Dead Week.

I loathe dead week. Everyone is all stressing about their finals and panicking because they don't have time for anything! If you're one of these people, I don't hate you, I still only hate dead week. I guess I just find it better to not panic about finals too much. If I let myself worry and panic about this school stuff too much I won't do well on any test or assignment or with life until school's over. I have two and a half test for my finals. The half of a test is taken in class and then there's a take-home part. Then I have half of my final poem to turn in on the last day of finals. I have sixty lines to write. Not bad. I'll do that this afternoon while I'm doing my laundry.

I guess another reason I don't panic so much about school is that it really isn't all that important to me. Sure, it's good to get an education and all that especially if there's something you really want to go into. But school really shouldn't get in the way of living. I don't know how I'm going to explain this, so I might not. ...pause...

I'll just put this out there: I don't like school. I don't think I, and some other people, need school to be happy in life. And I think that school adds too much stress to other people's lives that is completely unnecessary. It costs way too much and the cafeteria food is disgusting - but that is beside the point. I'm not saying everyone should quit school and I'm certainly not boycotting school - ha, me boycott something? - I'm just saying that school is not for everyone, and the people who do like school and want to do well still shouldn't panic about things. Organize your time for the week before and of finals - and do this a couple weeks before so you know what's going on. Know what you're going to study and work on each day and at what time of the day. And make sure you take breaks so you don't get overwhelmed and start panicking again. I sometimes don't take my own advice, but either way I do not panic and worry and stress. I guess that might just not be my nature about school.

Anyway, I have to go to class. Good luck with the last few weeks of school - not sure how much longer everyone else has, but it's coming up. Loves.