Welcome back to school everyone! Now that you can say that you’ve made it through another college break without killing your family, it's time to saddle up and make it through another semester of college without questioning whether you would make a good stripper or not. At the beginning of the semester, I always hear my friends talking about syllabus week. What in the world is syllabus week? Now I know that it’s a common saying amongst college kids that refers to the first week back where there is no work and limited responsibilities. However, what my friends don’t realize, is that I’m lucky if my professors even read through the syllabus at all, let alone give me a week to digest it. The first week for me isn’t as stressful as say week 6, BUT syllabus “week” isn’t all peaches and cream either. That being said, let’s go through what it is like not having a syllabus week.

1. Pain

So, after having a month off where all you do is sleep and binge watch Netflix, it’s kind of painful to have to sit through an hour and a half lecture the very first day back. You have zero concentration, and the attention span of a squirrel. So not having a syllabus 20 minutes let alone a syllabus week is a very painful.

2. Frustration

WHY ARE YOU LECTURING ON DAY ONE? Why are all my friends out and about while I’m sitting here reading about Aristotle and his take on government? I want to have fun too!

3. Un-organization

Honestly, I never get my schedule set in stone until week two, so the fact that none of the classes that I ever chose have a syllabus week makes for a very unorganized time, for both my planner and my brain.

4. Stress

This probably comes from the fact that I’m unorganized, and frustrated, but not having a syllabus week is the most stressful thing ever. I’m not mentally and emotionally prepared to do hard core work, but yet, I get bombarded anyway.

5. Joy

Even after all of the complaining, not having a syllabus week is kind of fun because you get back in the grove of things. On top of that, you start to learn some pretty interesting things.

Overall, Not having a syllabus week can be painful, but there are some positive things to consider, like learning.