Statistics
I used to hate it when teachers in grade school would say things with the moral of you are the only one keeping you from being able to do X task. You know like, "It's not that you can't, it's that you won't" kind of stuff. I hated it because I refused to believe it. I was a stubborn child (shocker, I know) and did not want to believe that I would keep myself from being totally awesome. Well 8 years later...I get it.
I CAN DO STATISTICS! I UNDERSTAND STATISTICS! I'm going to get a B in my class. FINE! I GET IT! ALL of the mistakes that I made on the exams or quizzes the last four weeks have been because I did something kinda dumb, or have been impatient, or I tried to do it faster or with short cuts. I convince myself that it won't matter too much if I use a little short cut here and there...then I get WRONG answers. I lack, at this juncture, the patience for statistics. I'M SMART ENOUGH...I just want to punch the screen more often than I take joy in finding the right answer.
Mostly I feel better and worse about all this. i feel better knowing that I can get it, and use it. I don't feel stupid. I feel not so great about letting my impatience steer many matters. While statistics is surely not the most important issue in my life (except right now), I would have for there to be an important issue/opportunity missed because I wouldn't take 20 secs/mins/hours to double check my work to be sure that I am doing what I think is best. You know?
Also, I think I knew all of this before...a stats class I suppose was not necessary for me to realize that I lack a fair amount of patience. It just focused it all I guess. I have too much time to think this summer! I should be doing more work!
I CAN DO STATISTICS! I UNDERSTAND STATISTICS! I'm going to get a B in my class. FINE! I GET IT! ALL of the mistakes that I made on the exams or quizzes the last four weeks have been because I did something kinda dumb, or have been impatient, or I tried to do it faster or with short cuts. I convince myself that it won't matter too much if I use a little short cut here and there...then I get WRONG answers. I lack, at this juncture, the patience for statistics. I'M SMART ENOUGH...I just want to punch the screen more often than I take joy in finding the right answer.
Mostly I feel better and worse about all this. i feel better knowing that I can get it, and use it. I don't feel stupid. I feel not so great about letting my impatience steer many matters. While statistics is surely not the most important issue in my life (except right now), I would have for there to be an important issue/opportunity missed because I wouldn't take 20 secs/mins/hours to double check my work to be sure that I am doing what I think is best. You know?
Also, I think I knew all of this before...a stats class I suppose was not necessary for me to realize that I lack a fair amount of patience. It just focused it all I guess. I have too much time to think this summer! I should be doing more work!