Well it’s finals week! *queue suspension music* I have successfully watched 2 movies, 10 Grey’s Anatomy episodes and re-written my reviews for finals. Don’t worry Mom and Dad, I am actually doing my work. But one thing I learned today in my Bio class was that “the prefrontal cortex section of a teenager’s brain is not fully developed”, and if you don’t know what that means, just know theses two words “decision making.” This, I felt, was extremely relatable to finals week. During the week of finals, students say “I have to study” probably at least 10 times a night. However, how many of us are actually telling the truth? Here are 25 things students are probably doing rather than studying for finals.

1. Watching Netflix
2. Baking and decorating Christmas cookies
3. Playing video games
4. Watching cheesy Christmas Hallmark movies
5. Watching ABC Family’s 25 Days of Christmas
6. Drawing
7. Painting the Mona Lisa
8. Searching for the location of the Ark of the Covenant
9. Wishing they weren’t broke
10. Wishing it was Christmas Break
11. Singing throwback songs from middle school
12. Having Disney Channel show marathons
13. Regretting going to college
14. Thinking about how life could be somewhat acceptable working as a McDonald’s manager for the rest of their lives
15. Trying to decide what to get for their White Elephant gift
16. Contemplating life
17. Showering for the 4th time today
18. Determining the minimum score they need to make in order to keep a good grade in the class
19. Actually re-writing their study review guides
20. Cooking bacon, because America
21. Thinking about possible summer vacations
22. Thinking about how they will be more productive in the Spring semester
23. Posting on their Facebook wall “comment a memory even if we barely know each other.” And acting like they caved when in actuality we all know you wanted to know what memories people would post.
24. Crying
25. Studying