How??
Okay, I've just put out a plea for help to another fellow English major. Now I'm just going to ramble and rant.
My midterm is going nowhere! Essay 1--an unfinished pile of poo. Essay 2--Nothing. Essay 3--a bunch of ideas and quotes without any cohesiveness. Now, the question remains: How the heck am I going to finish this midterm by Thursday at 7:00 p.m.???
Up until now, I thought of myself as intelligent. Now I'm not sure. I know I'm not focused. I have so much going on in personal life--new, exciting things--that I'm overwhelmed, but happy nonetheless. I'm finding myself doing a lot of personal writing in my journals. As well as surfing the internet for information on *stuff* I'm hoping it's just the focus problem, but I can't seem to generate theories, connections, or ideas that are above high school level (my opinion, of course) appropriate for a college level paper. I get intimidated, think that my ideas are dumb, then hit that writer's block with a BANG, and trust me, it hurts.
But being unable to come up with intelligent introductions, having no idea where my topic is going, being unable to THInk, is all making me feel [Edit] pathetic and stupid. Well, I never said I was an academic.
So, what am I doing here? I'm putting out a plea, asking for luck and encouragement, and hearty positive beliefs that I CAN write intelligent papers and get this midterm done ON TIME.
Hm. . Well, I did get an essay back today, with an A-. I'll have to remember that as I fall asleep.
My midterm is going nowhere! Essay 1--an unfinished pile of poo. Essay 2--Nothing. Essay 3--a bunch of ideas and quotes without any cohesiveness. Now, the question remains: How the heck am I going to finish this midterm by Thursday at 7:00 p.m.???
Up until now, I thought of myself as intelligent. Now I'm not sure. I know I'm not focused. I have so much going on in personal life--new, exciting things--that I'm overwhelmed, but happy nonetheless. I'm finding myself doing a lot of personal writing in my journals. As well as surfing the internet for information on *stuff* I'm hoping it's just the focus problem, but I can't seem to generate theories, connections, or ideas that are above high school level (my opinion, of course) appropriate for a college level paper. I get intimidated, think that my ideas are dumb, then hit that writer's block with a BANG, and trust me, it hurts.
But being unable to come up with intelligent introductions, having no idea where my topic is going, being unable to THInk, is all making me feel [Edit] pathetic and stupid. Well, I never said I was an academic.
So, what am I doing here? I'm putting out a plea, asking for luck and encouragement, and hearty positive beliefs that I CAN write intelligent papers and get this midterm done ON TIME.
Hm. . Well, I did get an essay back today, with an A-. I'll have to remember that as I fall asleep.