John Smith, a local college student from a local college went home for Thanksgiving break and did absolutely nothing productive during his days off from school. Instead he slept for twelve hours a night and spent hours upon hours playing with his dog. Never once did he think about the piles of schoolwork that awaited him. Instead he was happy, relaxed, and stress free. However, upon returning from break and going to classes on Wednesday, his roommate observed a significant change in his mood and activities.

When he entered his room, it was reported that he that he “just threw his backpack on the ground and hid under his desk.”

His roommate, Matt Johnson, in an attempt to console him, opened up Smith’s backpack to see for possible clues to his distress, but the moment that he touched the backpack, Smith whimpered in fear. Johnson suspected that his roommate’s cowering was likely due to the upcoming end of the semester schoolwork.

“I’m worried myself about the work at the end of the semester,” Johnson said, “but my class load is not quite as bad as John’s. I can only imagine all of the final papers and exams that he has to find a way to finish. His response is logical, but he needs to snap out of it. I don’t know what to do.”

Later, when it was clear that Smith was no longer paying any attention to his surroundings, an anonymous friend reported that Johnson went into Smith’s backpack and burned all of Smith’s syllabi in the oven. After the incident, Smith exited from beneath his desk, and returned to his normal cheerful self. He played a few songs on his guitar about being free and no longer being a slave to fear.

Regarding the incident, Johnson said, “Yeah, John’s fine now, but I worry about what’s going to happen when one of his Profs sends out a class-wide email regarding the end of the semester.”