
These Students Were So Funny Their Teachers Had To Give Them Extra Credit
By Aimee LutkinOct. 22 2018, Updated 4:44 p.m. ET
Desperate times call for desperate measures, and the most desperate time of the year for college students is finals week. Don't believe us? Just ask these students who summed up the horror of finals week in 140-character tweets that are a combination of caffeine overload and complete panic — or these students who not only have to worry about studying, but doing so while fasting during Ramadan. As one student wrote, "I've already cried 5 times in the past 14 hours and I haven't even had to say goodbye to anyone yet."
Whatever the case, during finals week, if something can go wrong it will. Because waiting until the last minute to write that 10-page research paper is always a good idea, right?
Someone who knows that all too well is Twitter user @ColinChambers44, who shared a hilarious screenshot of what he's been reduced to, just a few hours before his research paper was due and the "M" key mysteriously crapped out on his computer keyboard:
I have a research paper due in 4 hours and the letter M on my keyboard is broken pic.twitter.com/WkUmmiSjak
— Colin C (@ColinChambers44) May 9, 2018

And yes, there is an M in May:
to all of you out there who got your masters degree in criminal investigation and are experienced detectives: congrats on noticing the M in May, microsoft word adds the date automatically
— Colin C (@ColinChambers44) May 10, 2018
looks like the top 45,000 most sensitive people on earth came out of hibernation today to snap at me over the letter M
— Colin C (@ColinChambers44) May 10, 2018
He's working on it, but it's hard to explain the problem:
apple support has their best and brightest assigned to my case pic.twitter.com/wcjNEkI90g
— Colin C (@ColinChambers44) May 10, 2018
Though some people have presented him with some workarounds:
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Use these untill you run out. I can send more.
— #MightyQuails (@TechGuyGuy) May 10, 2018
Workarounds are important, because you will be driven to desperate measures, like begging for extra credit:
it’s that time of the semester!!! (PSA to this homie... next time when ur begging for extra credit don’t send it to the whole class) pic.twitter.com/EOL47fL9nI
— Alex Nelson (@aIexandraleighh) May 7, 2018
And yes, people do email everyone in class with their pleas all the time, so double check that reply button:
Just sent my begging for extra credit to everyone in my class not just my Prof on accident.
— Actually Aaron (@notdrugged) May 2, 2018
Because your teachers are over it:
High school: College is no joke, your instructors are very serious and you have to always be proffesional and respectful.
— Kade Walker (@kade_walker) December 7, 2017
College: pic.twitter.com/884KUUfIzl
No matter how outlandish your excuses:
"how are classes going" "how is your life" pic.twitter.com/7GOXFFI7U6
— Rachel Harriman (@rachel_harry8) February 21, 2017
No matter how high you were:
I EMAILED MY PHILOSOPHY TA WHILE I WAS HIGH ON HYDROCODON I'M DEAD pic.twitter.com/ncJ8XX4zoe
— Abby Jo Hamele (@jabbyo3) November 21, 2016
this was the response I got if anyone was wondering pic.twitter.com/wMJC2CSsID
— Abby Jo Hamele (@jabbyo3) November 21, 2016
Your only chance is luck. Catch them in the right mood with the right meme.
My teacher gave me bonus points for this I'm dead pic.twitter.com/X9IdZP7oas
— oh we’re using our made up names (@selamore_) May 24, 2017
It's not about your mood:
I emailed my professor and meant to say “I am worried I don’t understand some material on our next test” BUT I ACCIDENTALLY SENT THIS HELPME pic.twitter.com/iPrv5KwQD8
— Son of Car (@CBMSt1) November 1, 2017
And some teachers do respect the workaround:
What college actually is like pic.twitter.com/xlRTEfxyR6
— Maddie Gibson (@maddyfgibson) September 20, 2017
Sometimes they'll even give you the cheatsheet:
My teacher asked who had seen infinity war, and when I told him not to spoil it, because I haven’t seen any of the marvel movies, he got up and wrote me a list movies I need to watch before I see IW
— Trin Loves Dylan || 10 || 19 ✨ (@WarioSuxToes) May 7, 2018
10/10 best teacher pic.twitter.com/CVbUgkVtxO
Thanks, teach! But seriously, about that extra credit...