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Drill King:
So for most of North America, University is back in full swing(the rest of the world is following behind soon I think). For some of us this is the first year and some people aren't going back this year! Or you're not in your first year. I figure that right now we don't have a thread like this so it'll be a good place for assignment woes/etc. Obviously I mostly made this so me, and the other people who are just starting(uh... Ally?) can go,"ahhhhh what the fuck" a lot. But whatevs.
So I am asking, people in upper years, is it normal to feel like everything you do is really really shit, and basically be super disorganized and suck at everything the first little while? Do proffs expect this? Or is this a phenomenon that I am experiencing out of place.
(This thread might also be useful for breaking up some of the blog thread maybe?)
Bastardous Bassist:
Well, as a second-year graduate student, I am trying to get my schedule sorted out to where I can do research at certain times, homework at other times, grading at other times and happy fun-times at other...um...times. So, the beginning of school disorganization never really went away for me.
Also, the especially when you are starting school, the professors give you a bit of an easy time. The first homework assignment is for the professors to get a feel for you and for you to get a feel for college. After all, at no other time in your schooling careers has the differences in quality/amount/focus of you and your peers' education been so pronounced. This results in professors not really being able to expect a certain degree of knowledge.
It's a lot of people's first time away from home, as well, and the system generally tries to accommodate that sort of thing. They try to ease you into the self-reliant people that you will need to be upon graduating. I ended up taking a couple of intro classes my senior year, and it was crazy how low the level of responsibility was compared to what had been expected of me in all of my other classes at the time, but had I never really noticed that much of a difference.
Finally, University/College tends to be different for everyone, because different Universities/Colleges work in different ways, plus your program of study will by and large shape your educational future. However, it's pretty universally an enjoyable experience, so get the most out of it, and use what your University/College has to offer.
a pack of wolves:
In the UK (or at least at the various establishments I know of) the first year's marks don't count towards your degree mark precisely because they know you need time to adjust, all you have to do is pass. A very civilised system I always think, possibly because I scraped a pass myself the first year for one reason and another. After all, if you were already great at doing academic work when you arrived what would be the point in being an undergraduate? So do not overly concern yourself with the fact that you think your work is shit. It's supposed to be.
Personally, I'd like to use this thread to complain about being unable to afford to do a master's this year: fuck, I would much rather be ranting about culture than looking for a job. That was terribly therapeutic, thank you.
smack that isaiah:
Yay! A place where I can go "aaaah what the fuck" a lot
ok. here's where you stop reading cause I'm about to let all my current problems bleed out onto the page (or comp screen or whatever):
tomorrow i've got my first Chemistry: Quantitative Analysis Lab, and I find out that there's a HUGE freaking pre-lab. Took my friend (who's quite smart) 1.5 hours to do it. I'll do it tomorrow after my first class if I can manage it.
AND, the lab manual (which i just found out existed tonight) says we need to have a separate bound non-spiral notebook for the lab, and the only extra notebook I have is a spiral one. So I get to spend an exorbitant amount of money tomorrow on a marble notebook from teh school's bookstore (because I need to get it quickly to do the prelab and don't really have teh time to go to downtown and get a cheaper one) so I still end up with an extra unused notebook
And I'm also in a physics lab which inexplicitly requires the labs to be turned in 48 hours after the lab's performed, rather than a week later, so I've got that due tomorrow as well.
And then there's the thermo homework and the tons of reading on jihad I have to do for my History course.
And I'm excessively tired from fencing and trying to teach a bunch of new kids who want to learn how to fence, and I really need to sleep.
ARRRGH why? why? why? aaaaah what the fuck
And on top of all this I'm kinda pissed at my girlfriend right now, and I can't talk about it, and knowing how goddamn bipolar we both seem to be, she'll be all happy tomorrow and I won't be right in feeling pissed--and still be unable to talk about it--and then i'll have to be happy and everything'll continue to suck.
(At least I'm "Not quite a lurker" now)
Jace:
--- Quote from: smack that isaiah on 16 Sep 2009, 20:49 ---bound non-spiral notebook for the lab, and the only extra notebook I have is a spiral one.
--- End quote ---
Never understood this shit. It is a notebook. It has paper with lines on it that I can write on. Why does it matter what type of notebook it is? I have had so many teachers say they want a specific type but not give any damn reason on why they want that specific type and it is just stupid.
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