Carrier Cave People

If I had to compare college finals to something, it would probably be something along the lines of ‘Finals are like wearing a meat dress and being chased by a hungry lion.’ I don’t know why I chose that comparison. That’s just how it is. Three things happen to the students during finals week....

1) Students turn into cave people and become territorial over library spaces.

I think I’ve been spending more time in the library than I have in my dorm room this week. A typical finals day for me goes like this; wake up, go to Carrier, turn into a cave person while studying, eat, go back to dorm, sleep, repeat. Carrier library kinda looks like a cave, so it’s no surprise that students who enter Carrier turn into cave people like me. What is a Carrier cave person you ask? Well, let me explain

Normal student

Carrier cave student

The students begin to act like cave people too. They get all territorial over ‘their spot’ in the library. They either constantly leave their stuff around so no one will sit there, or they growl at you as you walk by to assert their dominance.

(Exaggeration)

2) Normal activities and thoughts are overtaken by what you’re studying.

Enough said.

3) You begin to lose all of your social communication skills.

Let's just say I'm ready for this week to be over.