Aren't school breaks just wonderful? After drowning in the stress of school and the inevitable stupidity of fellow students, break begins to envelope you in the warm hug of your couch or bed with
Netflix as your companion. Ah yes, the freedom to sleep in until noon with no consequences and no questions asked. The freedom to watch all nine seasons of a show on Netflix without having to being asked if that's even humanely possible. The freedom to eat all of the food in the house just to wake up the next day to see it has been all replaced. During break we get to take a break from the seven hours we spend in school with the addition two to four hours of homework and study that we students go through every night. We get to escape the crushing pressure to not break things when listening to other human beings. It's almost as if all stress is lifted from you.
All until that dreaded Sunday afternoon. Yes, the day that you realize there is but one day of break left... and you have homework. You see, break has this magical power to take away all stress involving school, which includes taking away the fact that you have legitimate assignments to complete. For some reason I have this unmeasurable confidence that I will get all my assignments done AND get ahead of my schedule, and let me tell you... I have never been more wrong in my life. On this dreaded Sunday I can't help but find myself doing homework that I could have done a long time ago. Not to mention, the pressure of the four ton Monday hanging over my head, ready to crush me into oblivion, doesn't help either.
Then comes the day of, the day that you must go from waking up at noon, to waking up at six in the morning. The day that you go from eating an actual lunch, to eating the mass produced food that the school cafeteria provides. On this day you must go from watching your favorite show on Netflix to watching documentaries on the lives of mushrooms (true story). I came to arrive at school today and as soon as I stepped on to school grounds, I knew that I was screwed. Not only does break cause you to forget your assignments, but it also helps you magically forget how to school. Entering class I felt somewhat confident in my abilities to remember the information that I had learned three weeks earlier. That is, until the teachers began to emit sound from their facial structure commonly known as the mouth. Thankfully I was not the only one, as I sat there in utter confusion I slowly turned toward my fellow classmates to simply ask what language the teacher was speaking, only to find that nobody knew. Now, I have come home with homework in tow with no knowledge of what I am doing, how to do it, and why I am doing it.
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