So, I'm back at the library and once again I'm blogging before I do anything. I'm not sure why but when I get here I just feel compelled to blog about something. It just feels like a good way to start a stay at the library. I feel that this might become a habit. But we'll have to wait until next year to see I guess, especially considering there are only two days left. Two! I absolutely, 100% cannot believe I'm already done with freshman year. There's so much left for me to accomplish. So many people I haven't yet met. So many places to go and things to visit. I think I'm going to need to make myself a list for next year and tape it to my wall. That way, I'll know what I want to do and I can cross things off as I go. I think what this is really telling me is that I need to be more organized overall. While I'm happy with pretty much everything that went down this year, I really wish I had been more organized. But now I know what I need to do in order to achieve that goal, so I guess its not a total loss.
I'm once again really lacking in the motivation department today. There's just no incentive for me to stare at endless lists of practice physics problems. It doesn't seem like it could be all that helpful. I know that it will in fact be, especially given the style of the final and that I haven't looked at a physics problem in like 3 weeks and can't remember a damn thing. But still, right now it just doesn't seem worth it.
I wonder if it will ever seem worth it or if I'll just look back and say "Damn, why didn't I do better in college? What am I gonna do with myself now?"
Morbid I know, but it really seems that way sometimes. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy with B's- but grad schools aren't. Which is terrible really, because B is supposed to still be "above average." And with rampant grade inflation across basically every subject everywhere, it really makes me wonder why we try for grades at all. I really wish school focused on learning rather than earning. I understand that tests and homework are there in theory to see if we're learning but thats not really how it works, let's be honest. Grades are just arbitrary letters handed out, they're rarely earned.
So what I want is for everyone I know, and for the system in general, to just take a deep breath and relax. Grades are not the be all end all of life. There are so many more important things we could be learning right now. But instead we're stuck being threatened with "bad" grades to pressure us into studying. And for what?
Ask yourself that. Maybe you'll justify this endless pursuit in some way or maybe you'll start to understand what the system is really like. I leave that choice up to you- but please, please- just relax for once. B's aren't bad grades and C's won't kill anyone.
Breathe in.
Breathe out.
The Kid.
~Platinum.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
3 comments:
1. I need a 3.0 or above to get a job when I graduate.
2. I need a 3.0 to keep my scholarship. No scholarship--no school for me.
3. Getting good grades, as in doing my best, makes me feel good.
:)
Unfortunately many medical schools do not even look at the rest of your application if you do not have at least a 3.5 GPA. The program that I am trying to join requires a 3.65 GPA to get in.
To keep my scholarships, I need to maintain a certain GPA. The program I'm in will not accept anything lower than C's in order to receive credit for any course.
I want to go to grad school, so I can have an advanced degree in what I'm doing. I get to do cooler things in my career with this degree.
I really value education and want to know that I'm doing my best.
Besides this, I feel like my parents sent me to a college prep high school so I could excel in college. Thus, I take school work really seriously. Maybe too seriously. But at least I'm done with the hardest year of my program. Woot!
Post a Comment