Friday, December 3, 2010
Senioritis
This week I only went to school for two days out of five so writing about what happened is sort of escaping me. However, I did start my third book, Never Let Me Go for Stephanie's class and I've been putting off completing my common app and USC application. I suppose eventually, I'm going to have to get over the fact that college is just around the corner and actually finish applying. It feels as though if I continue to procrastinate, time will do so as well. Calculus has been really overwhelming and I think I'm really frustrated because I promise to quit any job I have if they ever ask me to solve a problem like the ones Will is trying to get me to comprehend. I plan to be an English or International Relations major. Neither of which, require the ability to be able to find the derivative of 5x^2-4x+12x^-1/2. As much as I like Will, and I see a relevance for math in the world, it is just not something I have any interest in. I think that's the only thing I'm looking forward to about college: being able to choose what I study. I love learning and there are so many things that I'm interested in, why would I want to waste my time taking tests and racking my brain over topics that I have no interest in pursuing? I guess I'm just having a severe case of senioritis and with 102 missed periods this semester alone, I am probably the worst case ever recorded. Although, I can't say that I'm proud of it or happy with what it's done to me. I used to like going to school, now I can hardly drag myself out of bed in the morning. I just hope this is a temporary thing and that I am not the only one in my class feeling this way.
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As much as I love Will too I feel the same way about his class right now. At the moment it doesn't seem to have any relevance to what I want to major in and it's sort of a waste of time for me personally. I love how we're able to choose our classes in college.
ReplyDeleteYou are DEFINITELY not the only one in class feeling this way. I personally am hating math right now. I thought I was good at math, but in this class, I'm struggling. GREATLY. It's hard to compete or even excel when the expectations are put higher that what we can achieve. I thought that we would be taught based on how the class performs as a whole, but it seems like it is based on how the top TWO percent of the class are excelling.
ReplyDeleteSenioritis -- EXACTLY what I'm feeling.
Finals week? NOT ready.
I agree with basically everything Colleen said. I thought I was at least proficient in math and I can barely keep up in class as of now. With the final coming up I might actually have to consider summer school, which frankly scares the crap out of me. I've NEVER gotten a B in my life, so the fact that I might actually fail is mind-boggling. Anyone who said that senior year was easy must be a genius...
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