The Fourth Week

            By the fourth week of the semester, you have finally gotten your senses back. You know everybody, you know where everything is, and there are generally no more big surprises. However, while you are now used to the flow of things, your life is not any less stressful then it was in the first, second, or third week. Now, you just know what to expect. You still feel like you are being tortured every day. The fourth week brings on an entirely new type of stress. This new type of stress is the stress of knowing that you are going to be stressed for the rest of the semester.

            By the fourth week, you remember why you hated school so much. You have to study, do homework, and write papers. All of this creates stress. Originally, in the first couple weeks, you were stressed because of the workload. Now, you are stressed because you know that you will be under stress for the next couple of months. You hate stress for obvious reasons. Stress makes may make your blood pressure go up. Having a high blood pressure, is not only unhealthy, but may also give you headaches. A headache is the last thing you need while trying to do all of your work. Before you know it, you have been studying for an exam for five days straight. After you finally take the exam, there is a brief period of relief, until you realize that the next exam is a week away. This means stress. Before, in previous weeks, you stressed out about knowing how much you were going to need to study. Now you are stressing out because you know you will be stressed out.

            In conclusion, stress is a vicious cycle. Stress causes stress. No matter what you do, you just cannot seem to get away from the stress. Parents and friends tell you that it will all be worth it in the end, but the stress clouds your judgment, and makes you wonder if it will really all be worth it. You are now stressed out about having to worry about stressing over school for the next couple of days.