Burning out the woes of hated midterms

It’s that time of year again, when all our professors gang up on us and decide they all want either a 10-page paper or a full-blown multiple choice test completed by their innocent little students.

Result? Late nights and a lot of sweating. All due to stress. While midterms are never as bad as finals, it’s still hard to keep up with all the extra demands, especially when we have to decide what we’re going to be for Halloween at the same time. Besides that, we’re all going through mid-semester burnout, when sleeping in sounds almost as good as Christmas.

While at times it may seem we are being lazy, the truth is we’re tired. Although we just had a three day weekend thanks to fall break, it turns out that may not always be enough.

It’s not like we won’t survive. We’re young. We also have plenty of tools readily available for us whenever we need to stay awake just a little longer to cram for that exam that our whole grade depends on. They’re called Mountain Dew and Red Bull. And 1 a.m. runs for Slurpees.

Remember coming to college and finding out that it was all about who kissed who on the ‘A’ and what team the Aggies would be winning in basketball? It was about cushy late nights without parents and doing stupid stuff with our friends. And then midterms hit. We realized college was inevitably about something else as well: cramming and Scantrons. For many people, it was finding out how long the TSC computer lab could possibly stay open. It’s 2 a.m. on weekdays. What a lifesaver.

Even if it seems bad now, within the next week or so the tests will be over and we can look for one more break before finals. That one will be even better because it will include turkey and pumpkin pie and a whole lot of football. Thank something heavenly for grandma’s house.

For now Aggies, good luck. Keep pushing and keep those red, burned out eyes coming. And always remember there’s Red Bull.