And to the other students out there:
I close my eyes to thee forthwith,
Troubles abounding in thy lines
Thou motley-hided reading list
Thou scourge of sweet, free time;
Devil of nightly and waking dreams
Oh dark demon of labour assigned
Thou puling, ever-wretched being
Vile harbinger of deadlines nigh
Thou art naught but scum beneath
These varied sorts upon my desk
And any moment for the teeth
Of a worthy shredder, at my behest.
Hide thee well, misbegotten thing
Thou compilation of works and woes
Calling for numbers or anything
Wherein a thesis must be wrote;
So turn tail, forgotten creature!
And in thy shadowy heart know
I serve my own end, pleasure
And shall not study— ‘til tomorrow.
© 2012, Elizabeth Cook
I have to take some time off from WordPress thanks to exams, so here’s hoping I can keep an attitude as cheeky as this poem until I’m free. Exam-despair is never attractive! Thank you to everyone who has been reading.
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School was where I learned to watch a clock with diligence
Work was where i learned to clock in with diligence
Not a lot of difference really 😀
Haha I see, it’s sort of comforting that there isn’t a big difference 🙂
It helps you change from one state to the other more smoothly 😀
Well after another 1.5 years of school I’m sure I’ll be glad of that!
The good thing though, the job pays you for your efforts
Yeah no kidding, from getting debt to getting money, it’s got to be a step up 😀
I am afraid not, getting money is just a way to increase your debt 😀
Haha oh no
At least its for fun stuff like motorbikes and cars 😀
clever take… vile harbinger of deadlines, ha
Thank you!
Good Luck. And for what it’s worth, it’s practically impossible to flunk a final if you did well all along. Breathe. This is just a blip on your life line. 🙂
Thank you, I’m glad to say it would be impossible for me to flunk any of my courses, but my marks will count toward grad school applications! Best to be relaxed though 🙂
Reading a lot of John Keats lately, are we?
Haha I have actually never read any Keats! I would much prefer it, though, to the papers, lecture notes, and practice problems that I am reading… Oh well, perhaps over Christmas!
Ah though it was another lifetime I remember the experience well and wish you the best. Stay positive. See you back here when you’ve finished exams.
Paul
I can’t wait until it is just a memory for me too! Thanks, I’ll do my best 🙂
Lily
Finals are a pain in the behind for sure! I remember talking my daughter through her finals so she wouldn’t completely freak out. she was in med. school and they would scare them to death. When she finally was able to get a job, I’ll never forget her calling me to complain about how much of HER money was pulled out for taxes, soc. sec, fica, etc… So you do finally make $, but you just don’t get to actually keep much… LOL 😀
I’m definitely thankful not to be writing med school finals right now! Haha well that’s the way things go, I guess, I’ll enjoy my tax credits while I’m still in school and writing these exams 🙂