At the beginning of every semester comes the fateful day, or for some colleges an entire week, where your courses officially begin and you can see in full view an outline of all of the work you have ahead of you. Syllabus Day can be daunting as well as simultaneously exciting and nerve-wracking, but fear not as Liz Lemon and friends encapsulate some of the highs and lows of Syllabus Day with phenomenal accuracy.
Trying to see if you know anyone in your class.
"Does that guy live in my hall? Did I have a heart-to-heart with her in a frat bathroom?" And so the hunt for quality acquaintances begins.
When you realize you don't know anyone in your class.
Having at least one person you can text for notes in a class is almost a necessity.
When someone you really don't like wants to be friends.
There's always one person in a class that you 100% do not want to associate with.
Realizing making friends in your class might not work out.
Few people can truly understand the struggle of being better than everyone.
When the professor doesn't show up.
A professor not showing up to syllabus day is a sure sign that a course is going to be aggressively low-key.
Realizing you actually have to start doing school work again.
Looking at a syllabus and realizing how many pages of reading you're going to have to start doing per day is always a sad moment after a summer of doing nothing.
When you finally get all of your syllabi and notice you have more than one final project due on the same day.
There should honestly be some kind of rule against this.
Walking into a class full of freshmen as a senior.
When you're the only person in the room not wearing a lanyard, you know you've truly made it.
When a professor manages to give you an assignment during the 30-minute period.
It's just rude.
When the professor is straight up reading the syllabus out loud.
I'm always glad that my professor's first assumption about a class' intellectual prowess is that none of us can read.
Trying to get into all of the correct courses.
"Please just let me graduate!" - me in the registrar's office.
When you finally fix your schedule during the Drop/Add period.
No classes on Fridays? No early morning classes? It's all we can ever strive for.
When your course doesn't have a midterm.
There is nothing better than a professor who is opposed to the oppressive academic format of heavy examination.
When a professor has an aggressive attendance policy.
Showing up to class is obviously important, but no one should have to contact their dean to get a formal excuse to take a sick day.
When you have to introduce yourself and give a fun fact.
That awkward moment when you realize there is nothing fun or interesting about you that you're willing to share with a room full of strangers.
When you can finally go home and take a much deserved nap.
Or your afternoon cheese. Don't let society hold you down.
