For many people, a new semester signals a new beginning. During this time, hope is in the air and underneath that is a thin layer of fear. In this “new semester hopeful” phase you, like many other students, have resolved to be different. This time won’t be like the rest … no, it won’t! However, when these new semester resolutions are made, there are a few common lies we tend to tell ourselves.
1. This semester will be different! I can feel it this time.
2. I’ll totally be more social and actually talk to people in my class.
3. I will go to class on time.
However, when it’s time for your 8:30 lecture, you lay in bed wondering why you did this to yourself.
4. I’ll go to more office hours this year and talk to all my professors and TA’s.
Meanwhile, your TA’s and profs are just sitting in their office like…
5. I’ll do all my readings as soon as they’re assigned!
Again – another great study tip that will probably work wonders for your GPA. However, in some programs when you have the entirety of Hobbes’s Leviathan to read before your class on Tuesday plus multiple readings from other classes, reading every single paragraph just isn’t realistic.
6. My fashion game will be on point.
Sure you’ll try for the first few days, but it’s only a matter of time until the sweat pants come out of hiding.
7. University isn’t so bad.
This is what you say when you’ve forgotten that you’re actually here for school. You get so caught up in catching up with friends that you haven’t seen all summer, talking about your summer jobs, romantic escapades, trips, etc. that in the midst of this, you think you can actually handle it. You may wonder why you ever thought university was so bad in the first place, but brace yourselves because winter is coming…and so are midterms.
8. I’m going to be more involved on campus.
You happily sign up for all the extra-curricular activities because for some reason you’ve always thought juggling club would look good on a resume (you know…to show diversity). Then you realize that they’re actually time commitments and you’d rather be in a committed relationship with your bed and Netflix.
9. “Just one more episode.”
Speaking of committed relationships, you’re so committed to your Netflix that you just can’t leave it alone. You tell yourself only one episode and then you’ll get to that reading you were going to do, but deep down you know it’s never just one episode. You know it, I know it, and even your mom – whose Netflix account you’re using – knows it.
10. I can party all night on Tuesday (Tooney Tuesdays) and be fine for my 8:30 am class tomorrow.
Sure you can party all night on Tuesday, but what’ll most likely happen is the following:
A) You’ll sleep through your alarm.
B) You’ll sleep in class.
C) You’ll sleep in class and end up on the Facebook page for people who sleep in class.
D) All of the above.
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