Sessions are stressful. But without humor, students would go crazy. Jokes about exams, memes about professors, anecdotes about cheat sheets — this is a defensive reaction. Laughter reduces cortisol levels, helps cope with failure. We tell you about the folklore of students during sessions.

Jokes and memes about studying

"Student: 'Have you ever taken an exam with your eyes closed?' Professor: 'No.' Student: 'I'm going to sleep now — I'll be the first one.'" "The best way to prepare for an exam is a phone with internet and a group of classmates." "An exam is a dialogue between two intelligent people: one intelligent, the other a student." Memes: "When there are 3 questions on the test, you've studied 2, and pulled out the third" — photo of a person with glazed eyes. "Preparing for an exam all night" — a horse plowing a graveyard.

"Professor: 'Have you even opened the textbook?' Student: 'I've sniffed it'".

Jokes about cheat sheets

"A cheat sheet is a piece of paper that increases a student's pulse to 140." "A student goes to an exam with 50 cheat sheets. Takes it, doesn't use any. Says: 'The main thing is that there is one'." "The perfect cheat sheet is the one you made yourself and remembered the material by rewriting it." "Professor: 'I see everything!' Student: 'I don't see anything without glasses!'"

"You can hide a cheat sheet in a sleeve, a sock, a phone. But the best place is in your head."

Professional omens

"You need to sleep on the textbook before an exam — knowledge will flow into your head." "You can't cut your hair, wash your head, change your socks — you'll scare luck away." "A coin under the heel brings good luck." "Don't stick your head out the window, or you'll invite nerds." "Show your grade only on the exam, not earlier — otherwise the devil will take it." Students believe that if it rains on an exam, you're guaranteed to pass. And if it snows, then you'll have to retake it.

Whether to believe or not is a question. But the tradition lives on.

How humor helps survive

It reduces anxiety. Laughed at the problem — it doesn't seem so scary. It creates a sense of unity: "we're all in the same boat." It's easier to ask for help after a shared joke. It helps to accept failure: "failed an exam — but now I have material for a joke." It produces dopamine — the hormone of happiness that improves memory.

Tip: read memes about sessions before the exam. Smile and relax.

A session is not the end of the world. Students know this. That's why they laugh. Through fear, tears, and lack of sleep. Humor is their armor. If you're a student, don't lose your sense of humor. If you're a professor, don't take jokes to heart. Laugh together. And the exam will seem easier.

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