Friday, November 18, 2011
Learning to Cope with College
I feel like the whole time I've been in college it has been a giant waste of time. I thought that when I started that I was just as smart as everyone else but now I don't feel that way. I know that most of the problem is that I slammed myself with too many classes just so I could keep my life scholarship. I feel that I've let everyone down because I was always told how smart I was. In high school everything was different. The classes were slower paced and I could keep myself steady. But when you have five essays due in one week it can't be very stressful. I find myself saying "huh.... what class is more important history... or maybe psychology.... English???" I just get stuck and I find that everything matters just as much as the other classes, but which should I start on first. I'm scared to ask my teachers how to do things, and then when I don't do them I know they look at me and think GIANT SLACKER. I'm not a slacker, I just can't seem to keep my mind under control. I need to learn how to plan ahead and make sure I give myself enough time for everything. But i can't very well walk up to my history teacher and say "hey, I don't think you should give us this assignment now because I already have other papers due... maybe you should wait until next week." He would look at me and laugh in my face. Don't get me wrong, he is one of my favorite teachers, but that doesn't mean he will postpone an assignment because I have to many things at one time. Now that I am signing up for the spring classes I am sticking to two classes until I can teach myself how to multitask. I know I am not dumb, the only thing that is stupid about me is the fact that I tried to overload myself my very first semester in college.
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