^_^ I came up with an excellent analogy for this semester:

Imagine you're in the ocean. It started off when your about waist deep in the water and the waves are nice and gentle and you're going up and down with them. then you look up and theres a giant wave coming right at you which smashes into you and sends you tumbling head over heels along with it and your trying to stand up but you dont know which way is up. then it dumps you at the shore and you sit there dizzy wondering wtf just happened. then you get up and get back into the water and do it again