Unfortunately, I do not have much in the way of interesting blogging material. Classes started Monday, and I have been insanely busy. I have three tests next week, plus a paper due on Monday. I've been extremely stressed that I've been staying up later and waking up early to get work done. I caught up on sleep today, sleeping for 9.5 hours and waking up at 10:20.
Currently, I'm struggling with my stats and bio classes, so I'm studying for those like no other. I now have D+ in stats, thanks to getting an F on my second test. However, I'm hoping, more homework, my project, and recent quiz will pull my grade back up to the C that I maintained for eight weeks. Plus, my math professor is super nice and helpful during office hours.
Human bio has been a struggle, not only because the material is difficult, but that my professor is not very helpful. I've been going to my professor's office hours at least twice a week, but I cannot seem to bring my grade up. Luckily, I did some extra credit which I hope will raise my grade. I've told my professor that science does not come easily to me, and that I need him to explain the material. He's a smart guy and knows that I'm struggling; however, I'm frustrated that he cannot find a way to explain the material clearly and could not recommend a textbook, tutor, or another bio professor who could help. I really don't want to drop the class, but I may have to depending on how I do on my next test. There's only so much I can do, especially when my professor is not meeting me halfway. I don't expect him to be my best friend or even my favorite professor. All I want from him is to be able to explain the material clearly so I can understand it and get a C in the class.
Even though I've been feeling down and stressed out a lot, I had a wonderful experience with my English professor on Wednesday. I had a ton of questions for him about my draft of my poetry paper. Since this week is advising week, he only had five minutes when I came. After we talked about my questions, I said, "I'm sorry I had a lot of questions in such a short amount of time. I didn't think that we would be able to discuss my questions in a short amount of time. I wanted to make sure I got them answered so I can write a good paper." He said, "Don't worry about it. I'm really pleased at how well you're doing in class and how much effort you put into your writing. I admire you for that." I was almost in tears, and just wanted to say, "Do you know how much what you just said made my day? You have no idea how much I needed to hear this." It really meant a lot to me to hear from my professor that he sees how well I do and appreciates my hard work. Just having someone recognize my strengths keeps me going and gives me hope that I will be able to make it through this difficult time.
As my wonderful friend Antonia said, this experience will make me stronger. This is so true, and luckily, I have awesome friends here at UP who I can count on to help me get through this. I believe that I can do anything. I will do anything I can to reach my goal, and am not afraid to get help if I need it. Over these next few weeks, I will try to do as many say: think positive! (:
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