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06-10-2020, 01:59 PM | #1 |
dumb
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lowkey starting college again. freaking myself the fuck out
i went to a tough school in a tough major right out of high school, had no idea what i was doing. longtime viewers may recall that eventually i got super lonely, super depressed, developed high octane alcoholism, and stopped caring about anything
took a year or so off. i still wanna finish my degree somehow, so i'm trying to ease into it and not completely fuck up any progress i've made [mentally i'm doing 100x better than 2018]. just started this criminal justice 101 course. It's freaking. me. out. i'm getting tense and shit all over again. seeing assignments in canvas and all that. i hate being in an environment where i can be evaluated, given value, have that value compared to others', then have to predicate my self-worth on that. just the FEAR of knowing it's my job to learn a concept by the end of the week, then next week hey guess what motherfucker there's more unfamiliarity you have to familiarize yourself with. ugh. not to mention it's all totally manufactured and artificial -- like if i'm stressed it's because some guy in a shirt put together the course requirements. it's not a 'real' issue like oh shit i don't have enough for rent this month |
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06-10-2020, 02:01 PM | #2 |
dumb
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also jesus fucking christ i just spent half an hour on my first assignment which was writing like 200 words about personal freedom but i wrote this bitch which is like the exact same length in 5 minutes
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06-10-2020, 02:52 PM | #3 |
Just Hook it to My Veins!
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that's cool. i went back to school at 29 and am graduating this year and rolling straight into a graduate public policy program. i was a straight F student starting in 5th grade and barely passed high school cause i was too busy skipping and goofing off. i hated school and homework because i wasn't engaged or challenged so f school. i still hate educational institutions and their exclusivity and upholding of the status quo and educational requirements being a barrier to employment. but these days i can hate school and still bring myself to do the work because it's really just a means to an end. fuck school.
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06-10-2020, 02:57 PM | #4 |
Just Hook it to My Veins!
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also found out a bad ass professor is being fired because she makes white senior administration uncomfortable. turns out it a trend at our school and some of us are pissed so an email chain spread into creating a coalition. frikken last week of school and this is the first time i've talked to students outside of the classroom.
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06-10-2020, 03:05 PM | #5 |
Minion of Satan
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Congrats on all the progress and good luck. Do you know what you want to do when you graduate? Sorry if that’s an anxiety inducing question
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06-10-2020, 03:09 PM | #6 |
Minion of Satan
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I often fantasize about doing graduate school but I don’t know. I’m not sure if there’s anything I’d want to study that would be worth the investment. Or maybe I’m just being too rigid about it. I’ve been thinking about this more and more often lately
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06-10-2020, 04:29 PM | #7 | |
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I went back to uni for the third time, I'll be at least 40 by the time this run is finished. And I already know what courses I'd like to take after that. My mom took courses until she was 70, my brother is also studying again and he's over 50 (mind you, university costs next to nothing there.) In short, don't freak out, I promise you that you'll look back at your college days in 20 years, wishing you could trade some "real issues" for some assignments. |
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06-10-2020, 05:23 PM | #8 |
real estate cowboy
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it's all relative though, isn't it
if this is a big factor of stress for ram, those words aren't gonna help him, I'm afraid instead he should address his inner stress with the words ENOUGH!! SHUT THE FUCK UP! |
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06-10-2020, 05:26 PM | #9 |
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STOP RUINING EVERY THREAD like this? no problem, you fascist! |
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06-10-2020, 05:28 PM | #10 |
real estate cowboy
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yes, definitely showing improvement!
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06-10-2020, 05:32 PM | #11 |
Apocalyptic Poster
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Mod fight!
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06-10-2020, 05:36 PM | #12 |
Apocalyptic Poster
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Don't be too hard on yourself. If we weren't in the Covid age, I would encourage you to do stuff on campus, but alas. Practice self-care and do stuff that makes you happy, but allocate time for you to do your work as well. I never followed this advice myself (in spring 2017, my last semester of college at the moment, I spent an absurd amount of time high and eating junk food or asleep), but I definitely should have. Don't be like Squish Squash or you'll end up obsessively posting about how amazing the former bassist for a no longer relevant 90s alternative rock band is.
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06-10-2020, 05:47 PM | #13 |
Minion of Satan
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I don't know what advice to give, because I used to be smart and university came so easy to me that I was like, "how is any of this supposed to be hard?" I felt more like a trained seal than somebody doing anything important because it was all to easy to be meaningful.
Then my depression caught up with me and I because dumb and couldn't complete shit. The difficulty of the material did not change. I understood everything. I just couldn't bring myself to do anything. Then in my last semester, I pulled shit together and got good marks again. I wish I could give you solid tips like, "make a schedule, follow a timetable, highlight notes in this specific way," but honestly, none of that shit worked for me because any strategy I'd try to employ to tackle my procrastination just became an extra step that I'd procrastinate on, pushing the problem back a step. In the end, either I did something or I didn't. There was no magic trick that helped me. |
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06-10-2020, 05:51 PM | #14 | |
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06-10-2020, 05:58 PM | #15 |
real estate cowboy
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yes, same here. couldn't bring myself to do anything because of depression, had to quit it even because it was only getting worse.
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06-10-2020, 06:26 PM | #16 |
Apocalyptic Poster
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Same. Sometimes you gotta quit to save yourself. BTW, I think there's probably a strong correlation between struggling with depression and being a fan of the Smashing Pumpkins.
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06-10-2020, 06:29 PM | #17 |
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am i the only one that assumed squish squash was like 15
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06-10-2020, 06:33 PM | #18 |
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06-10-2020, 06:35 PM | #19 |
real estate cowboy
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after having been on this forum for over 20 years (LOL! Shoot me in the face asap!) I can pretty much say that's a fact.
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06-10-2020, 06:38 PM | #20 |
real estate cowboy
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I just reread what I wrote and I'm gonna squish squash my face with a steamroller. Brb
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06-10-2020, 06:41 PM | #21 |
Minion of Satan
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It's even stronger than the correlation between struggling with depression and singing in the Smashing Pumpkins.
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06-10-2020, 08:47 PM | #22 | ||||
dumb
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actually shit even that would suck. finals week i have 3 papers like ‘what’s the best live drum sound from 1996 and why’ and i have like 50 tabs open to remo and archive.org and shit Quote:
my brain is built weird like that - totally able to romanticize what it can’t have — yesterday i went to my normal job and it felt fucking trivial compared to normal, just because i knew i had to go home after and start academic stuff Quote:
thru therapy and stuff i think i’ve somehow learned to compartmentalize my feelings and worries about a topic to a particular work session. at least for the last few days. then i just play guitar or some shit to transition my mind away |
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06-10-2020, 09:04 PM | #23 |
BOTTLEG ILLEGAL
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i started school again at i think 28 or something like that.
i really enjoyed it, but i'm also a perfectionist and got a 4.0 and did honors, etc. if i ever go back i can't do that shit again to myself. and i don't know if i can do school any other way. in conclusion: you got dis |
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06-10-2020, 11:45 PM | #24 |
Just Hook it to My Veins!
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3.7 in the house! probs gonna get bumped up after my final grades tho
haha grades are dumb, but it's just like doing well in a game with yourself or some junk |
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06-11-2020, 12:11 AM | #25 |
BOTTLEG ILLEGAL
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yes, completely pointless, especially since i didn't go to graduate school
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