Rant: Dear midterms,

Emma Suschkov
The Silhouette

Remember in high school when there were tests and assignments due all the time?  female viagra cream Each was worth about 5% so they really piled ‘em on. And yet somehow, everyone made it through reasonably well.

Skip forward to university. Tons of people (myself included) have a day off and there are only a couple of assignments in each course per semester (generally). So it should be manageable, right?

It all feels so manageable until that one week comes when I have four midterms, two essays, and a lab due. The week draws closer and closer and it seems as though the muscles in my shoulders will never relax again. How much does a massage cost? (Don’t be ridiculous, I don’t have time for a massage right now.)

I always tell myself to start studying and working early but no matter what, there is always last-minute cramming. I subconsciously attempt to solve calculus equations while writing an essay on autopilot. Then I read over what I wrote and it’s absolute gibberish and on top of that I still have no idea what calculus is. How can I possibly be expected to know all of this information? All of the subjects are just running together.

I keep getting advice – make sure you get enough sleep, take breaks every so many minutes, blah, blah, blah – but I can’t make time for something so unnecessary as sleep when there’s a month-and-a-half’s worth of five courses’ subject matter to learn.

So, midterms, the point is this: can you try the steady trickle method instead of always coming in a sudden flood? I’m drowning, here. Help us out a little!

Pleading again for academic mercy,

Stressed Stacey