our life decisions and probably have a small mental and/or emotional breakdown as we are reminded that we have absolutely no idea what we're doing. Although we college students don't have it all figured out yet, one thing is for sure: These questions must be stopped.

1. "What's your major?"

We were asked this question before starting college, we're asked it a million times during college and we will be asked it after we leave college. We are tired of answering it. And some of us might not even be able to answer that question yet, reminding us that we're spending lots of money to learn about subjects that might not even matter to us in the future. Asking about our majors is like asking, "What career have you chosen to fund the rest of your life?" Please, save us the stress.

2. "What are you planning on doing to with that degree?"

Most of us chose our majors because we are passionate about the subjects and we're hoping to get a job within that field. That seems pretty self-explanatory so let's just skip it.

3. "What are your plans after you graduate?"

Many students were asked this same exact question high school, so we are pretty freaking sick of it. Before this question come out of your mouth, think: What are the likely answers? A) Get a job or B) go back to school. There are of course many other answers, such C) travel or D) move to a new city or E) move back in with you parents. But no one wants to talk about the price of travel or the embarrassment of living with your parents because you couldn't get a job in the field you paid thousands of dollars to study. Let's just assume the answer is A or B and forget this question.

4. "Aren't you worried about finding a job?"

Yes. Next.

5. Talking about money is always an awkward topic, and it's even worse for college students beginning their independent lives with debt reaching five or six figures. This horrible question either reminds college students that they'll be broke for a LONG time or creates a status of superiority for who ever is better off financially.

6. "Do you like living in the dorms?"

Dorm life is pretty similar for most people, so this question doesn't really need to be asked. They food isn't amazing (unless your mom pops by on the weekend with some homemade mac and cheese p.s. thanks, mom), random roommates are hit or miss and communal bathrooms are never fun. The answer will be along the lines of, "I had a fun time, but I'm ready to have my own room again."

7. "Do you get along with your roommate?"

If the answer to this question is yes, it's probably fine. But most roommates don't have flawless relationships, especially if it's a random person assigned to you by the school, and it becomes awkward to answer this question because you have to explain why you don't get along. This just turns into bashing on everything your roommate has ever done wrong, getting on a personal really fast. No one wants to get into that. Just don't ask this question.

8. "How much time do you spend studying?"

No matter how much time we spend studying, having to answer this question only makes college students think of all the studying we should be doing at that moment but aren't. Don't remind us!

9. "So what do you do in your free time?"

This question is basically the worst. If you choose, to be honest, people will know how you spend your time watching Criminal Minds or Gossip Girl and eating too many unhealthy snacks. For most of us, there's simply no way to make our lives sound exciting when any free time we have is spend scrolling for hours on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.

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