Rem Williams's Blog: Rem Rambles - Posts Tagged "college"
Can I Just Not Go To College?
Sometimes, I feel overwhelmed. I mean, there's a lot of work that I've got to do, and only so much time. I've been trying to stay on top of everything, but when some of it becomes too difficult, I contemplate just not doing it. Like, for example, math homework.
If you knew me before I got to be an author here on GR, you'd probably have seen me complain about math. I just can't wrap my head around a good deal of it. I feel like I may be overthinking every problem--and I have been, evident in some of my work--but when it gets to be too simple, I just sort of slack. You know? Like I want a challenge, but I don't want an epic quest when I need to do my work.
In addition to that, I've been enlightened with the fact that my essays in English are not being counted. Meaning, I'm writing essays that just don't matter. I did research for no reason, basically. I spent three hours trying to work around my buggy computer to gather six sources and annotate them for a bibliography only to find out that I wouldn't receive a grade for it. And this came after my professor had said I could write a story in place of my final essay. Like, it would have been my final essay.
So, I'm left thinking about what I want to do for it, but also if I should really put any effort into it. I know that effort is important, and I have been putting in effort in my other classes. I recently received a grade from my second test in my Approaches to Personality class, and I got a ninety. It is substantially greater than the last grade I got. But this also sort of bums me out that I have to spend time on something that won't be counted; time that could be spent studying for midterms and getting my schedule together for next term and preparing for finals.
I should probably clarify that I attend a university that runs on a quarter system, with ten weeks per quarter. Things move fast, so I can't really dwell too much on one subject, because there tends to be another exam to follow in another subject.
I acknowledge that I signed up for higher education. I would also like to acknowledge the external pressures I faced in making many of these decisions. If I hadn't messed around in high school, I would be in an entirely different situation. But that is the past, and we can't change the past. I can only look forward to the future, putting my best foot forward.
So, I hadn't intended on ranting at you all, but this is sort of a journal-ish platform, I think. Plus, now you know what to expect if you decide to become a Psychology major and when you go to college in general.
Cheers,
Rem
If you knew me before I got to be an author here on GR, you'd probably have seen me complain about math. I just can't wrap my head around a good deal of it. I feel like I may be overthinking every problem--and I have been, evident in some of my work--but when it gets to be too simple, I just sort of slack. You know? Like I want a challenge, but I don't want an epic quest when I need to do my work.
In addition to that, I've been enlightened with the fact that my essays in English are not being counted. Meaning, I'm writing essays that just don't matter. I did research for no reason, basically. I spent three hours trying to work around my buggy computer to gather six sources and annotate them for a bibliography only to find out that I wouldn't receive a grade for it. And this came after my professor had said I could write a story in place of my final essay. Like, it would have been my final essay.
So, I'm left thinking about what I want to do for it, but also if I should really put any effort into it. I know that effort is important, and I have been putting in effort in my other classes. I recently received a grade from my second test in my Approaches to Personality class, and I got a ninety. It is substantially greater than the last grade I got. But this also sort of bums me out that I have to spend time on something that won't be counted; time that could be spent studying for midterms and getting my schedule together for next term and preparing for finals.
I should probably clarify that I attend a university that runs on a quarter system, with ten weeks per quarter. Things move fast, so I can't really dwell too much on one subject, because there tends to be another exam to follow in another subject.
I acknowledge that I signed up for higher education. I would also like to acknowledge the external pressures I faced in making many of these decisions. If I hadn't messed around in high school, I would be in an entirely different situation. But that is the past, and we can't change the past. I can only look forward to the future, putting my best foot forward.
So, I hadn't intended on ranting at you all, but this is sort of a journal-ish platform, I think. Plus, now you know what to expect if you decide to become a Psychology major and when you go to college in general.
Cheers,
Rem
