The Fifth Week

         By the fifth week of school, you have been through all kinds of stressors, have had the distinct pleasure of pulling an all night study session, for that physiology exam, and have even exhausted the school’s caffeine supply. The weeks leading up to the fifth week were some of the most horrendous weeks of your life. Indeed, you are left dreading the beginning of the next semester, and this semester is not even half way over yet. However, by the fifth week, a new feeling comes over you. This new feeling is that of acceptance. You now accept that this semester is going to be terrible; however, you have realized that the semester cannot get any worse; this in turn gives you the feeling of acceptance. You are at peace with the atrocities that await you in the coming weeks. In the fifth week, you have a feeling of acceptance because you now know that school is not going to be getting any easier and there is nothing you can do to change this.

            By the fifth week of school, you have been through all sorts of bad things, including sleepless nights and study cramming sessions. You now realize again why you hate school so much. However, you know that it will not get any easier. By this point in the semester, you even have professors laughing at you for being so stressed. They tell you that the next semester will be even worse. While you have reached your limits, you have also realized that there is nothing that you can do but pray. You must do your best to come out of your stressful experience with an impressive degree.

            In conclusion, while the fifth week is just as stressful as the other weeks, you now realize that is nothing you can do about it. You must simply do your best and not let the stress conquer you. Although the rest of the semester is hard, you will get through it. This is only a small period of your life. Before you know it, college will be over, and you are set loose in the real world. Until then, you may as well get used to your stressful lifestyle, since it is not going to change until you graduate. Hopefully, it will all be worth it in the end.