So it's been about one and a half months into school and I've been very busy. The original plans I had for school and extra-curricular activities have found a way to be put at the back of the shelf for now. I started off the year just right... it's called doing homework the very first day and haven't stopped since. So let me explain why school hasn't been going as planned, which in turn explains why what my original thoughts about this year's extra-curriculars were going to be.
Last year, I very rarely studied and when I did it was too late to get all the information jammed into my brain to stay in it for longer than 2 seconds after I finished writing my exams. This year, however, as been very different. I haven't stopped the learning process. I've gone to school everyday, which means I go to class and the library. I've been studying, reading, making notes, making, study material, and anything else I can possibly think of to get the information in my head for good. It's been so much work to stay on top of things, that I haven't had much free time at all to do anything. It has become so bad that I'm at the point where I still have tons of homework and afraid to take a real break (i.e. like this right now). Work and readings keep piling up and they never end.
- I've got my redo of Physics... aaahhh no wonder I failed. I never took this much trouble to learn anything in my life, but I guess it's only the beginning
- I'm taking calculus and this is probably one of the few easy science-related courses I've ever had
- Now, statistics... this is another joke course, I put in a lot of time into this course because we have assignments every other week and labs on the weeks in between, but it'll be a pay-off in the end (I hope!)
- OH Agriculture, how I love it!!! It's a class dedicated to teaching students about the poultry, beef, dairy, and aqualculture industries. I get to go on trips and have different profs give a lot of really interesting points on how each industries has changed over the past years.
- The dreaded of this year is Cell Biology. It puts the ick into sick. I wish this course was a little interesting. I mean the prof has an awesome south african accent, he cracks jokes all the time in class, and he knows enough about the subject... BUT something just makes me despise this course so much... I don't want to learn anything from it at all.
Then here come the extra-curriculars... I wanted to start off the year doing stuff I really felt like I should do, stuff I really wanted to do and stuff I really enjoyed: so I said I"m actually going to make an effort to go to church this year, that lasted for one week and every other sunday I've been sleeping in, or it's a holiday. The second was taking part in the Guelph community and help out in a homeless shelter and help them in anyway possible. This hasn't happened yet, been planning on it, but as soon as I'm ready to start... I realize that there is another school assignment/quiz/test/lab that needs to get done. The third is join worship team for Campus Crusade for Christ. I've started going on a regular basis, but I feel as if I don't have the time or the strength for it right now. Funny huh? I don't have the strength to worship God one other day of the week. It just seems so sad. So yeh... we'll see how this extra-curricular tied in school work thing goes... I just could stop sleeping... and still be energetic. Oh life would be great, wouldn't it?
So now at 2:00 am, when I told myself I'd be in bed at the latest an hour ago... I'm finishing this sentence and this blog for now... and I"ll be on shortly to explain about my future as a vet.... eek!!!
1 comment:
Dude...this is what serious schooling is about! I didn't realize this until I did my masters. I don't know if I ever actually learned how to handle both (that's why I would never go back to do another degree). You'll get the hang of it...just stick with it! You'll eventually figure out when you can say yes to things and what you don't really need to do to still stay on top of your work.
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