Recently, one of my friends invited me to see the torture that was his physics class on campus. Being an advertising major and never touching any kind of science-related subjects, I thought it would be fun to take a trip down the high school curriculum memory lane — physics can't be that hard, right?
I was wrong.
15 things went through my mind while sitting in this class...
1. This woman sounds like Arnold Schwarzenegger's mother.
This woman has a very thick German accent, but she certainly knows more about anything than I do concerning anything, ever.
2. Why is this guy on coolmath-games.com?
Actually, I don't have to ask that... I would've given up by now too.
3. Why is this guy watching the Masters?
Read number two.
4. Series Impedance:
Z(eq)=Z(1)+Z(2)
Do I know what the hell this means? No. Something about energy I think.
5. WHAT DO ALL OF THESE FORMULAS MEAN WHY AM I SO DUMB?
I'm not even in engineering and I'm stressed out about this.
6. Everyone in here looks so sad. Dead, even.
I bet half of these people have drinking problems.
7. I'm an advertising major and I couldn't sell the idea of this class being fun to anyone.
What makes it worse: the impending reality of not being able to find a job with a bachelor's degree.
8. Bruh, there are literally 787,000 equations.
I cannot reiterate how important it is to know each equation and how it relates to a different equation that you likely do not know. Do you think everyone in here actually knows this?
9. There is no student-to-teacher communication.
But on a serious note, this class requires zero interaction from the students for the instructor to teach. No wonder these people are sleeping.
10. In 5 years, all of these people will be making more money than I will.
That's the only silver lining I am observing in here.
11. I spy with my little eye...
A guy with some Forrest Gump running hair wearing Beats Studios not paying attention, a guy passed out beside his Monster energy drink, and hundreds of smartphones open on iMessage. Ahhhhh, education.
12. There's still 30 minutes left in this class?
I seriously just came here for jokes, but I'm ready to walk out like...
13. Everyone right now is totally looking at me because I don't belong here.
Yes, the row of sorority girls behind me overheard that I was an advertising major. I'll convince myself that they're laughing about something else. I mean they probably are, right?
14. All of these formulas are making me hungry.
I would kill for some chicken nuggets right now. Something about electricity and magnetism really gets your appetite going.
15. Thank God I don't have to do this every day.
Bless all of you that are engineers and have to understand these concepts. There's no way I could survive in this cruel, science-y world without you.