Bells

So here's next most annoying thing about my school other than the fucking Dewey Decimal system. They use bells to mark the end and the beginning of each period, just like middle and high school. I thought that the fact that we are now going to a fine institute of higher learning means that we have risen above mediocrity that is pervasive in American public schools and we don't have to put up with that shit anymore. I certainly got that sense in college where from the get-go, they made me feel empowered intellectually and that inspired me greatly. Now Illinois is no MIT,but it is one of the better schools in the country. These students shouldn't be herded around like cattle at the sound of loud and annoying bells. It feels like I'm in some post-apocalyptic regime straight out of the movie, Metropolis. They also have terrible associations for people like me who hated high school. So we have bells on the 1/2 hour. Classes end 10 minutes before the hour or the half hour. I have an hour and a half class and I have to suffer through six fucking bells throughout the course of the class!