Alive… I think…
Posted: 2008-09-04 @ 1:50 pmYou know, I really didn’t expect to be so damn overwhelmed this semester this fast. I’m in the second week and I already feel like I can’t stay caught up. But then again, I really screwed myself over this semester when it came to classes so I guess I’m getting what I deserve. I’ll just be happy when I can stop taking the classes that really “won’t matter” when it comes to my degree. Yes, I know calculus is important and it saves the world or whatever my teacher told me but honestly… c’mon! Gimme my bio classes and I’m happy. I’m looking forward to Virology. :) Not looking forward to more chemistry related classes (because I looooathe chemistry). But I already have my minor in chemistry and I didn’t even know it and now I’m on the verge of a double major. Do I really need a chemistry major on top of my biomedical one? Ugh. UGH! School is so very, very evil. Evil!
Guess how much my damn backpack weighs this semester. Just take a guess. If you guessed about 47, you’re right. Yeah - I fucking threw that shit on a scale and it’s almost 50 pounds of pages and calculators and pencils and junk just piled on my back. That is ridiculous. And it’s about to get 2.19 lbs heavier. But that’s ok because I really needed that tiny beauty for note taking. Nothing fancy, just a little notebook for hauling around because there is no way in hell I am taking my Powerbook with me to school.
School is taking me so long. So very long, it’s horribly painful. I find myself regretting the fact that I was never motivated enough in high school to apply for colleges or even think about what I wanted to do with my life. However, if I would have started right away, I have a feeling I would have wasted a large amount of time taking classes I would never use/need. If you would have asked me in high school if I wanted to be a doctor, I would have laughed so incredibly hard in your face. I didn’t have that revelation until a couple of years later. So maybe this is my chosen path and maybe I was supposed to slack off for a while, right? And if I can save one person (emotionally or physically) then all of this drawn out shit and stress will be worth it, right? Right.
I hate labs. I really do. And right now I really hate my anatomy lab. I already have to dissect a damn cat next week and let’s just say I’m not too excited about it. You think I would be used to labs now after taking general bio courses and chemistry and fuckin’ organic chemistry (DIEDIEDIE) but no, I still dislike them. :/
I’ve never been in a large lecture class, either. My anatomy class has like 100 students in it and it sort of freaks me out. It also worries me that the teacher really doesn’t care because how in the hell can you keep up with 100 students?
This is the first time in my college career that I’ve seen students with multiple backpacks. And I really do understand why they’re necessary now. The other day I saw a poor girl with three large backpacks: one on her back, a messenger bag on her shoulder, and one of those roller backpacks dragging behind her. Good Lord, why must books keep getting fatter?
The address book in my phone has grown substantially with other students’ numbers. I’ve created groups in my phone - calc partners, anatomy lab kids, and chemistry sucks but these people all know it. It’s great knowing that if I have a question I can send a mass email/text to everyone and get the answer in about 2 seconds. But all of us college freaks know that having the answer really doesn’t help you in the end. If you don’t understand how to figure it out on your own, you’re pretty much screwed. But nonetheless, texting groups are very helpful.
School; it really is the story of my life.
That’s where I’m at right now and I really will try to update more. But forget about me - how is everyone else doing? Anyone else in school at the moment? Are you drowning as much as I am? For people not in school - how’s your work/kids/spouse/life in general? I’m curious to see how everyone is doing because I rarely get online anymore to check up on you folks. So fill me in!
Ok, I shouldn’t even be online right now. I have three chapters of calc to do plus I need to be studying for an anatomy quiz I have in about 3 hours.
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Hey girly, glad to see you’ve finally updated!
I know it won’t make you feel any better, but I am also knee deep in medical-related school BULLSHIT. Except now I get to learn my hard lessons in the hospital. On real patients. Not so fun.
GOOD LUCK. I give you mad props for even attempting to take calculus. It was hard enough passing high school algebra…
Ughhh. That’s why I never went to college. Too much hard work! I took like a 6 month course at votech to learn clerical work but I could never get a degree at a college. I just don’t have the motivation/determination/discipline. Good luck though! I hope you’re really successful at what you do.
It’s good to see one of my favorite bloggers back up. I’m sure in time you’ll get school under control, Miss Mindy.
About the problems with college - Let your strengths help you.
Let see… what are you go at doing?
INTERFACING WITH TECHNOLOGY…
If you buy your books early - scan them into PDF format(I also have mine in MS Word for my macros). Some books you can already get in pdf - but I usually scan mine in when talking on my phone.
My Blackberry supports PDF and Word. so I take my blackberry around with me to study.
In class I still use a recorder, then type my notes in at home for maximun retention. I usually print just the text that we’re going to go over that day.
So all I’m carrying to class is a 3 subject notebook with folders for my print outs, my cell, my recorder, a pen and pencil. :)
i love new computers! i just got one yesterday. i never saw people carry THAT much when i was in school. but it wasn’t a big commuter school, is yours?
Gross :( Goodluck on it all though, you will pull through!
I’m in my 4TH year of political science. I’m leaving for the UK in 9 days to study a semester over there.. I’m super pumped! But sadly enough, I’m behind already… so much reading to do!
Ah, I know how you’re feeling! I’m so glad I’m done with school, although I miss it sometimes, but I’m overall VERY happy to not drag my huge books around campus.
I am drowning too. It has pushed me to tears twice already. I am exhausted, I never sleep, all I do, I SWEAR, ALL I DO, is homework. I am so sick of it! I mean, shit, I am worn out already, which means I am not even focusing as well. Wtf is up with homework happy professors? I mean slow down, first of all, and no, I cannot dedicate my life to your f*cking class, all right? Argh. I just want to graduate. I just want a peace of mind, and I want a vacation soon or I am going to snap and end up failing this semester :/
It’s perfectly fine that you waited to figure out what you want to do. I know so many people who wasted their time in classes they were never going to use, and it ended up taking them forever to graduate anyway because of that. School is definitely a bitch. I just started myself last week. It’s my first semester in grad school and I’m trying really hard to not get stressed out.
I’m doing an accelerated program right now (2 years into 1) and its super intense. I have 7 classes and 2 placements all before Dec 19th that I have to get thru. One placement is 5 weeks longs. I also have 2-3 texts books for each class. It’s insane. I ususally just bring my laptop to school and whatever reading material I have to do for that day, but its nothing like when I went to college 4 years ago. things really have changed.
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My partner and I are on a “break”, even if it does include one night stands … I’m working a heap and not really getting out and partying or anything fun. I’m a little down but things are looking up though!! AHHH! I havent updated in AGES!!
WOW I can’t believe you still have a website.. I’ve known you sinced 5ilver.
-kT
Тема ну просто пиздец.
Неужели ничего поактуальней не нашлось?
College… That is something I’ll hopefully be getting around to eventually, good for you though. It looks like we had the same feelings about it a while back, haha. Well, just hang tight and before you know it you’re on your way!