Principal's Office

To dream of a principal's office represents an issue in your life that is encouraging social justice. Either your desire to get back at someone who making you care about a problem or an issue that is forcing you into having to deal with it.

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Professors

To dream of a professor represents feelings about yourself or someone else being exceptionally intelligent and helpful. Feelings about being stupid or that you are wasting your life if you don't listen to someone. Feelings about knowing more about a subject than anyone else.

Negatively, a professor in a dream may reflect an arrogant wish to avoid listening to someone in your life that is smarter than you at something. Avoiding letting someone with more experience than you teach you something because you don't want to fell stupid. Negative thoughts about someone who you believe thinks they know everything. Choosing to ignore boring responsible advice for something more fun. Being told you are stupid of yo don't listen to someone's advice.

Alternatively, a professor in a dream may reflect your own tendency to lecture other people too much with intelligent advice. Obsession with knowledge or expertise you can share. Sharing your advanced knowledge with others.

Example: A man dreamed of seeing a professor call him stupid. In waking life the man's son was trying to teach him something about a subject for which he was an expert. This annoyed the man because he didn't like feeling stupid listening to anyone younger than him.

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Projects

To dream of a project represents a goal, purpose, or accomplishment that you are very focused on and want to see succeed. You may be working on something that takes a long time to finish and is important that it ends up perfect.

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Prom

To dream of a prom represents feeling good being finished developing yourself in some way. Showing off or celebrating your accomplishments. Enjoying something you've pushed yourself hard to earn. Feeling impressed with yourself. A beautiful ending to a challenging time.

Alternatively, a prom may reflect acknowledgment of a milestone that has been reached. High expectations or enthusiasm for the future.

To dream of not enjoying your prom may reflect a person or situation that is 'raining on your parade" or "stealing your thunder." Feeling unable to enjoy your accomplishments.

Quiz

To dream of a quiz represents feelings about a situation or phase in your life where you are being tested or challenged to prove your knowledge or capabilities about being up to date. Feeling surprised with a test or challenge to prove you have stayed up to date. A need to demonstrate what you have learned or to validate your preparedness about being up to date. Your thoughts about the importance of performance, the anxiety of being evaluated, or the pressure of having to meet certain standards or expectations. Anxieties about everyday tasks or decisions, the need for continuous self-assessment, or concerns about staying updated and prepared in various aspects of life. Feelings about failing a test or challenge on being up to date that isn't a big deal.

Positively, dreaming about a quiz may represent an opportunity for self-assessment or personal growth. Confidence and preparedness to face challenges or obstacles. It may reflect a chance to show off your skills or knowledge, or the satisfaction of being recognized for your competence that's up to date. Your readiness to move on to the next level or phase in your life, having confidently acquired the necessary wisdom or experience.

Negatively, dreaming about a quiz may represent feelings of inadequacy, anxiety, self-doubt, unpreparedness, or a fear of judgment about not being up to date. Situations in your waking life where you feel unprepared, uncertain, or unqualified. Doubts about your abilities or fear of failure. Perhaps you feel that you're being unfairly scrutinized or that you're facing a challenge for which you're not yet ready. The dream could also point to a fear of being exposed for not having the answers or not being as competent as others expect you to be.

Successfully completing a quiz in a dream might indicate a sense of achievement and validation.

Failing a quiz in a dream might signify a fear of inadequacy or a fear of being exposed as unskilled or uninformed in a particular area.

Example: A teenage girl dreamed of meeting her mother at a hospital to check on her grandfather. While at the hospital she had to fill out a quick quiz provided by a doctor. In waking life, she was being adopted by her stepmother and didn't want to hurt her biological mother's feelings while meeting with her to inform her about the decision. She was nervous about the upcoming meeting because she feared that her biological mother would never want to talk to her again. In this case, the quiz may have reflected her feelings about being overly concerned with needing to challenge herself with not hurting her mother's feelings as though it was something she was always prepared for.

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Reading

To dream of reading a book represents ideas, insights, or answers to problems you are considering. Telling yourself what to do to follow an expert advice. Considering all options. An open-minded attitude to new ideas. Reading may also reflect your own experience that you are falling back on to deal with a new situation or problem.

Negatively, reading may be a sign that you have badly preconceived ideas about how to act under certain conditions due to past experiences. Telling yourself to think or act in certain ways to new problems based on old or outdated methods. Controlling yourself or using bad habits for no other reason except because it works. Blindly following bad ideas.

Example: A woman had a recurring dream of reading a red book. In waking life she her marriage was in jeopardy due to her cheating on her husband. In waking life whenever the topic of her marriage would come up she would always repeat to herself that she was bad and that everything was her fault.

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Recess

To dream of recess represents a temporary relief or distraction from a issue that worries you, or requires a lot of your attention.

Report Card

To dream of a report card represents feelings about how well you have performed in a waking life situation. It may also reflect insight or input from others about an achievement you've realized.

Positively, a report card may reflect confidence that nobody can laugh at your performance. Positive feedback from authority figures that makes you look good to others. Feeling that your performance was judged exceptional above others.

Negatively, dreaming about a report card may reflect anxiety about looking stupid or not having performed as well as you were expected to. Feedback from authority figures that embarrasses you. Feeling that you've been judged on your performance as being less exceptional than other people. Thinking that "passing" someone else's expectations is good enough. Naively believing that more won't be expected of you. Naively believing that your exceptional performance is actually relevant when it may not be. Consider the saying "resting on your laurels." Believing that you don't have anything you can improve about yourself.

Consider the letters or number percentages for further symbolism.

Alternatively, a report card may reflect anxiety your performance at school or how good your grades are. Negatively, it could be a sign that you are too excepting of poor grades or believing that passing is good enough.

Example: A student dreamed of getting a 60% passing grade for a class they were having trouble with. A few days later they actually got a 60% passing grade. The dream may have been intuitive, while also signaling the dreamer's heightened degree of acceptance for their unexceptional performance.

Example 2: A young man dreamed of getting a very good report card that showed that he had very few areas that he needed to improve upon. In waking life he had passed a very hard test that he believed was the hardest test you can pass. He was slowly becoming annoyed by his teachers continuing to force discipline on him that would take years to perfect himself with.

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Ruler

To dream of a ruler represents a careful analysis of a situation or other people. You may be examining, observing, or comparing something. A ruler could also represent measuring how powerful, valuable, or important something is.

You may also be considering a number of factors before making a decision, or double-checking something.

If you attack something in a dream with a ruler it may reflect your objectivity or criticism of a problem. You may be confronting a situation by examining all possibilities or weaknesses.

Scholarship

To dream of a scholarship represents advantages you have during times of stress or anxiety. Special benefits or support you've gained through a close relationship. A scholarship may be a sign that you have more resources or opportunities than others.

To dream of wanting or working towards a scholarship represents a desire to feel special or be supported in difficult times.

Science

To dream of science represents situations in your life that are experimental about problem-solving. Trying out new ideas, new habits, or new methods of dealing with problems. Experimenting with whether or not something will work. A learning process involving trial and error. You are learning from new experiences or methods. The dreamer's curiosity. The experimental nature of problem-solving in the dreamer's life. Situations where you are applying rationality, logic, and critical thinking to problems or decisions.

Positively, dreaming about being in a science class may represent an open-minded approach to life's challenges, a willingness to learn from mistakes, and the enjoyment of discovering new knowledge or insights.

Negatively, dreaming about science may represent behavior that is overdoing to being risky about experimental ideas. Situations with uncertainties about how to navigate complicated issues or decisions.

To dream of a science class may represent serious thoughts, concerns, or anxieties about trying new things. A fear of failure or making mistakes while experimenting with new ideas or approaches. Feelings of frustration with the trial and error process, fear of trying something new, or doubts about one's ability to find solutions.

Example: A young man dreamed of seeing science equipment in a giant lab and then noticed a scary invisible monster running around the lab. In waking life, he was experimenting with different ideas to commit suicide while being afraid of death.

Example 2: A man dreamed of being in a science class at school. In waking life, he was having anxiety about living separately from his wife who "just wanted to see what would happen" if they separated. In this case, the science class may have reflected his feelings of serious concern about his relationship confronting an "experimental moment" with his wife trying to see if she would be happier without him.

Example 3: A teenage girl dreamed of being in science class at school. In waking life, she wanted to date a boy she had a crush on but didn't want to ruin the existing relationship. In this case, the science class may have reflected serious thinking and anxieties about how to test out ways of getting closer to her crush without ruining the existing relationship.

Scissors

To dream of scissors represents decisiveness, emotional separation from issues, or getting rid of something. You may be making a choice, or cutting something out of your life. It may also reflect some area of your life being severed.

Negatively, scissors in a dream could reflect a fear of being cut off or quickly "severed" from an area of your life. Fearing being fired too easily or broken up with by your partner without any discussion. A decisive action that is not in your best interest. Alternatively, from a negative perspective a pair of scissors in a dream may reflect your own insensitive actions to severe ties or relationships you don't want anymore. A lack of consideration about other people's feelings when you quickly take things away from them.

Example: A woman dreamed of being chased with scissors. In waking life she was having anxiety about being accused of stealing from work and getting fired for it even though she knew he was innocent. She feared the quick decisive action of her employer to fire her without question.

Example 2: A woman dreamed of scissors. In waking she was concerned about a breakup with her boyfriend. The scissors in this case may have reflected her feelings about the choice to break up or "cut ties" with her boyfriend.

Sports

To dream of sports represents issues that you are struggling with. The opposing teams represents mental or emotional conflict between positive and negative aspects of your personality. The ball represents the a specific issue.

To dream of playing sports at school represents anxieties or personal issues that you are struggling with. You have concerns or interests that are presenting challenges to you in your life. You may have anxiety or concerns about being the best that you can.

The different kinds of sports all symbolize different perspectives of a struggle mentally or emotionally.

See the themes section for sports for a more in depth look at sports symbolism.

Student Loans

To dream of a student loan represent feelings about a need to responsibly take action with your problems and not just worry about them. Feeling the need to address be problems responsibly on your own time. Awareness of yourself needing to deal with your own problems and not expect others to fix them for you.

Negatively, it may reflect too much time spent being concerned about a problem without taking serious steps to address the problem. Worrying about a problem without taking any action.

Example: A young woman dreamed of being in court over a student loan. In waking life she felt that she was being judged after getting advice about needing to get a pregnancy test done after spending too much time worrying about being pregnant and not taking any serious action to verify it with a test.

Students

To dream of students represents aspects of your personality with issues that interest or worry you. You are concerned about something or experiencing anxiety about something.

The clothes, skin color, actions, or words spoken by a student reflect how you are approaching an issue that concerns or worries you.

To dream of being a student reflects your concern or anxiety about certain issues or situations. You care about what you are thinking or are worried about something.

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