Finals!!!!

     Finals have to be the best and worst part of the quarter or semester for every student aroudn the world.  They can be some of the most stressful and fun times of our lives if you really think about it.

     Finals have that bittersweet quality of having exactly what you want while also being the thing that you most dread in the last few weeks of a class.  The final projects of every class have probably been put off until the last second... or in some cases they have been completely forgotten since they haven't been mentioned since the first day of class.  Either way the scramble to get everything done at the end of the quarter has it's own sensations.  

     The first sensation is the panic. this feeling is generally feared by most students since it has it's own qualities of fear itself and hopelessness which we will discuss further later.  The panic stage is the catalyst for every failure and epic comeback.  Once you feel this sensation you either go into full of study mode and succeed or you just crash and burn in a fantastic death spiral of failure.

     The next sensation is hopelessness.  this usually sets in during the late and early hours of the night when you realize that this work is never going to get done and you begin to question everything.  Am i going to fail? Will i even graduate? Is this even worth doing?  If i jump out the window now will it get me out of class tomorrow? Why was i even born? and the classic Is clown college still accepting transfers???

     Finally, if you can power through the above feelings you get to the cathartic release of getting them over with!!! this is the best feeling since now we have a two week break to do absolutely nothing besides order books for our next quarter and wait for them to arrive.  Currently I've already been through the hopelessness stage and am in the giddy type of panic in which i know will get everything done in time with the knowledge that it's just gonna suck :  )