I can't wait to get out of school and start working. I know I'm motivated enough when I'm earning a paycheck and applying knowledge rather than regurgitating it. Only 2 1/2 more years of law school and I'll be chasing ambulances and swimming with sharks in no time (j/k)
deerslayer
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School is the WORST. I feel all your pain. It's just so damn hard to get motivated to do well on an assignment knowing you've got sooo many more to go. I guess I'm even more tired and exhausted since I had a pretty short summer after an awesome senior year of high school. Unfortunately, the environment (kids etc) doesn't make up for much of that damn workload. I can now see why some choose to take a year off after hs.
Oh, and today I find out that I don't have any kind of fall break, not even a day off for Columbus Day :| GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR :|
Oh, and today I find out that I don't have any kind of fall break, not even a day off for Columbus Day :| GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR :|
How about working a sh!t job for the next 30 years of your life? After you've been out there a while, you will see that putting up with college for a few years is far better than breaking your back for a living. Graduate now and enjoy the rest of your life, not struggle to make ends meet.
Originally posted by: Mucman
Yup... but there is also that sense of accomplishment that drives me to finish... it's a very masochistic cycle though
You want to teach? You want to work with kids? What about going overseas and working in third world countries? That's what I'm going to do... You don't necessarily need your degree for that either, and the experience might help you decide what to do w/ your life.
Plus, after seeing how lucky you are by teaching in the third world, you might look at finishing your education from a whole different perspective.
Originally posted by: shanC
Originally posted by: Mucman
Yup... but there is also that sense of accomplishment that drives me to finish... it's a very masochistic cycle though
You want to teach? You want to work with kids? What about going overseas and working in third world countries? That's what I'm going to do... You don't necessarily need your degree for that either, and the experience might help you decide what to do w/ your life.
Plus, after seeing how lucky you are by teaching in the third world, you might look at finishing your education from a whole different perspective.
Damn, I clicked on the wrong one Hoeboy. But you know what I mean, right?
When I was in college, I was depressed that the fun was going to end and I'd eventually have to graduate and get a job. THAT'S depressing, believe me. I work 40 hours a week, same sh!t for the last 5 years and it'll be the same sh!t for the next 35. 2 weeks vacation and weekends. LIFE IS GREAT! Shoot the man whoever said that.
If you aren't having fun in college, something is wrong. No, I don't mean be a goof-off. I mean: you have far more time on your hands than you'll probably ever have again. I hate the daily grind of the working world. I want my own time, my own schedule, but my college days are over.
If you aren't having fun in college, something is wrong. No, I don't mean be a goof-off. I mean: you have far more time on your hands than you'll probably ever have again. I hate the daily grind of the working world. I want my own time, my own schedule, but my college days are over.
I got depressed around my 2nd year of school. I thought it was me, but it turned out that I had one absolute turd of a professor who managed to rip from me every ounce of passion I once had for my avocation.
I dragged myself through the rest of my program, frustrated at a tenure system that encourages and rewards laziness, and a system of "academia" that sees students as a necessary evil--a burden that stands in the way of doing research, yet at the same time is necessary to pay for doing that research.
I had to stoop so low as to having MY MOTHER call the department chair, something that I had never had to do in my life, but it was the only way to get her off of her ass and deal with the problem at hand.
In short, I love my 9-to-5 "grind." I love my cushy job playing 21st century sherlock holmes, trying to create a secure network, trying to create a bulletproof disaster recovery plan. That's the whole reason I suffered through school--that piece of paper was the ticket I needed to be able to do a job that I love and get paid good money to do it.
I don't miss homework and stupid pointless projects.
I enjoy the fact that when I leave the office in the evening I leave, and I don't have to sit and think about what paper is due tomorrow or what exam I have to study for next week.
Keep focused on your goal. I have a friend who wanted nothing in the world other than becoming a teacher and he has allowed that simple dream to slip from his grasp because he just can't find the confidence and spunk to drag himself through school. He just had to suffer through a couple more years and then he could be doing what he loved. Now the poor guy drifts from tech job to tech job, eventually getting fired because he's not really happy and has no reason to really make it count.
Don't let this happen to you.
I dragged myself through the rest of my program, frustrated at a tenure system that encourages and rewards laziness, and a system of "academia" that sees students as a necessary evil--a burden that stands in the way of doing research, yet at the same time is necessary to pay for doing that research.
I had to stoop so low as to having MY MOTHER call the department chair, something that I had never had to do in my life, but it was the only way to get her off of her ass and deal with the problem at hand.
In short, I love my 9-to-5 "grind." I love my cushy job playing 21st century sherlock holmes, trying to create a secure network, trying to create a bulletproof disaster recovery plan. That's the whole reason I suffered through school--that piece of paper was the ticket I needed to be able to do a job that I love and get paid good money to do it.
I don't miss homework and stupid pointless projects.
I enjoy the fact that when I leave the office in the evening I leave, and I don't have to sit and think about what paper is due tomorrow or what exam I have to study for next week.
Keep focused on your goal. I have a friend who wanted nothing in the world other than becoming a teacher and he has allowed that simple dream to slip from his grasp because he just can't find the confidence and spunk to drag himself through school. He just had to suffer through a couple more years and then he could be doing what he loved. Now the poor guy drifts from tech job to tech job, eventually getting fired because he's not really happy and has no reason to really make it count.
Don't let this happen to you.
I am glad you made this thread! Now I see that there are many others that feel the same way I do
Thats what has been getting me down lately. There's just so much to do, and it's all SO pointless.
I'm not really motivated to do it, so I just kinda put it off until the last minute until I realize that I need to get it done just so that I can pass...I dunno, it all seems so useless at times
i didn't hate school all that much, but then again i only went to about 10% of my classes (and i slept in half of those that i did go). but working isn't all that fun. *sigh* my work schedule is really bizarre, my boss bites on me almost everyday, and i can't even meet a guy! goodness i'm gonna be single for the rest of my life! *pat pat* so there. at least you're still out there seeing the sun.
"Serenity Now"
I'm telling you, its all about attitude. Try to keep a good attitude and it'll go alright. That's what keeping me from killing myself in law school
I'm telling you, its all about attitude. Try to keep a good attitude and it'll go alright. That's what keeping me from killing myself in law school
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