Attn: Everyone doing poorly in classes.

• Tatsu wrote on 2011-01-20 14:14

  Quote from Ithiliel;297864:

  You know I found that games never distracted nor took away from my schoolwork. It's all a matter of finding balance.

  
  
  I'm a top level lazy person. I finish the majority/all of my work in classes so that I can slack off when I'm outside of school. I've been using the analogy of "I really don't like working overtime," to explain why I do this. My grades are solid A's and B's.
  
  So, the chances of this stopping when I hit college is..?
• Cucurbita wrote on 2011-01-20 16:29

  Quote from Tatsu;298034:

  I'm a top level lazy person. I finish the majority/all of my work in classes so that I can slack off when I'm outside of school. I've been using the analogy of "I really don't like working overtime," to explain why I do this. My grades are solid A's and B's.
  
  So, the chances of this stopping when I hit college is..?

  
  
  Thats the attitude I took to college and now I'm having to have to redo the whole thing but with ten times the original effort required.
  
  Try college while working. Ridiculously difficult when you have no extra time.
  
  I have like an hour to myself at the library every morning now and thats it.
  
  Work, work, work. And starting this summer it'll be work, work work, classes. And I still won't have enough saved up so I'll have to start taking out loans and banks will harass me for the rest of my life.
  
  All sound advice from OP, make sure to suck up to your professors, see counselors, get student tutors, organized study groups, etc etc.
  
  BUT, the problem is, I already knew all that before going into college the first time. It just really didn't strike me the serious importance of the idea until it was too late. For this I do suggest you start making life style changes. Doesn't have to be big, but get a part time job, learn not to sleep in, and keep a schedule.
  
  Despite my usual desire to sleep for 16 hours well into 1PM every day, I now wake up at 6:30 AM and go jogging for an hour to keep myself in the momentum. It hurts my legs and its really against my sluggish nature, but it does help me get into gear for the rest of the day.
• Taycat wrote on 2011-01-20 16:36
  I'm sick a lot, so I miss school. Not because I want to, it's just when I get sick, I can't move very well....so I stay in bed and sleep that day until I can move or I just take it like a boss.
• Okitaru wrote on 2011-01-20 16:37
  I'm SUPPOSED to interview 2+ people about my life more specifically around the birth.
  My dads useless, I can only interview my mom, 50% boo.
  It's probably a crappy score on the total, but this makes me rage still.
  Especially since I have enough issues with creative writing so grades there are still iffy...
• Axel8426 wrote on 2011-01-20 16:42
  hehe, im an elf and Ima become a warrior, strange isnt it?
• Axel8426 wrote on 2011-01-20 16:43
  lol im in school doing this right now =) Just finished my midterms so they're letting us screw around on the internet.
• Cucurbita wrote on 2011-01-20 16:45

  Quote from kNocturn;298120:

  I'm sick a lot, so I miss school. Not because I want to, it's just when I get sick, I can't move very well....so I stay in bed and sleep that day until I can move or I just take it like a boss.

  
  
  Sickness means squat to bosses when you start working, so start getting used to moving around when you're sick.
  
  Common colds, headaches, stomach aches, are all invalid excuses to supervisors and managers.
  
  Sometimes, they don't even care if you have the flu. You get like what, 3 sick days a year? Don't ever use them unless you're NOT deathly ill.
  
  Unless you work in a food related job of course. But then often times bosses will just put a bunch of stuff on you (mask, gloves, etc) and tell you to suck it up and work.
• Osayidan wrote on 2011-01-20 16:45
  If you're slacking it's because you're in a class you don't like.
  I always avoided all my work in college because they forced nonsense on us like humanities, physical education, some sciency crap... and other mandatory classes. I said f***-off to that and went to study in a school that specialized in IT. No nonsense there, did what I loved to do, graduated with a 99% average, and dived right into my career path at the same company I did my internship with. By the time I'm 30 I'll be earning more than both my parents (and freeloading sister) combined.
  
  Schools are there to teach you but you need to be able to decide exactly what you want to learn, and how. I made that choice in early 2009 and it's the best life decision I've made so far.
• Mama wrote on 2011-01-20 17:11
  er, the only reason i got close to failing in some classes is because I studied for them a paltry 2 hours a day instead of 5, with the entire grade resting on two heavyweight exams. It's like they expect me to be taking only one course a semester, freakin' neurosciences.
• Taycat wrote on 2011-01-20 17:45

  Quote from Cucurbita;298130:

  Sickness means squat to bosses when you start working, so start getting used to moving around when you're sick.
  
  Common colds, headaches, stomach aches, are all invalid excuses to supervisors and managers.
  
  Sometimes, they don't even care if you have the flu. You get like what, 3 sick days a year? Don't ever use them unless you're NOT deathly ill.
  
  Unless you work in a food related job of course. But then often times bosses will just put a bunch of stuff on you (mask, gloves, etc) and tell you to suck it up and work.

  
  
  Oh, I understand, it's just this season I seem to be getting sicker and sicker.
  
  I've been drinking a bunch of OJ, though, lately so I'll feel better in a week.
• Chillax wrote on 2011-01-20 19:44

  Quote from Ithiliel;297874:

  Mm well I haven't had a problem with that either and I'm halfway through getting my BA.

  
  
  I guess it's different for each major and how addicted you are to games.
• Shirayuki wrote on 2011-01-20 21:33
  I miss too much school to do good, so I drone on with my B- average in all honors classes.
• Ithiliel wrote on 2011-01-20 21:40

  Quote from EndlessDreams;297890:

  I highly doubt that majority of the kids have situations happening in their life that they have absolutely no control over. Very small minority of students have crippling mental disabilities. Majority of the kids with "situations" is usually due to making bad choices over and over. Yes, there are also bad teachers. You will see a lot of them at the college level. However, even in the hardest of classes with the worst of professors, there is always the few people who are getting very high As.

  
  
  I believe your version of situations and mine was vastly different. I'm not talking about children who choose to do drugs or whatnot when I'm talking about situations. However, how I'm interpreting what you're saying is that you just think a majority of students are just lazy and shouldn't be helped if they're not going to help themselves. If that is what you're trying to say, please don't become a teacher we have enough of those types in the field already. If it isn't then perhaps you could choose your wording differently.
  
  Yes, I know about the bad college professors. I've been attending some sort of college since I was fifteen. Of course there are some people getting high A's, they tend to usually be the professors favorites. I've played this little game with professors plenty of times.
  
  

  Quote from Tatsu;298034:

  I'm a top level lazy person. I finish the majority/all of my work in classes so that I can slack off when I'm outside of school. I've been using the analogy of "I really don't like working overtime," to explain why I do this. My grades are solid A's and B's.
  
  So, the chances of this stopping when I hit college is..?

  
  
  Um....Tatsu are you trying to counteract my....saying that games don't get in the way of schoolwork? Because I don't really know why you chose to point out my saying it doesn't distract me. Obviously it doesn't distract you much either since you're getting good grades and getting the work done.
  
  

  Quote from Chillax;298281:

  I guess it's different for each major and how addicted you are to games.

  
  
  True, I'm a double major in both Education and Geology so I'm usually quite busy but I suppose I'm good at managing my time.
• Skye wrote on 2011-01-20 23:41
  I agree with the OP. Except my english teacher hates me and gives me nothing but B's, no matter how much effort and studying I put into assignments. I want so badly to just give up.
• Mama wrote on 2011-01-21 00:19

  Quote from Tatsu;298034:

  I'm a top level lazy person. I finish the majority/all of my work in classes so that I can slack off when I'm outside of school. I've been using the analogy of "I really don't like working overtime," to explain why I do this. My grades are solid A's and B's.
  
  So, the chances of this stopping when I hit college is..?

  
  
  depends. I had a similar outlook on highschool because honestly it's a joke, work-wise.
  
  University is just another world. if you want to do well, and get B's even, you need to work overtime, at least study as much as the length of your lecture every day.
  
  there's no such thing as breezing past University. (its called college in USA? theres a large distinction between college and uni in canada.)