Dear professors,
As you all probably know final exams week is a very stressful time for students, and I assume for professors as well. It's that time at the end of the semester where we are all burnt out, but it's also the time where we have to use all of our time and energy wrapping up classes and revisiting old notes to prepare ourselves for the big exams. I understand you are under a lot of stress as well, but as a college student we feel like our life depends on how we do on your exams.
I know you guys always say you are people too, but so are we. In the past I've had professors that acted like their class was the only class we were taking. One specific professor expected us to read entire novels in two days, which is pretty much impossible to do when we have anywhere from 3-5 other classes to worry about. On top of that many of us have jobs, and although it may not be important to you we try to have a social life to keep ourselves sane during this stressful time in our lives. During finals it can be extra stressful trying to juggle around multiple different responsibilities. I know it's all part of being an adult, but we are new to this whole adulating thing, so please be patient with us.
For me personally finals themselves aren't that bad, but having so many exams in a one week span makes me crazy. This semester for finals I have two in class exams, two online quizzes for my online class, a writing portfolio, and I have to write up the paper for a research experiment I worked on. Depending on who you are this may not sound like much, or it may sound like a huge amount to get done. I'm not too stressed about each individual assignment, but everything as a whole scares me. I try to work on one thing at a time, but sometimes I can't help myself but think about everything that needs to get done in the next week. Then I just stress myself out even more and end up having a mental breakdown, which I know many students experience during this time of year.
All I ask of you during the upcoming week of finals is to please be understanding of us students and we will be understanding of you. We can worry about finals together, and then hopefully everything will turn out ok. So here's to surviving finals week!
Sincerely, All Students During Finals
