If you are in college or still young enough to remember what college was like, allow me to take you through the journey of a typical college semester as told by the classic TV show, "The Office."
The week before.
It's the week before classes, and you're PUMPED. Planners, books, pens, markers, you have it all. This will be your best semester yet. You're sure of it!
Week One.
Just when you think you had great professors, since you obvs listened to your friends, you see the screen go from "Syllabus" to "Chapter One."
Weeks four through six.
You've made it to the point in the semester where you debate skipping that annoying ENG 1010 class that makes you fall asleep anyway.
And even though the professor said you couldn't eat in class, you're just sitting here like:
Sorry bro, it's 12:15, I'm hungry.
Two months in.
On that attendance policy: well...
The week before midterms.
You've realized you've missed too much class. Like, is the professor even speaking English, much less teaching it?
The week you get you midterm grades back.
When you realize you have a break coming up.
But you'll spend most of it studying.
Two weeks before finals.
But you hear the sweet, sweet words: "I decided to give the chance for extra credit."
The moment you realize how close finals are.
And studying for finals has you like:
And also like:
And, finally:
Walking away from finals one of these two ways:
Or:
After you finish your finals, you start thinking about your semester.
But now it's all over...
well, for a few weeks at
And then you start looking at your spring semester schedule that you forgot you put together in the midst of a fall semester haze.
