Finals Week Is In The Air

As I go to my usual spot on the second floor of Corbett, I turn to see if the two friends that I had seen twice before are in their spot. They are not. Even though it's not the exact same seat as last time, I find a chair that is in the same area of where I normally sit. I notice that there aren't too many people around right now. Maybe it's because it's Friday afternoon. It seems as if there are less people on campus on Fridays. Maybe it's because people try to get classes that don't meet on Fridays or it might be because some people just don't go to class because they want to start their weekends earlier. I would like to be able to not have to go to class on Fridays but if I were to miss too many classes my grade would drop… Maybe people who miss Friday classes don't have class attendance points because if they did, they probably wouldn't miss too many classes. Anyways, there are a few groups of people meeting. Some are eating their lunches, some are working on class work, and others are just interested in their phones - the same three activities I notice going on every week that I have been doing observations. There is a girl sitting to the left of me who is working on her computer. She must be typing a paper because she's just typing, typing, typing away. Maybe it's an end of the year project that she's working on. There's got to be a lot that going on right now being that there is only one more week of classes then it's finals week. I'm actually pretty surprised that the campus seems as empty as it does because you would think that there would be more people who would be spending their time studying and wanting to do so on campus because you can actually focus here. As I think about finals, I start to feel anxious. I have so much studying to do and I feel like I don't have the amount of time that I need to get it all done. Everyone is probably feeling the same way. I look around and everyone who is working on something seem to be pretty concentrated and invested in what they are doing. They are probably feeling the same way as I am. Everyone else however, seem so calm and with not a care in the world. Maybe they feel prepared and calm for the next couple of weeks or maybe they just don't really care and just want the semester to be over with. I'm pretty torn between the two feeling but I am feeling more anxious because of the amount of studying that I need to get done in order to get decent grades. I'm graduating this May so I have to make sure that I pass my classes. I look around and wonder how many of these people will be graduating as well. It's pretty exciting but also nerve-racking because of the amount of pressure it puts on me for my current classes. The girl next to me is still typing like crazy. Now there is a guy and a girl who are siting to the right of me. They aren't working on anything, they aren't even looking at their phones. They are actually having a conversation. They seem to be talking about some of their other friends or people who they have class with. I know that I haven't really mentioned anything about people using electronic devices too much for this weeks observations and that's because it's just as much as it always is- I just didn't want to talk to much about that this time. This week does feel different however, and I think it's just because finals week is approaching and people are starting to focus on studying more.