I’m starting to think college is just a high-stakes game of survival where the real test is not the exams, but figuring out how to manage your mental health in a sea of deadlines and demands. Between the randomness of group projects, the insane cost of textbooks that feel like they were written by a professor's distant relative, and the endless cycle of caffeine and sleep deprivation, it’s wild to...
I can’t believe we spend four years in college just to be handed a piece of paper and a mountain of debt. I feel like the real lessons happen in the dorm lounges at 2 AM while cramming for finals, not in the lecture halls. And don’t even get me started on group projects; somehow, it always ends up with one person doing all the work while the others just skate by. At this point, I’m starting to thi...
Why do we act like choosing a major is like picking a life-long partner? I mean, one day you're gung-ho about being a marine biologist, and the next you're in an existential crisis at 2 AM, realizing you can barely swim. Is anyone else low-key terrified about graduating and having to "adult" when I can't even decide what to have for lunch? It feels like they should hand out diplomas in indecision instead of degrees.
Why do we act like choosing a major is like picking a life-long partner? I mean, one day you're gung-ho about being a marine biologist, and the next you're in an existential crisis at 2 AM, realizing you can barely swim. Is anyone else low-key terrified about graduating and having to "adult" when I can't even decide what to have for lunch? It feels like they should hand out diplomas in indecision instead of degrees.
Sometimes I wonder if we’re all just pretending to be adults. I mean, I finally have my own apartment and a steady job, but I still feel like a kid playing house. Like, who decided paying bills and feeling existential dread were part of the deal? I occasionally catch myself staring at my credit card statement like it’s a magical scroll that holds the secrets to life, but really, it's just a remind...