As a child, one of the best days that came around every year was the first day of elementary school. It always started with a special breakfast followed by a photo shoot on the front porch, which meant you could model your new backpack with a matching lunchbox and the rockin’ outfit that you picked out at Justice. After gossiping with your BFF on the bus, you arrived at school where the day was filled with fun ice-breaker games, a colorful classroom to explore, new friends to meet, a peppy welcome assembly and extra recess time. Could it have been any better?!
In college, the first day of class is just a teeny tiny bit different. Instead of a homemade breakfast and planned outfit, you ate half a granola bar and are wearing the same t-shirt you slept in. After 15 minutes of covering the slightly overwhelming syllabus, the professor fills the remaining hour of class with an absolutely enthralling lecture. To top it all off, you’re not even close to recovering from the numerous days of partying you had since you moved in. So, yeah, just a little different.
I truly can't think of a better show than "New Girl" to depict what the first day of class is like in college. It doesn't matter if you're more of a Schmidt than a Nick, or a Winston than a Jess, college students can relate to these experiences and thoughts that definitely shouldn't be said out loud.
Attempting to gear yourself up for the tough semester ahead
Everyone's doing whatever it takes to keep the morale high.Wondering why you convince yourself early classes are a good idea every year
Morning classes are great in theory, but let's be real, you'll never be the early riser you keep telling yourself you can be.Walking in and seeing the one person you hoped you'd never have to see again sitting in the back row
It doesn't seem fair that, without fail, every person you've embarrassed yourself in front of or had an awkward moment with ends up being your classmate.
But then you see you have a friend in the class too!
It's like Christmas in August!
The gut wrenching feeling when the syllabus is handed out and it's literally 30 pages long
When all 10 pounds of it hits your hands you know there's a slim chance of survival.
"Class participation counts for half of your grade"
This also applies to phrases such as: "I will be taking attendance", "there will be a lot of group work" and "the final is cumulative".
Then things start looking up because you notice a cute boy...
When in doubt, finger gun it out.
Struggling to think of a fun fact about yourself to tell the class, so you end up saying something super dorky and strange
Why am I never prepared for this question even though I know it's coming?!
When the class starts discussing the book you were assigned to read over the summer and you weakly chime in to make it seem like you actually read it
You know you're not fooling anyone, you just have to hope the professor appreciates the attempt. Participation counts, people!
When the know-it-all student and teacher's pet reveal themselves within minutes
The majority of the time these two come in clutch. Other times you can't stand them, but, no matter what, you'll never have a class without them.
Complaining to your friend after class looking for sympathy and instead they try to relate...
Or, even worse, their class ends up being 10x harder than yours.
