Tuesday, February 3, 2009

You know when the strike has been too long when...

*Subject to change/update*

- You are excited about going back to class
- You forgot where your classes are held
- You have to keep looking at your class schedule to see when your next class is
- You forgot how to grab a pen
- Your handwriting is totally illegible
- You forgot your teachers' name
- You forgot your courses' names
- You forgot your lab partner's name
- You had to dust off your books
- You forgot where you put your binders
- You read your past papers and say WTF?!
- You have forgotten everything you have learned last semester
- You were stressed days before school begins to complete your assignments that were due three months ago
- You remember how much you hated slow walkers on campus
- You have spent more time at the library than you do on bed
- You have 4 alarm clocks waking you up in the morning because you were afraid you were going to sleep in
- You feel extremely tired in the morning because it's the earliest you have woken up since strike
- You go to your French/German/Italian/Spanish/Chinese/Japanese/other languages class and you have absolutely no idea what the teacher is talking about
- You go to your stats class and you feel like you have never seen so many numbers in your life
- Your TA is afraid to go to class because students are gonna yell and flood them with questions
- You go to your communications class and you realize that you haven't missed much since the strike
- You go to your Arts class and you realize that you need to start drawing/painting like a madman
- You go to your Music class and you realize that you need to start practicing songs until your fingers bleed
- You go to your English class and you realize that you need to stop having social life and start to read from the mountaneous pile of books
- Your bagpack is heavier than you thought
- You have totally forgotten that the annoying person in the class existed
- You hoped your teacher would give you full makrs for last semester and start off fresh
- You have signed about 5 petitions to get your money back
- You have joined about 10 anti-strike facebook groups
- You counted the days we have been on strike. +1 if you lost track of the days after a while
- You have accomplished absolutely nothing during the strike
- You have watched more movies in three months than you have watched in your whole life
- Your status on facebook has something to do with a) strike ending b) school starting
- You havent seen so many people for the last 3 months
- You feel weird sitting in a classroom
- You blame it on York Administration, CUPE, NDP
- You are already overwhelmed by the amount of work you have to do
- You grew a strike beard/ moustache
- Reading has never made you so dizzy
- You played video games so much you beat the games. multiple times.
- You went from full time student to full time sleeper
- You learned a new hobby during the strike
- You did surprisingly stupid things you wouldnt have done if you werent on strike
- You have reorganized your DVD/CD alphabetically, by colours, and by genre and your itunes collection
- You have used the following phrase at least 10 times "the strike made me do this"
- It took you a while to figure out why other people were always busy...ohh yeahh they are not on strike
- At least 15 people have asked you about the strike
- You have actually considered applying to another university, if you havent dropped out yet
- You have reconsidered your choice about choosing going to York
- You have written an angry letter to York President regarding your "stolen" education
- You have gone to Cuba
- You agree with, if not all, most of the things said here
- You have read until this point
- You are actually the one writing this list

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