Students Can't Add, Classmates Laugh

For many students, attempting to add a class causes the level stress to rise much earlier in the semester than the typical high stress time that takes place as the first round of midterms approach. But looking back on attempts, some failed and some successful, to add a class can actually provide some laughs.

"It's funny to see people go crazy," said Sac State student Michael Smith, who witnessed a student scream and yell at his professor when trying to add into an english class.

Not all students resort to yelling, but some go to great lengths when attempting to add. Some sit on the floor, others stand in the back of the room for the duration of the class. And some even resort to sitting in the lone chair that is awkwardly placed at the front of the room and faces the other students.

Others are even faced with the challenge of communication with their professors as was the case with Jessica Casewell, a student at Sac State who was attempting to add a sign language class.

"I've never been so frustrated," said Casewell when describing how her professor in a first semester sign language class would not let her communicate in anyway other than sign language.

There's no end in sight for the problems people face when trying to add a class, but hopefully those that get the most stressed out can take some satisfaction in the fact that their stress is entertaining to some of their classmates.