ABC's of College

     For a Poetry Writing assignment; I was bored and I've been reading a history of Sesame Street. So here's the ABC's of College. Hope y'all enjoy.

     A is for Academic Jargon, which can be difficult to understand. And Assignments, and also All-Nighters, where you attempt to understand that Academic Jargon. “A” is also used in Avoiding Other People, or Acting.

     B is for Broke, which all students are. And also for BuzzFeed, huge time-waster/refuge from pressing work to do.

     C stands for COFFEE!!!!!!!! (Everyone knows that.) Because of the Chaos of Classes. And Cussing. (Which helps in dealing with Classmates.)

     D means Deadlines, AKA “Get something turned in or else.”

     E is for Education. Duh. And Essays. And Escape, which is what a lot of Essays are about. Not to mention Exhaustion or Energy Drinks.

     F means Financial Aid. It also might mean Football at a lot of schools, or Friends.

    G is for Graduation….eventually.

    H is for Homework, for obvious reasons. Hope, too; which can be in very small supply. Homecoming is usually celebrated by many folks.

    I is for the Internet, for equally obvious reasons.

    J is for Jail, which is what school can feel like sometimes. And it could also be Journalism, which isn’t taught much anymore.

   K stands for Knowledge, the main goal behind education; in theory.

   L is for Loans. (These are evil. Avoid them at all costs.) And Laundry. This is just a pain, but kind of necessary to daily life. Libraries are useful, though.

   M is for Money. Pretty much what everything revolves around. And MLA, which is how most Essays ought to be written. Microwaves are pretty useful, too.  

   N is for Netflix, to procrastinate appropriately.

   O is for Oreos. Because of…

   P, which is simple: PANIC. And Pancakes, Prayer, Poetry, Pixar, Pandora and Pizza.  

   Q means Questions; namely “What am I doing here?” and “How is this concept relevant to real life?”

   R is for Roommates, which might lead to our next letter…

   S is for STRESS. So much Stress. And Sickness, Spotify and Superheroes. (Time is measured in Semesters.)

   T means Tears. Because of Tiredness, among a lot of other things. So you watch TV to cope with Deadlines.

   U stands for University.

   V is for Volleyball; the best way to relax for an hour or so from distressing Homework. It can occasionally be a good way to meet people.

   W is for Weekends, where you either avoid studying or catch up on all the stuff you’re behind in.

   X is for eXistential Crisis, which (it’s debatable) might be a requirement for being an English major, or being a college student at all.

   Y is for Yawning. There is a lot of that after being forced to do an All-Nighter. College also takes YEARS.

    Z is for Zonked. It’s hard to find words beginning with “Z”, though Ziplock Bags are highly important, to keep Leftovers in.