Ask any college student for advice and they'll tell you to avoid 8:00 a.m.s like the plague. Somehow though, most of us think we can survive just one semester with an 8:00 a.m., only to later ask ourselves what on earth we were thinking? Throughout the semester, I've learned that telling anyone you have an 8:00 a.m. will normally elicit sympathy for you. It seems as though we all have a shared understanding of the struggle so many of us go through. So, in honor of our struggle, here are five things only students with 8:00 a.m.s can relate to:
1. The only thing worse than the sound of your alarm waking you up in the morning is...well...nothing. Nothing is worse than the sound of your alarm when you were up half the night doing homework for another class.
2. "Drink coffee," they say. "It'll wake you up," they say. No amount of caffeine will keep you awake through an 8:00 a.m., and who even has time to drink coffee when you barely have time to make it to class?
3. Walking across campus on the way to class is like walking through the desert; it's eerily quiet and abandoned. But hey, at least campus is much nicer and not as hot, right?
4. We've all seen those people (and probably been that person at one point) who can't stay awake despite their best efforts...but we probably didn't look as cute as this child.
5. 8:00 a.m.s are not fashion shows (nor is college), so who cares if you show up in your pajamas? Chances are, no one is even awake enough to notice.
Perhaps the worst part about 8:00 a.m.s in college is that most of us are wondering how on Earth we made it through high school. But, however we did it, obviously it isn't working for most of us now. Hey, maybe next time we'll know better... or not.
