"I like deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they fly past."
- Douglas Adams
It's that time of the semester again: Hell Week. Only for me, Hell Week appears to be extended over several weeks. Which is not as relaxing as it sounds.
For the non-Rhodents out there, Hell Week is the one week a semester when everything is due. No one is entirely sure why this happens, but for some reason lecturers seem to ensure that every assignment, test and prac write-up is due in at exactly the same time. My lecturers, however, appear to be slightly more sadistic than that. You see, every semester my work basically includes: two philosophy essays, three law essays and three law tests. This is not a bad workload for a six month period. The catch is that they decide to make the due dates within a few days of one another. Last Friday I had a test. Tomorrow I have another one. I have an assignment due this Friday, a test on the first Friday of next term and another essay due on the following Friday. Basically, I have work due or tests (each of which count about 15% of my semester marks) EVERY FRIGGEN WEEK for the next four weeks. Fan-bloody-tastic.
But seriously, this seems to be far too much of a coincidence. How is it that every single student seems to experience a Hell Week at some point during the semester? Is that just how varsity is? Is it mere coincidence? Poor timing? Or do the heads of different departments get together once a year in the dead of night and discuss how exactly they're going to arrange Hell Week? I can just picture it: black cloaks, furtive glances, whispers of "If we set the economics test for 14 April, then we can make the law assignment due on the 16th...", child-like giggles as they imagine the devastated looks on the students faces...
What cruel, cruel people.
So here's a brief shout-out to everyone currently experiencing/ on the way to experiencing Hell Week. I wish you all the best, and just keep reminding yourself that nothing lasts forever :)
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