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Any other student hate when their parents bombard them with questions whenever we come home? Sometimes we don\u2019t even receive a \u201chey, how are you doing\u201d before we get interrogated about our lives away from home. The questions are endless. In order to come up with the most frequently asked questions that kids simply do not want to hear, I asked a few of my friends. Here are 10 questions that all parents\u00a0need to stop asking uni \u00a0students.<\/p>\n

1. Are you revising right now?<\/h3>\n

This is the most frequent question I receive from my father. It is also my least favourite. My dad will call me, somehow always right after I get out of class, and ask me: \u201cAre you doing your work?\u201d I reluctantly tell him the truth (\u201cNo\u201d) and there\u2019s usually a hint of attitude with my response, but hey, a girl is tired. Parents, stop asking uni\u00a0students\u00a0this question because the only thing going on in my exhausted mind after I get out of class is food and sleep; not revising\u00a0the hour-long\u00a0lecture I just received from my professor.<\/p>\n

2. Are you in a relationship?<\/h3>\n

Yeah, with my Netflix account and my bed\u2026*coughs* it\u2019s pretty serious. I have a lot of friends who get asked this question by their parents and they hate it too. Life is hard enough as is without having to search for a significant other. We did not come to uni\u00a0to find our \u201cone true love,\u201d we came to be great and further our education. If that lucky person so happens to stumble into our already crazy packed schedules, GREAT! If not, well\u2026sucks to suck.<\/p>\n

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3. You\u2019re eating pizza? AGAIN?!?!?<\/h3>\n

I can\u2019t tell you how many times my mother has called me\u2026sometimes yelling at me about this. My response is always the same, \u201cMom, I\u2019m struggling.\u201d I wanted a fattening greasy pizza to help cope with the trauma I endured while revising for 3 exams, soccer practice, and a paper I neglected to write until the day before. So yes mother, I am eating pizza..AGAIN!<\/p>\n

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4. What are your marks like?<\/h3>\n

This question is literally the worst\u2026and everyone needs to stop asking uni\u00a0students this. I always just tell my parents, aunts, family friends, and anyone else that feel the need to ask that, \u201cJust be happy I\u2019m not failing.\u201d I can tell you one thing, my marks look better than I do. Pulling an all-nighter, three nights in a row, and napping in the library and\/or not brushing my hair in 3 days; I look like death. But at least my marks look decent.<\/p>\n

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5. What kind of job do you want?<\/h3>\n

I want a job that pays me well enough that\u00a0I don\u2019t have to look at a price tag ever again. All this time and effort put into receiving this degree, I want\u00a0a high-paying job, with month-long vacations and great health benefits, and that\u2019s about all I know. To the lucky ones that know what they want to do in life, I truly envy you, because like myself and others, we do not have the slightest idea.<\/p>\n

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6. What are you going to do with your degree?<\/h3>\n

This question comes in second on the questions I hate getting asked. I have two older sisters that have both graduated from uni\u00a0and they are the MAIN ones asking me this question. I just stare at them blankly, \u201clike why are you asking me this?\u201d Hopefully my degree gets me a great job!<\/p>\n

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7. How is uni going?<\/h3>\n

Have you ever watched a little kid try and put a triangular-shaped object into something that is square-shaped? That\u2019s how uni\u00a0is going. Trying different methods to keep my head above water and still somehow feel like I\u2019m drowning. When there aren\u2019t exams and papers to worry about, uni\u00a0can be great, it’s just the academic\u00a0part that blows.<\/p>\n

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8. Sweetie, you don\u2019t think you\u2019re going out a bit much?<\/h3>\n

Um no, I don\u2019t. Going out is my way of celebrating making it through another hell week. Letting loose is good for the soul and it relieves the stress packed on by a school week. Parents PLEASE stop asking uni\u00a0students this question, it doesn\u2019t do anyone any good.<\/p>\n

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9. How did exams go?<\/h3>\n

When my dad would pick me up at the end of a term, this is the first thing he asks when I get in the car. Exams were awful because I got maybe 10 hours of sleep that entire week and my brain feels like utter and complete mush. It\u2019s not even that bad of a question because my friends will ask me this too\u2026I just don\u2019t want to hear it from my parents after not having seen them for a month or so. Exams kicked my rear end dad, and I\u2019m currently suffering from sleep deprivation.<\/p>\n

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10. Why are you always watching Netflix?<\/h3>\n

Because Netflix does not lecture at me, expect me to memorize the lecture, and later on require me to regurgitate the information I was given. So sorry mom and dad that I lock myself away in the solitary confinement of my room. Sorry I sleep for two days when I come home, my brain hurts and I still have nightmares about exams. I\u2019m far too busy at school to binge watch my favorite shows, so home is the safest place to do it. I\u2019m not sick or sad, I\u2019m actually having a great time.<\/p>\n

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To any\u00a0parents with kids in uni, give your son\/daughter a break. We know you care and just want to remain in the loop in regards to our academic and social lives, but just know, there are some questions we would rather not answer. We\u2019re tired, hungry, and just want to lay in bed and not think about our responsibilities.<\/p>\n

Any other questions you think parents need to stop asking uni\u00a0students? Share in the comments!<\/h2>\n

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