It's Thanksgiving season! It's the time we contemplate about the many, many things were are thankful for. As college students, we have learned to be appreciative of even the littlest things.
Not to ruin the mood, but let's talk about the things we are definitely NOT thankful for as college students. Shall we begin?
1. 8 A.M. classes
There is nothing worse than being one of the unlucky ones that didn't get into later classes, so you have no choice but sign up for the 8 A.M.
2. Being broke
The two types of broke students: the one who complains about not having any money but still has several hundred dollars in their savings and the one who barely has five bucks.
3. Paying more than a hundred dollars for an access code
You get the online textbook AND the homework. Yeah, buying the homework you'll probably forget to do.
4. 10-page papers
Remember dreading to write your English essay in high school because the minimum was 3 pages? Now you're stuck with writing 10 pages!
5. Unreliable TAs
Asking them for help just to get told to look it up because they don't know the answer either. Thanks, dude! If only Lip Gallagher could be my TA.
6. Mandatory attendance
You thought having class at 8 A.M. was the worst? Try having attendance worth 10 percent of your grade while your quizzes are only five percent.
7. Professors that just read from PowerPoints
If it wasn't because of the mandatory attendance, you would never show up to class when you could just read the slides yourself online.
8. Also, professors that tell you to teach yourself the material
That's right. It's all you.
9. Slow Wi-Fi
More than 20,000 kids who are always on some kind of device sharing the same Wi-Fi? Oh, man.
10. People stopping you to talk to you about their student organizations
You avoid eye contact. You pretend not to notice them. You even find a different way to take. You don't want to be mean, but you just need to get to wherever you need to be.
11. Fuckboys
Ladies, need I say more?
12. Communal bathroom
If you don't figure out everyone's shower schedule, you'll be waiting for ages.
13. Communal coin-laundry
If you're not fast enough to get your laundry, chances are it might have been taken out by someone else.
14. Someone stealing your unassigned assigned seat
You know, most of the class pick and establish their seats by the first week, but there are always those people who screw it up and steal someone's spot.
15. Signing up for classes and not getting some of them
Trust me, you're not the only one who uses RateMyProfessor to find the best teachers. Good luck getting into the classes with those teachers!
16. FAFSA
May the odds be in your favor!
17. Getting stuck behind a tour group when you're running late to class
And then, the tour guides mistaking you for being in their group. Like, no, an actual student here trying to get to class.
18. Unannounced cancelled class
When you get enough motivation to show up just to find out there's no class and your teacher didn't even bother sending out a mass email.
19. Dining hall food
Depending on the day, it could be disgusting or tolerable. But, do you really have a choice though when you paid for a meal plan?
20. Spending your own money instead of using your student card
Don't worry, you're not the only one who's taken their I.D. out and tried to pay with it at other places outside campus.
21. Not being 21 yet
All your friends try to convince you to get a fake, but you haven't aged since sixth grade. No way you can get away with it.
Life in college can be rough. The things we hate listed above are just 21 of the countless things we can think of. But, hey, at the least the good stuff balances it out, right?