Last Paper Syndrome VS Final Year Syndrome
Bismillahirahmanirahim~
Assalamu'alaikum and hey guys!
The sun is looking mighty fine today ay~
Today's post is more personal for me (I think) but I think some of you might be able to relate to it. Well, I had just gone through with my last paper for this semester's final examination last Thursday and every student (or more like vagabond) who is far far away from home and who hasn't gone back home for quite some time might feel this whenever the last paper is coming around the corner. The 'Last Paper Syndrome'. And I felt it though. Not much. But still, I could feel it.
Last Paper Syndrome or LPS (for short) is a mental distraction for those who are having their last paper but already have the feeling of starting their holiday early and not studying at all. AT ALL. They might start with the packing and stuff (especially us who have to change rooms next semester and us who are flying back home) and the feeling of studying disintegrates almost completely into thin air. Most students will have the experience of having this syndrome and it will friggin' completely ruin your mood in studying for the last paper. Well, there are some who might not be affected by this, but that's what most friends are for, right? Yes. Your friends. Your good-for-nothing friends who will effing affect you with this syndrome. Screw it. (Okay, I'm joking. I love my friends. Hahaha. Please don't kill me and dismember me and bury me in the ground. Huhu)
Well, enough with the LPS (since I'm already done with my papers this semester and out of IPG for the break). Next year is my final year. In which is also known as 'Senior Year'. As you would know (but if not, then this would be a new knowledge for you then), Degree program of any course most of them takes 4 years to complete. Normally, people would just say that they're in their first/second/third/fourth year of Degree. Others would say they're in Freshman Year (for first year), Sophomore Year (for second year), Junior Year (for third year) and finally, Senior Year (for fourth and final year in Degree program).
There would be many things happening next year (2017) for us. First is our final phase of professional practice called Practicum where we need to attend a school as trainee teachers for three months and teach the pupils. We will be observed by chosen supervisors (also known as our lecturers). For this phase, we will not only be observed for our major (as for my case, TESL), we will also be observed for our second minor, in which for my case, Music. Okay, enough with my (student) life.
Actually, the reason that I talked about the thing above is that I want to relate it with this so-called "syndrome" that almost all of the final year students out there. The 'Final Year Syndrome'. The FYS or Final Year Syndrome is a mental complication for those who are in or yet in their final year of any program in tertiary education (as in for my case, Degree program). Actually, honestly writing, I don't know whether other final year students out there really experience this, but for me, I do. Okay. This syndrome makes us (especially me) experience the anxiety of leaving the college or institute soon and the nostalgic feeling (even though we haven't left the place yet) will ruin the mood to do stuffs that are important, i.e. in IPG, for final year, we have the final three-month phase Practicum (read: teaching children in school chosen), Action Research in which included in the Practicum, Internship (a month of applying our intervention that we created during the Practicum), the intervention itself (how to improve some weakness our children face in learning English) and lastly our thesis. All of those things are important and this FYS is really not helping. At all.
We (read: me) supposedly starts to experience it during the final year itself, but for most of us (read: still me) had already experienced it this year. Well, this was maybe due to one of my seniors whom I am very close to are leaving the institute already makes me feel the same as well. I only left one year before getting out of this place. Yeah of course at first I wanted to get out of here so badly, but then, one thing that makes me want to stay: the people and memories in it. The people, especially my best friends, classmates, friends and juniors that I am close to and the memories we made together. Those are the things that make me feel attached to this godforsaken place. This FYS feeling is stupid. *teary eyes* Stupid dust. Sobs.
Oh well, I just wanted to share about the two syndromes that students always face when in the tertiary education level. I don't know whether you experience this or not, but if you can relate it with yourself, then it's good enough for me.
Thanks for reading, peeps!
postscript: Actually I wanted to post this before my final paper that day, but my laziness and procrastination mood came too early. Oh yeah, my emotion back then was also not in a good condition. Silly me. Well, then. Thanks again!
Assalamu'alaikum and hey guys!
The sun is looking mighty fine today ay~
Today's post is more personal for me (I think) but I think some of you might be able to relate to it. Well, I had just gone through with my last paper for this semester's final examination last Thursday and every student (or more like vagabond) who is far far away from home and who hasn't gone back home for quite some time might feel this whenever the last paper is coming around the corner. The 'Last Paper Syndrome'. And I felt it though. Not much. But still, I could feel it.
Last Paper Syndrome or LPS (for short) is a mental distraction for those who are having their last paper but already have the feeling of starting their holiday early and not studying at all. AT ALL. They might start with the packing and stuff (especially us who have to change rooms next semester and us who are flying back home) and the feeling of studying disintegrates almost completely into thin air. Most students will have the experience of having this syndrome and it will friggin' completely ruin your mood in studying for the last paper. Well, there are some who might not be affected by this, but that's what most friends are for, right? Yes. Your friends. Your good-for-nothing friends who will effing affect you with this syndrome. Screw it. (Okay, I'm joking. I love my friends. Hahaha. Please don't kill me and dismember me and bury me in the ground. Huhu)
Well, enough with the LPS (since I'm already done with my papers this semester and out of IPG for the break). Next year is my final year. In which is also known as 'Senior Year'. As you would know (but if not, then this would be a new knowledge for you then), Degree program of any course most of them takes 4 years to complete. Normally, people would just say that they're in their first/second/third/fourth year of Degree. Others would say they're in Freshman Year (for first year), Sophomore Year (for second year), Junior Year (for third year) and finally, Senior Year (for fourth and final year in Degree program).
There would be many things happening next year (2017) for us. First is our final phase of professional practice called Practicum where we need to attend a school as trainee teachers for three months and teach the pupils. We will be observed by chosen supervisors (also known as our lecturers). For this phase, we will not only be observed for our major (as for my case, TESL), we will also be observed for our second minor, in which for my case, Music. Okay, enough with my (student) life.
Actually, the reason that I talked about the thing above is that I want to relate it with this so-called "syndrome" that almost all of the final year students out there. The 'Final Year Syndrome'. The FYS or Final Year Syndrome is a mental complication for those who are in or yet in their final year of any program in tertiary education (as in for my case, Degree program). Actually, honestly writing, I don't know whether other final year students out there really experience this, but for me, I do. Okay. This syndrome makes us (especially me) experience the anxiety of leaving the college or institute soon and the nostalgic feeling (even though we haven't left the place yet) will ruin the mood to do stuffs that are important, i.e. in IPG, for final year, we have the final three-month phase Practicum (read: teaching children in school chosen), Action Research in which included in the Practicum, Internship (a month of applying our intervention that we created during the Practicum), the intervention itself (how to improve some weakness our children face in learning English) and lastly our thesis. All of those things are important and this FYS is really not helping. At all.
We (read: me) supposedly starts to experience it during the final year itself, but for most of us (read: still me) had already experienced it this year. Well, this was maybe due to one of my seniors whom I am very close to are leaving the institute already makes me feel the same as well. I only left one year before getting out of this place. Yeah of course at first I wanted to get out of here so badly, but then, one thing that makes me want to stay: the people and memories in it. The people, especially my best friends, classmates, friends and juniors that I am close to and the memories we made together. Those are the things that make me feel attached to this godforsaken place. This FYS feeling is stupid. *teary eyes* Stupid dust. Sobs.
Oh well, I just wanted to share about the two syndromes that students always face when in the tertiary education level. I don't know whether you experience this or not, but if you can relate it with yourself, then it's good enough for me.
Thanks for reading, peeps!
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