Dear Thanksgiving Break Homework,

I am going to be honest; I have no idea why you exist. You shouldn't have been created, because quite frankly, Thanksgiving Break is only supposed to be about three things: family, food, and relaxation. Notice how "school" was not on that list.

The professors who created you clearly have no humanity. After slaving away at assignments, papers and exams for the past few months, all college students want (and deserve, mind you) is a week to ourselves so we can slowly try to piece back together the fragments of ourselves your counterparts have shredded over the course of the semester. We are well aware that even if we did have this time to start feeling like ourselves again, you'd eventually hunt us down the second we step back on campus and break us once more until exams are finally over. But Thanksgiving Break was our opportunity to pretend that we won't be doomed to take four exams in less than a month. It was supposed to be our time to be ignorant and enjoy the bliss that accompanies that trait, allowing the turkey and stuffing to fill our hearts and minds with joy without the lurking presence of due dates and GPAs.

But you just couldn't let us have that, could you?

The hours that I should be spending curled up watching Netflix or making turkey crafts with my family are instead spent researching for term papers and completing assignments that are due the second I return to school. While your creators--my professors, that is--are off enjoying their work-free vacations and cooking delicious meals, I am stuck slaving over you, their byproduct. You have taken over my Thanksgiving Break, and that is simply not okay. You and I never got along well before, but this time you have crossed the line. I am not sure I will ever be able to forgive my professors for your existence.

So I hope you're satisfied, Thanksgiving Break Homework. You found a way to make yourself more important than me enjoying my grandmother's sweet potato casserole. You win this year, but I promise you--as soon as I graduate, I will feel your wrath no more. Thanksgiving Break will eventually be a time of relaxation and enjoyment in my future; mark my words.

But in the mean time...please let me get an A.

Sincerely,

College Student