Monday, April 20, 2009

The Magic of Finals Week???

I've recently found there's something magical about finals week. Not magical as in go-to-Disneyland-and-feel-like-a-kid-again Magical, more like, Voldemort-makes-Harry-want-to-die Magical. Finals week really transforms people. For me, its a Jekyll and Hyde action.
Here's what the week does:



- If you set out 5 hours at the library, you say you're "cramming"
- You learn to enjoy the music that blasts in the library at 2 a.m. It makes it feel like home.
- You're tempted to just camp out at the library because you know you'll be back in 3 hours.
- It can make a 60% a "Yeah, I passed!!", or a 95% a "Omg i totally bombed the test!" (depending on how long you studied)
-It takes you about 2 weeks to want to open your scriptures again because you've just soaked as much as you possibly can into your brain and you don't feel any spiritual enlightenment.
- You either want to curse the teacher you've loved all semester, or you fall in love with the one you've hated.
- It makes Jamba Juice significantly more crowded and busy.
- People really think there's a boost at Jamba that makes you get an 'A'... wow, haven't heard that one before!
-Everything starts becoming really funny... especially your "creative" ways to remember facts.
- As a BYU student, you start calling the Harold B. Lee Library the "H B Double Hockey sticks."
- Also, consider yourself "going out" with President Lee.
- The only topic of conversation your brain is capable of processing starts with "So, How many finals have you taken?"
- Food becomes optional.
- Testing center employees are no longer fellow students, but arch enemies.
-You expect your laundry to be folded and your bed to be made in the testing center because it feels so much like home.
-Saturdays feel like every other day of the week.
- Getting up at 8 is sleeping in.
-All you can think about is your next test...
-All you can think about is your next test...
-All you can think about is your next test...
-Wait, were you saying something?
-"Are you doing anything fun tonight?" translates as, "Are you going to slack off and then feel guilty for the rest of week and your life because you missed 2 hours of studying so you can take a break to go to ice cream with your friend??"
- People become significantly less friendly. Its them, Harold, and Heber.



Oh Education, I love you in my life.. but please send your friend, Finals Week, away.




3 comments:

K. Lou said...

yeah this will make you feel so much better: Neener neener i am so glad that part of my life is OVER!!!! so, that being said, good luck with finals week and you look beautiful--even when you are stressed out and have library hangover. Love ya!

Veeda said...

thanks for visiting my blog! Your aunt is so nice.

i feel your finals pain. they are horrible beyond horrible.

Tami said...

I remember those days. Good luck with all those tests and I think Jamba Juice should come up with a "get an A" boost. They'd make a fortune.