Attention Y'all:
It's FINALS week.
You know what that means. Charge up your phone, computer, iPod, iPad, Mac, PC, Tablet, Gameboy, PSP, or absolutely ANYTHING that can provide ANY sort of distraction for ANYONE.
It's crunch time. Now is the time to be completely updated on everyone's lives, or at least what they post through their social media outlets. Read up on those tweets you usually overlook. Stalk someone new on Facebook. Explore every single one of your pictures in every single Instagram filter. When you're done with that, start on over, because the beauty of Finals week is that everyone is doing the exact same thing as you!
Some, okay, most people dread this week. The hours spent in hunched over a table full of books, computers, coffees, and notecards are considered to be awful. Who would enjoy being locked up and cramming information from an entire semester into one caffeine filled study session?
Uh....me.
Wait, what? Did I just admit to liking finals?
A little bit.
The camaraderie shared by the entire TCU population to buckle down, plug in their headphones, and rock out to their favorite classical Pandora station GETS me. I love it. We're united in our desire to further our higher education, to glean new knowledge, and make a 4.0 to secure that cumulative GPA we've always wanted. We're united in our stress, our fatigue, our lack of hygiene, and our community of crammers.
I love it.
Maybe that's because I'm what you consider a walking study break, (refer to my earlier blogs to see the shenanigans I pull in Club Lib) but I love the bonding of the last week of school. Also, everyone starts to be really nostalgic, and Throwback Thursday is on POINT. Don't get me wrong, I definitely am not about this "summer" thing, where we all have to travel back to our respective hometowns and leave each other for 2-3 months, but I love the buildup. Where everyone cherishes every last minute they have together, whether it is spent spread out in a random building's classroom studying, or sprawled out at the Bluu, or especially if it's spent dipping, then finally submerging one's ankles into Frog Fountain.
It's these minutes that I live for, and that only come about during the last week of school.
So, finals, I want to thank you.
First and foremost for being especially kind to me this year by only giving me one cumulative one, but more importantly for bringing together everyone I love at this school under the bond of horrific examinations and horrendous studying. Thank you for making us take a moment to realize the last moments we have together, and thank you for existing, because without you, I wouldn't have this beautiful opportunity to procrastinate my Stats studying to blog this post.
So, over 'n' out, I'm headed back to the Grind.
Wait, is that a new tweet?
Hey Sarah,
ReplyDeleteI was taking a break from the study grind by distracting myself with whatever I could find when I came across this blog... which explains exactly what I'm doing now. I actually kind of like the challenge of finals week too, even the constant battle against every form of social media. Time to get back to studying...or maybe instagram.
Sarah,
ReplyDeleteThis post made me laugh, because it is so true. I find myself getting annoyed when no one has posted anything exciting to Facebook since the last checked it five minutes ago. I'm even browsing sites I rarely, if ever visit, on a normal basis. I like what you said about the camaraderie that finals week brings. Even if we are stuck studying, at least we are doing it together. Everyone seems closer with the knowledge that in less than a week many of us won't see each other for a few months, and even when we come back, not everything will be the same. Great post!
Rachel
Rachel,
ReplyDeleteHilarious post, I was laughing through it. While I prefer forms of bonding that don't include suffering together, I like the idea that we do get to spend time with our friends before everyone heads home. However if you consider different forms of suffering I guess finals really are not that bad.
Thanks!