<p>allie, </p>
<p>i absolutely love your last response! and i agree whole heartedly with you! its not worth missing going out and having a little fun for stressing over hwk assignments and midterms and any other exams. in the long run, everything should be fine.</p>
<p>Seriously. It's just really not worth it. A year and a half ago I was hardcore about wanting to graduate with latin honors, departmental honors, and college honors. It wasn't realistic for me because i knew i wouldn't be happy doing research for departmental and i knew i didn't want to kill myself to secure every single solid A. I also knew that I needed work experience and it's definitely a lot harder to manage school with an almost-full-time work schedule. </p>
<p>Now I'll be happy if I manage to hang on to the college honors, and even if I don't, oh well. I think once you work in the corporate world you realize how little this portion of your life matters in the long run. Everyone on CC is so completely obsessed with rank and status and that's fine, since it is a college board. But I just think that a lot of people have no idea how LITTLE influence some of these choices will actually make on their lives. </p>
<p>And thats not to say that I don't think you should try, because duh. But killing yourself and giving up any semblance of happiness or sanity just totally isn't worth the end result. Know what you're good at doing, be realistic about how much output you need to do to achieve what you want (so like, don't read the whole book if you know you can get an A without it), and just do it.</p>
<p>i suddenly feel better inside...:D</p>
<p>YEAH allie whats the point of anything</p>
<p>Enjoy life! I did when I was in high school and ended up going to a JC. I don't regret it one bit. Now, I control myself and take drugs in moderation. :D</p>
<p>Hey, all. I don't have the right to complain, but I absolutely hate school at this point. I don't really know why. I've lost my motivation to learn and am careless when it comes to studying for exams. For example, for the 2 midterms I took on the same day (Friday), I started for two days before. In addition to those two midterms, I had a 7 page essay due Thursday afternoon in which I barely turned in on time. What's wrong with me?! :(</p>
<p>you're not alone!</p>
<p>.... =/</p>
<p>Lazy, lazy lazy... :)</p>
<p>Same boat as you Nikkei...got a paper tomorrow and midterm Friday, but I have no motivation whatsoever..shoot me now</p>
<p>Alright, I finally feel like studying. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>EDIT: Youtube is down! Now I am FORCED to study. :D</p>
<p>hating school so much right now. wanting it to be june. wanting it to be june SO BADLY. </p>
<p>and nikkei- the losing the motivation thing is so normal. the fact that you started TWO WHOLE DAYS before a midterm means that you're much more motivated than I. And the paper thing is also so normal. I could tell you so many stories, but all the hardcore ILOVESCHOOL kids would attack me for being such a ridiculous slacker. Lets just say: 25 page paper due by 12 noon, not started until 11pm the night before. And lets also just say: A. </p>
<p>Anyways. The quarter system lends itself to procrastination, especially if you're already inclined to putting stuff off. </p>
<p>I should probably go back to the midterm prep now. blah.</p>
<p>Wow. How do you go about writing a 25 page paper in less than a day? Please teach me. I am serious.</p>
<p>APA template (so i didn't have to deal with any formatting), research was done ahead of time. was still a ton of work but it wasn't like i was going from scratch.</p>
<p>wowsa i'm impressed!!!
i think winter quarter, even in sunny beautiful LA, still puts a lot of us down in the dumps because we've done so much and it's not even spring yet.
i mean, aside from president's day weekend, there is like NOTHING good about february, and nothing to look forward to aside from spring break.
oh, that and getting all the classes we want... or at least KNOWING what classes we're gonna get...
yah i'm not stressed about signing up for 20 units, really.
really.
:rolleyes:</p>
<p>yeah january and february suck. b/c its cold, gets dark early, and it aint the holidays... (and yes 60 degrees is cold for me, im not happy unless its 75+ and sunny everyday). alsol its still cold/flu season and i've had this bloody cold for a week and missed half my lectures... not that it matters</p>
<p>yah i was missing a bunch of classes and fun stuff too -.-
stupid colds</p>
<p>guys. </p>
<p>so tired. </p>
<p>been up since 9 am yesterday. in class for 2 more hours. </p>
<p>i couldn't even lift my fork earlier. stupid wasted panda. friends wanted to go out tonight too. but i think its bedtime after class time. omg.</p>
<p>please shoot me now.. im so confused about what courses to take or if i should change math/chem/physics tracks. sadsaoijdsaoidsa</p>
<p>ireallyhatethatmyscheduleSarenotworkingout. :mad:</p>
<p>....not giving up!</p>
<p>i got a B on my midterm it sucks, see, it all depends on the TA you get, mean TA</p>