6 Classes We Need To Have To Survive College
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6 Classes We Need To Have To Survive College

If you haven't cried yourself to sleep because of college, you're lying.

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6 Classes We Need To Have To Survive College
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There are so many concepts of life/college that we needed to have in high school, but knowing that the mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell was more important (which I have yet to use in my three years of college so far). Now, its time to have some classes that cover these concepts, so maybe we can finally get our shit together.

1. Financial Classes


No, I am not talking about a financial major class, I am talking about a class to help us manage and handle our money. Not all of us understand how taxes work, bank loans work, handle money and savings properly, or how to get out of the $30,000 debt that college has put us in. There needs to be a class to teach us how to do all of these things, or we will be dying with no money to leave our children (or dogs).

2. Stress Class


How do we handle everything that is thrown at us? Most college students handle it in a not so healthy way, like drinking and crying at the same time (sorry, mom). I mean we are thrown into this world of adulthood with no guidance on how to control our stress so we do not give up and drop out (which we all think about at some point in college, if not everyday). If we knew how to handle our stress, we might actually not have the look of death on our face all the time.


3. Sleeping Class

How did we ever get up at 6am and get dressed up in highschool? In college, you roll out of bed with what you slept in the night before, savoring every minute you get to sleep. Sleep is non-existent in college. How are we supposed to be successful, without any sleep, when we do not know how to go to sleep properly without crying ourselves to sleep? With learning how to relax to go to sleep, we might actually get a good night's sleep for once.

4. Time Management

LOL, what even is time management? We, as college students, like to take our precious time to turn in assignments at 11:50pm, when it is due at 11:59pm (aka our favorite turn in times because it is literally last minute). If we understood how to manage our time, tons of our problems would be solved, and we wouldn't wish for a car to hit us walking across the street.

5. Drinking To Not Die

You more than likely will drink in college, if you haven't already in high school. When that warm feeling can make you feel alive for the night, while everything else is slowing killing you, why not have a glass of wine or four? We need to understand the safety and how much our own bodies can physically take from drinking, so we do not end up in a bad situation that makes our moms more disappointed than they already are. I mean, who wouldn't wanna know that perfect amount you can drink to have that warm fuzzy feeling without getting out of control or throwing up?

6. Cooking With No Money

How are we supposed to cook healthy food, if we ain't got no money? Ramen is not gonna cut it for your four-plus years in this hell hole. We need to learn how to cook recipes that are cheap (so we can actually eat something besides the chemicals in those stupid noodles) and easy (so we do not burn our apartment complexes down).

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