Okay, so, you survive ten years of elementary school (or babysitting… whatever you prefer to call it). And another 4 years of high school (slightly more glorified babysitting) and now you’re ready to embark on your toughest educational journey yet: achieving a post-secondary degree. Get ready for those first-year experiences!
While this may seem like your most daunting task ever (you’ve spent a decade preparing for this), your first year of university can also make you feel like a four-year-old going back to kindergarten. Yes, you read that right. It’s kind of scary how much first-year students can relate their experiences to those of a kindergartener.
So, here are the top 10 ways in which your first-year experiences at university or college might remind you of being back in, well, kindergarten.
1. You cry in the early days of school because your parents have abandoned you
…and you now need to navigate this unknown universe without guidance.
2. You have an accident on your clothes.
In kindergarten, this may be because you couldn’t get to the bathroom in time. However, in first-year, something like alcohol may be to blame.
3. You feel the need to nap.
Even if you’ve only been to a few hours of class today.
4. Your best friends are some of the people you meet on the first day of class.
5. Making your own food seems like an impossible task.
Is it still socially acceptable for your mom to pack fruit roll-ups and juice boxes for lectures?
6. Your attention span is exactly the same.
I mean, you’ve only been in class for five minutes and you’re already distracted.
7. You choose your books from the library
…based on which one has the most pictures.
8. Despite working numerous jobs, you still have just as much money as a four-year-old.
Seriously though, can allowance still be a thing when you’re 18?
9. Your school is gigantic.
And you are confused as to how all of the older kids know exactly where to go.
10. You start bawling your eyes out when you’re too tired, hungry, or your classmate (or now roommate) starts using your things without asking first!
