By: Nourhan Ghanem
School is in two weeks and all of us are preparing for the great stress that is to come after our long productive vacation where half of you probably went to sahel and showed off your summer bods and the other half spent their vacation watching the stories while eating their chips lying miserable on a couch . The first day is quite controversial, I mean who doesn’t love yelling their name five times to the teacher till they get it right, lovely isn’t it? Well , back to school, some hate it some love it, but without further or due , here are the struggles you face on your first week at school .
1- The Prequel
So thing is before the journey begins there’s always a like before hand forcing your miserable self to doing this all over again for the millionth time in your life. You get up, correction, force your lazy butt to get up after spending 4 months sleeping at 4am and waking after 2pm, to get up at 6am, wash that Freddy crugar face of yours and wear the ugliest most horrendous pieces of clothing that has been haunting you in your dreams throughout the vacation, pack 100 pounds worth of books on your back and get ready to go to hell, ehem , I mean school .
2- Introductions
On your first day of school, chances are you’re gonna see new faces, wether it’s teachers or students you will, and teachers will definitely force an introduction , asking about your name, what you did throughout summer and show interest in what you might wanna be in the future , it’s great right ? Well I think this is more of a me struggle but I hate this part, because I was blessed to have the brain as my most active body part I think this through like my life depends on it , like my anxiety kicks in and is making me think all like , smile , clear your throat ,fix the pitch you’ll say your name with or you’ll have to repeat it six times, and maybe practise till your turn comes to avoid stuttering . It always goes like this .
Teacher : what’s your name ?
Me : Nourhan
Teacher : Nariman ?
Me : Nourhan
Teacher : Nadine , okay .
Me : No, Nourhan !!
Teacher : nasr el din toubar
Me : efff this I give up , fine , ma3ako nasr el din 5alifet salah el din fy masr ya shabab.
3- Work work work work work work
As Rihana Once said, you know what’s gonna help you adjust to having to wake up everyday at the break of dawn and having to come in this facility to learn many irrelevant subjects whose info has no importance to your future ? Yeah , cause like when WONT you have to find the 4th derivative for x ? ( calculus haters unite). Teachers usually stuff you with info like you’re gonna be served for dinner , it’s exhausting . And how are exams gonna start in two weeks, like what inhumane sadistic system is this! The next thing they’re gonna teach us is is how to cook human meat.
4- The Double Fs
To me school is like a failed horror movie that knows it sucks and is trying to up the fear factor by increasing the scares, which makes it more shitty. Teachers can never be like it’s gonna be okay, they will make you feel like the world is gonna end over a stupid test , some don’t even care to show sympathy when you are obviously struggling to get good grades. You’ll be crying cause you failed one test and that teacher will come up to you, put a hand on your shoulder, give you that reassuring look and in the calmest voice say well e7na me7tageen sha8ala fy betna fa if you think about it it can kickstart your career cause obviously school isn’t working out. They will stress you out so much for what is to come and that is what happened to me and all my friends since we started 10th grade ( secondary 1 ), if you ever complain about the curriculum being too much or being overloaded with work teachers are all like ento metdal3een awii, sanawia 3ama mafihash keda, exams kol yom,hato3ody fy ka3a feeha million taleb, no questions, homework ad keda,no time for 5roug, or fun, only ta3asa and crying and studying, and what happens if you don’t do that and only that ? Oh you end up homeless and a failure, *sadistic laugh* . You spend your time effing up for the two years you got before the time ends and your happiness is over to avoid effing up in that one year ( hence the double Fs ). I mean, I’m only Two weeks in but that is bullshit. Not just coming from me but from every single person who has been through this year. It’s just like any year but with a few complications, extra work and something thinking inside the box cause that’s just show how shitty this education system is .
5- Resolutions
New year new me , right ? I think most of us have come through this part , where it’s like I’m gonna get better grades this year , which is a good goal but we never stop there, we’re like I’m gonna get 105% and study everyday non stop, it’s like your going to the da7lympics and your training, but of course by the third week you’re like eff this abo el 3arousa’s new season is out and you end up only studying and getting your shit together in the most stressful, nerve raking 8 hours you will ever go through right before the exam, which now that I think of it is a good idea for a reality tv show. Like think with me, what is more interesting? Watching the Kardashians or watching a bunch of hot messes studying an entire curriculum and losing their shit. It’ll leave you wondering, how will they do ? Will they fail ? And are these teens mentally retarded ? Join us on The Night Before, every Saturday, exclusively on TGN.
Aside from all that, I can’t say school doesn’t have any pros, I mean the friends and ummmm, yeah just the friends. Anyways I hope you followed thenewgeneration2020 on instagram to get updated when a new part of this series called life struggles is up cause you know isn’t life just one big struggle ? Anyways I hope you have a great first week at school and manage to not be a hot mess this year. Good Luck !