58 Thoughts During Midterm Season

Why are midterms in a “season”?

It makes the word “season” so threatening.

It’s not PSL season, it’s tornado season.

Where are all my syllabuses?

Is it syllabi?

Midterms from week 5 to week 14?!

Why didn’t past-me read these during syllabus week?

Because syllabus week is pointless, duh.

Why do I have three midterm exams in one week?

Why do I have three midterm exams in one class?

I miss just having two days of midterms in high school.

No, you don’t miss high school; you’re not that person.

Finals week is so much more ideal.

No, it’s not. I take that back.

I’ve spent ten minutes studying, time to reward myself with two hours of phone time.

I’ve opened and closed Instagram six times in a row, no new pictures.

This is a sign.

Get to work, you can do this!

Why don’t I know any of the info on the study guide?

Oh it’s because I went to this class 40% of the time.

How could I have let future-me down like this?

Can I overdose on caffeine?

Why isn’t Starbucks 24 hours?

I need comfort food.

I’m sorry, brain food. Same thing.

I have to go through this for the next nine weeks ohmygodohmygodohmygod.

I’m sacrificing parties and sleep when I could just get my grade up when finals roll around.

If I bomb this midterm and the second midterm and the third and fourth midterms…could I still pass this course?

Oh, I’d need 167% on the final.

I need to save future-me the headache.

Study now, ace these midterms!

My bed looks so inviting.

Maybe if I study in the library I’ll retain information better.

Being surrounded by books makes me smarter. Right?

I think I read somewhere that students perform on tests better if they study the same information in multiple places.

But walking to a different place will cut into my study time.

Thinking is cutting into my study time.

My study time is cutting into my sleep time.

If I went to sleep right at this second I’d get two hours and forty-three minutes of sleep and have six minutes to get ready and four minutes to cram before class starts.

Why aren’t scantrons and green books included in my tuition?

Where’s that textbook I spent $234.68 on?

How could I have not even read the first chapter?

I can do six chapters in a night.

Or I could wait two weeks for the next midterm exam and do the eleven chapters then.

One bad grade doesn’t measure my worth.

Just my ability to graduate on time.

Hey, C’s get degrees.

My parents would be so disappointed if they heard me say that.

Is it too late to drop out and kick start a million-dollar idea?

Think bigger girl.

Billion-dollar idea.

Well I can’t think of anything for now so I might as well use this time studying.

No, I need to live in the moment.

Studying isn’t making me happy and it isn’t getting me anywhere right now.

This is just a midterm. It’s not a final. It’s not the end.

I have too many of these to cram for all of them.

I still have time to drop the credits if I crash and burn on every single midterm…

I’ll rethink some studying strategies when finals week arrives.