The library right before finals becomes a zoo at the University of Tennessee. People running through the floors searching desperately to find tables on the group study floors so that you and your friends can try and come up with the material that you were suppose to know all semester. Or you're just trying to memorize the periodic table that you were suppose to know two chemistry classes ago. Some people thrive under this stress and others fall with defeat to all the enormous amounts of anxiety placed on them as every final counts 20 percent of your final grade. Either way, desperate times calls for desperate measures.
Heres the types of people you may encounter on your journey to finding a good spot in the library:
1. The person who has never seen the inside of the library.
They probably didn't even know that there were six floors on the library and computers to use.
2. The person who sleeps at the library and watches the sun rise before their 8 a.m. exam.
We've all done this when we have to cram in the middle of the semester but it sometimes just becomes a normal thing during finals.
3. The pack of sorority girls who take over the group study floor.
They are laughing, searching pinterest for the perfect future wedding board or socializing about where they're going out that night (aka getting nothing done that they're suppose to be doing).
4. The person who anxiously nervous eats on the quiet floor.
These people are so nervous to even start studying that they bring in a three-course meal and munch on loud chips. This usually leads to getting Yik Yaked about the whole time they're on the quiet floor.
5. The "Netflixer" who never actually studies but has successfully gone through a whole season of "Grey's Anatomy" in one sitting.
We've all been there, procrastinating and freaking out about finals. You're almost to the finish line.. and to christmas break. A wise man once told me "your grades don't define you." (I think he lied to me.)
