The Stuff of My Nightmares

[trinityvixen]

While I might fret death by zombie apocalypse by day, I apparently am greatly afeared of school by night.

In my dream last night, I was sitting near the steps at Columbia and freaking out because I'd missed some major cultures class, forgetting entirely that I had any classes on Mondays and Wednesdays. I was also stressed because I couldn't remember if I'd attended my day-time Tuesdays and Thursdays advanced, advanced math class. No amount of going, "Hey, wait, didn't I already graduate? And don't I have work during the day? And why the hell would Hugh Laurie be teaching my math class?" seemed to dissuade me from panic.

I still suffer some residual feelings of being certain that I am missing something and am going to be penalized for it through onto today. Perhaps that's becauses I've not done my homework. Off I go then.

Comments

[edgehopper.livejournal.com]

If Hugh Laurie taught math classes, I'd go more often. Preferably in the American accent, but the British one works too.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

I'd go to listen to him read the phonebook in any accent, though, I, too, would prefer his gravelly American one.

[jendaby.livejournal.com]

If I were to go listen to someone read the phonebook, it would totally be Alan Rickman... but Hugh Laurie has an interesting voice in his own right. Now I want to go watch Sense and Sensibility!

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

I got exam anxiety dreams in January and May the year after I graduated. Thank goodness that has passed.

See, this is what you get for continuing your education.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

It is, clearly, my fault for wanting to learn. That'll teach me.

[jendaby.livejournal.com]

I frequently dream that I am back in high school and show up for a class only to discover that I have somehow missed the class for an entire semester and am going to fail. Then I go and try to track down my guidance counselor and cannot find her. Since my actual guidance counselor was fired when it was discovered that she was a lesbian, and those of us who were her students had to deal with mixed up files when she was suddenly gone, I guess it is just leftover anxiety...but I do wake up feeling like I have missed something.

[chuckro.livejournal.com]

Since my actual guidance counselor was fired when it was discovered that she was a lesbian,

...that actually happens? Holy crap. Where was this, and please tell me she sued?

[edgehopper.livejournal.com]

Depending on the state, she might not have been able to. Sexual orientation isn't a protected class under federal law, so it's a state by state thing.

[jendaby.livejournal.com]

Word was that she was accused of sleeping with a student and turning her into a lesbian. This did not happen on many levels (the woman was highly competent and professional and cared about the welfare of her students. She was in a relationship and had children of her own. The student, of course, was not "turned" gay - she always had been and just decided to come out, etc.)

Anyway, despite it being a very liberal town, the girl's parents were heavy hitters, and the school bowed under the weight. I have no idea if she tried to sue. my guess is that she would have wanted to avoid having her kids hassled at school.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

I wonder if mine is similar--a sense that I didn't do enough, get far enough, as an undergrad?

Yikes about your guidance counselor. It's a goddamned crime that this shit passes. There are so few GOOD ones out there, the school system cannot possibly afford to toss any away for bogus reasons.

[jendaby.livejournal.com]

I think the issue was that one of her students came out, and she was blamed for it. There were five of us whose files were pretty much lost, and we all had to get our GEDs because on paper we had had no senior year (though we all got our diplomas). I was the only one in the LesBiGay club at school (because I am from a very liberal town that just had a few sticks-in-the-mud with power, we did still have a very open-minded environment...but a few angry parents can change anything.)

[kent-allard-jr.livejournal.com]

I've gone from "oh shit, I forgot to attend class all semester" dreams to "oh shit, I forgot to teach all semester" dreams, which is progress I suppose.

I wonder what our ancestors dreamed about before watches and school, when people walked around close to butt-naked so forgetting to put your clothes on wouldn't be such a big deal. Was it just flying, hunting, having sex and visiting dead relatives? Wouldn't be so bad I guess.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

I wonder what our ancestors dreamed about before watches and school, when people walked around close to butt-naked so forgetting to put your clothes on wouldn't be such a big deal. Was it just flying, hunting, having sex and visiting dead relatives?

Whatever anxieties plagued them, probably, so yeah, that.

[wellgull.livejournal.com]

There was probably some "Getting eaten by wild animals" and "Catching horrific diseases" in there too. Or anxiety about starving because of farm chores left undone?

Here's one idea! :)

[viridian.livejournal.com]

I have those dreams all. the. time. Sometimes I'm back in high school, and despite knowing I've graduated, there's this sense of OMG I'VE MISSED CLASSES FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKDASDJASKDAKDKJ!!!!11!1! Then sometimes I'll have the college ones, and I'll still remember I've graduated, but in the dream this is like my second chance to do it right and I'm STILL fucking it up. Granted, I used to have these dreams way more over summer vacation, but I still have them off and on.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

I'll still remember I've graduated, but in the dream this is like my second chance to do it right and I'm STILL fucking it up

That's almost exactly the feeling--I've got the logical (possibly half-awake) me going "There's no way you could be back in this school, you've gone past it with your diploma," while the subconscious me is freaking out, "AHHH!!! I WILL BE A FAAAAILURE! I MISSED EVERYTHING!!!"

The saddest thing is that I've had these dreams about being absent from middle school and not even a year ago. It was like I had to work on getting out to where I went to middle school from the city, and the logical side was like, "Wouldn't you have to go to a middle school in the city if you were ACTUALLY in middle school? Also, you already went to high school AND college, dipshit." Laaaaaame.