# Exams started today...oh shit. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 10, 2012, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exams-started-today-oh-shit/609058 "2012-01-10T17:07:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![St\_Jimmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@St\_Jimmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St_Jimmy)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exams-started-today-oh-shit/609058/1 "2012-01-10T17:07:00Z")
OH SHIT! Exams. Normally, I wouldn’t be put off by this, but this semester, I have Geometry, which I started out having a good grade in, but then, SOMEhow, got a 73. Today, there was the Theatre II exam. Tomorrow, Biology. Thursday, Geometry. And Friday, Band III. Really, Geometry’s the only one I’m particularly worried about.:eek: ---
**Author:** ![Belowjob2.0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Belowjob2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belowjob2.0)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exams-started-today-oh-shit/609058/2 "2012-01-10T17:14:37Z")
Like OMFG!!! ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exams-started-today-oh-shit/609058/3 "2012-01-10T17:32:10Z")
This is why I love being a grown-up. No exams, no gym class, and if I really hate my job, I can _quit_. Being a grown-up is the _best_; anyone who says “childhood is the best time of your life!” is either crazy, or kidding you. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exams-started-today-oh-shit/609058/4 "2012-01-10T17:34:29Z")
And high school is frequently particularly crappy. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exams-started-today-oh-shit/609058/5 "2012-01-10T17:37:23Z")
I heard it said once and I completely agree with this sentiment; that High School is one of the most enjoyable and memorable experiences of your life but no way in hell you’d ever choose to put yourself through it again. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exams-started-today-oh-shit/609058/6 "2012-01-10T17:46:48Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > This is why I love being a grown-up. No exams, no gym class, and if I really hate my job, I can _quit_. Unless you own the business. Every so often I wanna quit, but I can’t. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exams-started-today-oh-shit/609058/7 "2012-01-10T17:59:58Z")
There’s a reason I called school buses “slave transports” when I was a kid… how does a ten-year-old get such cynicism? ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exams-started-today-oh-shit/609058/8 "2012-01-10T19:12:25Z")
Did you see what Becky was wearing in class today? Who does she think she is? And what’s up with that nerdy guy? Did you see him with the thing? Eeeeeeew!!! Does anyone have any gum? ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exams-started-today-oh-shit/609058/9 "2012-01-10T19:17:05Z")
What instrument do you play? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exams-started-today-oh-shit/609058/10 "2012-01-10T19:22:39Z")
30 years later and I’m still having dreams about classes and exams and being unprepared and all that shit. You have my deepest sympathy. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exams-started-today-oh-shit/609058/11 "2012-01-10T19:26:01Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > Did you see what Becky was wearing in class today? Who does she think she is? > > And what’s up with that nerdy guy? Did you see him with the thing? Eeeeeeew!!! > > Does anyone have any gum? Actually, you could overhear all that in my office pretty much any day . . . ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exams-started-today-oh-shit/609058/12 "2012-01-10T20:37:59Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > This is why I love being a grown-up. No exams,… Lucky. I still have to take industry exams every now and then. In fact I have two I have to take in the next couple of months as soon as my supervisor actually tells me which ones I need to take. Also Geometry was the best. I especially loved doing proofs. Most people hated those but I found them easy so the exams didn’t bug me. Our Geo teacher was on the Gong show back in the 70’s or so and he promised he’d show us the tape if the entire class got B’s or better. That really motivated a lot of people and we actually made it so we got to see him with a giant ass white-boy fro and too tight pants singing and dancing around. It was worth it. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exams-started-today-oh-shit/609058/13 "2012-01-10T23:23:29Z")
I’m in grad school. I have less than 48 hours to finish preparing a 30 minute presentation that I will be giving to the entire program, including faculty, detailing exactly what I’ve been doing for the past year. I’ve barely started. Additionally, I completely switched gears - and labs - just a few months ago, so I have only a few months’ worth of stuff to talk about, and I have to create all new slides from scratch. I’m putting in 12+ hour days every day this week trying to prepare in time. I’ll take your Geometry final if you do my presentation. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2012, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exams-started-today-oh-shit/609058/14 "2012-01-12T14:51:02Z")
You know who would _love_ to hear about this? Livejournal. ---
**Author:** ![nikonikosuru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@nikonikosuru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nikonikosuru)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2012, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exams-started-today-oh-shit/609058/15 "2012-01-12T15:27:17Z")
For some reason, I wasn’t surprised to see that you are taking theater and band. Good luck with exams. If you plan on going to college, they’ll be just as intense. The exams now are good practice for having to do it for another 4+ years in university. And **Smeg** , from one grad student to another, I feel you buddy. Good luck to you as well. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exams-started-today-oh-shit/609058/16 "2012-01-13T18:58:26Z")
Wow! Geometry, Band, and Theatre that’s a heavy course load! Whatever happened to the easy days of calculus, algebra, trigonometry, physics, and chemistry? ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exams-started-today-oh-shit/609058/17 "2012-01-13T19:14:02Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Actually, you could overhear all that in my office pretty much any day . . . Wouldn’t it be “what Becky was weawing” in your office? ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2012, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exams-started-today-oh-shit/609058/18 "2012-01-14T15:14:00Z")
So relieved…I thought from the title that exams had started and he (or she) had realized they forgot to go to them! But really…how hard can an exam for Band be? I took band and choir all the time and don’t remember a single exam in them! ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2012, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exams-started-today-oh-shit/609058/19 "2012-01-14T17:13:37Z")
> [@Sparky812](#): > > Wow! Geometry, Band, and Theatre that’s a heavy course load! > > Whatever happened to the easy days of calculus, algebra, trigonometry, physics, and chemistry? When I was in school, Geometry was the class before Algebra II, Trig, and Calc. It looks like the OP might be a freshman or sophomore, and is on track for the other math classes. I wonder if there are other exams he is not mentioning - usually a language or English class is also required.