Challenges...

[senatr7]

So, I posted a while back about how I hated my college. Things aren't really better, I've just compromised more. But now, I'm not doing so well academically. Not that the work is hard, just most of my classes don't really keep me all that interested. Some more than others, but overall its not happening. I think there is a direct correlation between

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[tearduct]

-It's just an overall sense of what "college should be" and I'm here trying to create that on my own to no avail. It is very disconcerting.
Tsk Tsk
Get that out of your head. I was the same way before I got to graduate school and quickly realized that it's about jumping through hoops. Learn what you are interested in, if there is not a class for it, by yourself. Maybe take an independent study here and there to help you realize that there is still fun in learning and exploring.
I know that sounds cheesy, but it's true.
There are always going to be annoying people, and that includes professors. But a few of the one's who took interest in the subject and made it worthwhile to be there, have made a huge impact on me.
Next semester is a whole different ballgame.

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[senatr7]

No, I love what I study. And the professors are fine. I think it's just the student body being lethargic that makes me want to flip.

I think it's all me, but that doesn't make it any less frustrating.

Thanks :)

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[senatr7]

yeah, that's what i've done. All my professors are cool. I got out of the Air Force in May. I'm a transfer here and this is my first "full-time" semester in college. So..it's sorta a lot of things at once

[theodicy]

Find something to study that you love, be the best at it you can be, and at the same time, find the people who feel as you do. I doubt very much that you're alone.

Then whether you can transfer or not, you have made your college experience what it ought to be. Don't waste it.

I have the same problem!

[melanierose23]

unfortunately, it led to my being completely depressed and having to accept w's in my classes that were just about finished. The only reason I could even do that was because the dean of the college was my French teacher and she knew "I was the best student in the class- when I actually showed up- and that I should be getting A's easily" Same with my advisors (other profs I had). And you're right. It IS that you are disillusioned. I, for one, did nothing in highschool and got great grades. But in the back of my head I was always thinking, I can't wait until I get to college- I can't wait until there are people who are at school because they WANT to be, and not because it's mandatory. But that is just not so, and the obnoxious rich kids just released from daddy's overbearing, watchful eye seemed to be the majority

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[senatr7]

Hehe....omg. We have the same frustrations totally. I mean, like it's obvious to me.

Yes, I went to public school. Yes, I felt that college would provide for me exactly what you thought. I spent last year at Washington University in St. Louis and that happened for me. But once I got out of the Air Force, I couldn't afford to stay there.

I know what I want to do, but it's hard to motivate myself when I don't feel like I have a "support network" of people who are on my level.

Wow..this is great :)

[lady_curmudgeon]

I totally understand!!! I'm a senior double majoring in criminal justice and sociology, non-traditional student (I'm married and 33 y.o.) who gets mostly As and an occasional B. I go to a formerly commuter oriented state university that has sold its soul to athletics over academics for the supposed revenue it would generate. The result? An increasingly jock oriented, traditional student, mom-and-dad-made-me-go-to-college mentality of the majority of the student body who want to walk in, put in minimal effort and walk out with a degree and a high paying job. Feh! The low point was last spring when I took gender and society. It's a class that's cross-listed as women's studies and counts as a diversity class--and people actually COMPLAINED that it was "one of those damned feminist classes"! I think the intro to women's studies text should have been a fucking clue.;0 People in the class said it was "too hard" for a 200 level class because the prof. didn't give any multiple choice or true/false test questions. They all seemed to

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[senatr7]

Thank you sooooooooo much for this. I really need it. :)

Ron