Wednesday
Ohayo! Its currently um... 8:48 AM. I'm at the library again. Yes, I do have class, in fact right now. But I decided to not go. This time, not because I want to sleep in, but the cost and benefit of going to class......cost > benefit. I mean, I could get more out of the hour by being awake and alert at the library studying the same chapter on my own than trying to follow along in class.... which I deemed to be impossible to do without having first done the readings. This is one of the classes that makes no sense unless you have already read the material and the class acts as reinforcement of that material. In fact, that's how lectures in University are designed to operate in the first place.... and since I'm mostly barely on or behind in my readings, sometimes going to class isn't that beneficial. It just shows me how much I don't know, instead of teaching me what I don't know..... thanks.
Hm... Last night, I went to bed around 4 AM. Shouldn't be much of a surprise if I had dinner around 1:30 AM......... well, I'm glad I'm up thought. Before I went to bed yesterday, I made myself a coffee. And by this morning (ie, 4 hours later) it was nice to drink. So I drank it. Tasted good. Like coke... but less sugar and more caffeine. And now I feel sick. I know that every time I drink coffee, it kills my appetite, but I didn't think I could stay awake in philosophy and other way.... and the benefit of that class great^n. So I go, because its important. Yosh!
Something was pointed out to me. My attitude apparently makes me seem like someone who doesn't go to class, slacks, doesn't study, procrastinates... yet gets good marks. There's a problem with this outlook. It makes me look smart. And that's just really wrong. Now that I think about it, I don't know when this started. I think it started at one of those years with me making nonchalant comments about not studying.......
I think it was grade 11 or 12 bio class. I love that class, 90+ and all that jazz, but I still had to work for it. But somehow, it appeared that I don't study, I sleep in class, I don't listen, and I pull work out of my ass.... And I guess the impression just kinda stuck. I think there was a point where I just went with the flow of it. It was nice having ppl think I was smart. But honestly.... that's so misleading. I put good long hours in my studies! Really I do.
For example. I try to make a point of reading the chapter before going to the lectures (doesn't always happen, but happens enough.) My definition of reading is reading the chapter plus a set of notes on the chapter (2 to 4 pages), so for test and exams, all I have to do it review my notes instead of reading the text again(this is why I can lend my textbook out and not get it back til after the test and still score well). I don't hand in anything late and I don't really stay up to finish them either. Before a test (worth like 10%) I put in a good 8-10 hours of study time. Before an exam, its anything from 10 to 30 hours. For finals, its 30-60, variable to schedule permitting and difficulty of subject. Accounting always being on the higher end of these times. Those are decent hours, I do believe. So no, I'm not a slacker. No, I don't pull things out of my ass. No, I don't really procrastinate. Yes, I skip some classes, yes I even skip some complete days. But usually I've done the work for that class. Take econ for example, a class I often skip. I've done all the reading until the next term test, which is two weeks from now. By the end of this weekend, I'll probably have read the next chapter, and then its only one more to go before the end of the course materials, and I'll be about 3 weeks ahead.
This blog is basically my defense. In concluding my thesis (and in case you missed it, it was that I'm not a slacker and I don't pull things out of my ass and do well. And I'm not smart!), I'm average. And average person that puts a lot of time in her crap. Really. Or maybe this blog is a sorry attempt to convince myself that I don't procrastinate. I still think I don't. I mean, there are certain little... indulgences that should be avoided, but I don't. Like spending hours reading a webcomic, a fanfic, anime and manga (though only when updates are available.) But I'm human.... I need to have some variety out of studying.
Well, the coffee is really starting to kick in now. I think I can go study without fally asleep. The Blog has served its purpose. Good. Later Dudes,
/me is going downstairs to sit on them comfy couches and studying (or sleep.... depends)
Yuy Ren
Hm... Last night, I went to bed around 4 AM. Shouldn't be much of a surprise if I had dinner around 1:30 AM......... well, I'm glad I'm up thought. Before I went to bed yesterday, I made myself a coffee. And by this morning (ie, 4 hours later) it was nice to drink. So I drank it. Tasted good. Like coke... but less sugar and more caffeine. And now I feel sick. I know that every time I drink coffee, it kills my appetite, but I didn't think I could stay awake in philosophy and other way.... and the benefit of that class great^n. So I go, because its important. Yosh!
Something was pointed out to me. My attitude apparently makes me seem like someone who doesn't go to class, slacks, doesn't study, procrastinates... yet gets good marks. There's a problem with this outlook. It makes me look smart. And that's just really wrong. Now that I think about it, I don't know when this started. I think it started at one of those years with me making nonchalant comments about not studying.......
I think it was grade 11 or 12 bio class. I love that class, 90+ and all that jazz, but I still had to work for it. But somehow, it appeared that I don't study, I sleep in class, I don't listen, and I pull work out of my ass.... And I guess the impression just kinda stuck. I think there was a point where I just went with the flow of it. It was nice having ppl think I was smart. But honestly.... that's so misleading. I put good long hours in my studies! Really I do.
For example. I try to make a point of reading the chapter before going to the lectures (doesn't always happen, but happens enough.) My definition of reading is reading the chapter plus a set of notes on the chapter (2 to 4 pages), so for test and exams, all I have to do it review my notes instead of reading the text again(this is why I can lend my textbook out and not get it back til after the test and still score well). I don't hand in anything late and I don't really stay up to finish them either. Before a test (worth like 10%) I put in a good 8-10 hours of study time. Before an exam, its anything from 10 to 30 hours. For finals, its 30-60, variable to schedule permitting and difficulty of subject. Accounting always being on the higher end of these times. Those are decent hours, I do believe. So no, I'm not a slacker. No, I don't pull things out of my ass. No, I don't really procrastinate. Yes, I skip some classes, yes I even skip some complete days. But usually I've done the work for that class. Take econ for example, a class I often skip. I've done all the reading until the next term test, which is two weeks from now. By the end of this weekend, I'll probably have read the next chapter, and then its only one more to go before the end of the course materials, and I'll be about 3 weeks ahead.
This blog is basically my defense. In concluding my thesis (and in case you missed it, it was that I'm not a slacker and I don't pull things out of my ass and do well. And I'm not smart!), I'm average. And average person that puts a lot of time in her crap. Really. Or maybe this blog is a sorry attempt to convince myself that I don't procrastinate. I still think I don't. I mean, there are certain little... indulgences that should be avoided, but I don't. Like spending hours reading a webcomic, a fanfic, anime and manga (though only when updates are available.) But I'm human.... I need to have some variety out of studying.
Well, the coffee is really starting to kick in now. I think I can go study without fally asleep. The Blog has served its purpose. Good. Later Dudes,
/me is going downstairs to sit on them comfy couches and studying (or sleep.... depends)
Yuy Ren
posted by Yuy at
8:47 AM
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Sorry for distracting you from reading the chapter. T_T
And we all know you work your ass off, I was just saying it LOOKS like it but we all know the truth anyway. Ya don't need to defend yourself, unless you're defending yourself from yourself, that's a doozy!
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