Class at 8am should be illegal

School sucks. There I said it. I don’t know how 18- and 20-year-olds do it. They go out drinking, stay up late, and still somehow make it to our 8am class. I go to bed by midnight, can’t drag my ass out of bed, end up being late to class, and a total bitch because I haven’t had my morning OJ yet.

There are so many things wrong with an 8am class. Let me count the ways.

  • I’m not a morning person. I have never been a morning person. I will never be a morning person. If one more person tells me “you should just go to bed earlier” I am pretty sure I will strangle them with my scarf. I’m just sayin’.
  • On Mondays and Wednesdays (class days) I set my alarm 2 full hours earlier than Tuesdays and Thursdays. Every Sunday and Tuesday night I literally curse out my alarm clock as I’m setting the alarm for the next day.
  • I have to battle the teens to get a shower with luke warm water (as opposed to my very hot, turn my skin pink shower I normally enjoy).
  • Do you know how hard it is to find matching socks in the sock basket when you’re eyes are still puffy and glued shut with eye boogers?
  • It’s a graphic design class and we often have to spend an hour drawing thumbnails. Who can draw thumbnails at 8am? I should be sleeping at 8am. This week we are drawing motion. This week’s assignment is to draw a toothbrush from rest to flight. Seriously?!? A toothbrush? I spent the whole class period staring at my blank piece of paper imagining a toothbrush with a big red cape and a “T” on his chest.
  • My instructor is a very nice guy, but every. single. sentence ends with “and stuff.” Balance can be either symmetrical or asymmetrical…and stuff. The elements of emphasis include size, shape, placement, repetition, direction, and color…and stuff. For the love of God, just say “um” like everybody else.
  • And the worst thing of all? The thing that should be an outright crime? We have a midterm on March 18th. The day after St. Patrick’s Day. At 8am. Really?!? Who does that?

I can’t wait for May.

Share and Enjoy:
  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Google Bookmarks
  • E-mail this story to a friend!
  • Kirtsy
  • Print this article!
  • StumbleUpon
  • TwitThis
  • Yahoo! Buzz
  • FriendFeed
  • Technorati

Related posts:

  1. My 8am class is trying to kill me Is it just
  2. Skipping school the hard way Today was
  3. Procrastinating is bad for your health Have I men
  4. Schools out for summer…or not It’s

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

February 24, 2009 · Filed under Dude, you're gettin' an 'A'

3 Comments »

  1. Christine's Mom Said,

    February 25, 2009 @ 11:46 am

    Wimp :-)

    You should try 7 am classes … in the summer … and then the instructor shows up late (or not at all one of the days!). Now that is real torture!! And, that particular instructor loved to work the first part of the problem, wave his hands and say “The rest is obvious”. In an Electrical Engineering course. It was really, really hard being the only woman in the class and being the only one brave enough to raise her hand and say “Excuse me… but it is not obvious to me” :-)

    And, I think that in most universities, the 18-20 years olds avoid the 8am classes like a plague. They all scurry to get the afternoon classes. Or, they just skip class alot :-)

  2. Dana Said,

    February 26, 2009 @ 3:45 pm

    I feel your pain…I’m not a morning person either. Well, at least I didn’t used to be. Having kids totally changed that. I agree. Classes shouldn’t start until at least 10 a.m.

    ;)

    Danas last blog post..Refresh My Memory

  3. Lori Said,

    February 26, 2009 @ 8:58 pm

    Completely off subject…sort of…goes toward the “and stuff” verbage …but ever notice how Dr. Hayes says “in terms of things” over and over?!

    Loris last blog post..May I See Your IUD Please?

Leave a Comment