When it gets toward this time of year students are filled with joy that the holiday season is approaching: no school, no homework, and we actually get to sleep in for once! But it never fails that this feeling of joy is overcome by an overwhelming feeling of stress. In essence, finals week.

This year being my third at Uni, I have increased my skills in many subjects, especially that of knowledge cramming and knowledge purging.

You know that feeling when you go to a restaurant and you are given an overflowing plate and, no matter how long you keep on going at it, it never seems to put a dent in the amount of food in front of you?

It's test time. You sit down, take a drink from your water bottle, and pop in a piece of gum. You get out three sheets of paper, get out your pencil, calculator, and eraser. The tests are passed out, and you begin.