9 Thoughts I've Had During Syllabus Week
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9 Thoughts I've Had During Syllabus Week

One would think it would be common sense to allow coffee in a Monday morning class... apparently, everything I knew is wrong.

Jane Niland
Sep 19, 2018
Rider UniversityMillennials of New Jersey
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9 Thoughts I've Had During Syllabus Week
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Syllabus week is a different kind of hell week. You're not stressed by the actual work, but more so the idea of it and facing a whole new year is just... unpredictable and exhausting.

1. Well, at least my roommate isn't terrible.

We communicate a lot more than the roommate I had freshman year. She seems nice enough, and has the decency to ask before taking any food.

2. What is a wardrobe?

Why am I even bothering with that mega uncomfortable underwire just because it's the only strapless I've got? I'll go with something more comfortable, even if it shows. I'll be wearing basically PJs for the rest of the semester anyway.

3. I wonder how that one professor who's a stickler will react to me having to go to Portland next month...

I'm not getting out of it. Family functions are a thing. Students have lives. And is it too much to allow at least one coffee in class? It's a MWF (One of which is MONDAY) for God's sake!

4. At least I have two professors who seem to like me...

One I've had before, the other I have seen outside of class and is a fellow Whovian. In the end, it will be the work that matters, but at least they can't hate me for no reason.

5. Do you have any idea how many trees you're killing?

We don't need to print out everything! It's bad for the environment, not to mention we have quotas now. And you know I'm an English major, I write like 5 papers a semester! Maybe more!

6. Are we going to start actual writing soon?

Are all creative writing classes like this? You know, where you have to read a bunch of crap before writing? Well, in my experience, the best way to get better at writing is ACTUALLY WRITING.

7. Why must seminars be required?

It's total extroversion supremacy, what exactly is that supposed to prove? That shy and less orally articulate people like me won't get anywhere in life? But at least it's on Edgar Allan Poe. I like Poe. I understand Poe.

8. I'm so bored...when are clubs going to start back up?

They're something to do when you're not in class, and provide an excuse to see people you actually like. Plus, many provide free food.

9. All this crap will be worth it when I pass...and when I go to London next semester

Most of my required classes will be done come Spring semester, so I'll have some leeway when I pick classes. I'm especially excited for Study Abroad in London, which is somewhere I've always wanted to go. I'm also planning to possibly visit Cardiff, Ireland, and a bunch of other places in Europe. It'll be a dream come true, and I can't wait! I just gotta survive Fall semester first!


Happy end of syllabus week, and good luck this semester!

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