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18 March 2009

I still get this nightmare sometimes

post by: octothorpe at: 21:37 | 15 comments

Yes. Me too. Usually I find myself in a classroom for the final exam and I haven't been to that class all semester. Sometimes, for added angst, I show up at school naked.

posted by Kangaroo 18 March | 21:41

holy shit xkcd is IN MY BRAIN GAAAAH GET OUT!!!!!!

posted by lonefrontranger 18 March | 21:54

I usually show up late for the final exam, or I get lost on the way there. Honestly it's been awhile since I had that dream, which means I'll probably have it tonight.

posted by desjardins 18 March | 22:14

That is one of the most common dreams, lfr. I haven't had it in years. But I used to.

posted by Doohickie 18 March | 22:34

Now I'm going to end up having this dream tonight. Let's check in tomorrow and see how many of us have this as a sort of allergic reaction, yeah?

posted by brina 19 March | 00:35

I have it too - like Kangaroo's, I turn up for the exam and haven't been to class, and I try to explain that I already *have* A-level maths, but no-one will listen, and I fail.

Argh.

posted by altolinguistic 19 March | 04:06

Oh, yeah. It's been awhile, but I've had it many many times in my life.

posted by BoringPostcards 19 March | 04:51

this thread oddly comforts me - I had no idea it was this common. I thought I was just having dropout anxiety all by my lonesome.

posted by Lipstick Thespian 19 March | 07:35

I hadn't for years, but last week I had one of these. Ugh.

posted by Specklet 19 March | 10:43

That anxiety is pretty much why I decided after getting my masters that I'm done with formal schooling for good. You always have more studying that you could be doing or more work on a paper or project, I like having a job that I can walk away from at 5:30 and not think about until 9 the next morning.

posted by octothorpe 19 March | 10:50

Oh god no. Mine is very similar only I forgot to wear pants and my shirt is just long enough to cover my ass so I have to move oh-so-carefully to keep it covered. And I have to go to my locker first but I can't remember where it is. Then I find it but I don't know the combination. I finally make it to class and it's test day and I'm totally ignorant on whatever the subject is.

It's been 24 years since I've been in a class room and I have this dream a couple times a year. It's not fair.

posted by deborah 19 March | 12:33

This is my only reoccurring nightmare.

posted by LoriFLA 19 March | 12:42

Man, when I'm asleep, I all kinds of cannot remember my locker combination or what class I'm supposed to be at.

posted by cortex 19 March | 17:32

Yep, I have this kind of dream at least every month or so. For me, the classes in question are always undergrad. Been having this dream ever since I graduated, which was a little over ten years ago.

posted by treepour 20 March | 01:13

Same here. Either forgetting that I registered for a class or not being able to remember where my high school locker is.

posted by Ardiril 20 March | 01:54

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