I just keep my expectations super low now; *hit yourself for failing, then when grade pops up with something good, laugh it off. This term has been crappy and full of slacking. Took 6 instead of 5 courses last year, held a job, had long classes and still spent more time studying. Right now, just hoping I passed Steel and Timber Design(anything over 50, I don't care). Class average on mid-term was sub 50% before being ramped to a 60%, and final did not go well.
Oh, and if you can't do 18 hours of homework through a semester, I doubt you've ever held an entry level job (any at all?). All the crap I've done has been mundane and repetitive, it didn't teach anything 'intelligent'. Reminds me of an old coworker who was like this. She did nothing to contribute to a summer job project. Her reason? It's useless, won't be used, bla bla, which is all true and the rest of the team knew it. I wouldn't work with this person again, hell, if I could, I'd make sure all her employers knew this. Also, this same person was badmouthed by a previous supervisor for not doing work. However, this awesome supervisor (was mines for a while too) was nice enough to hold back from telling the boss about her work ethic before she was rehired that year. Personally, I don't give a ****** about how smart you are. There's a 99.9% chance there's someone just as smart if not smarter who will take it up the ass, and just do what they're told. That 0.01% goes to the Einsteins and Von Brauns.
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