My OperaBack on Track
Thursday, February 1, 2007 9:35:59 AM
Still up at 4:30am? Well, I guess that's my favorite part about having my first Thursday class at 12:50. Not that I don't stay up till 4 on other nights (grr... so many shiny things), but I actually feel good about it because I spent most of the time actually catching up, and getting ahead a bit, on some of my homework.
I wasn't pleased with my performance last semester, although I predicted that I would get these grades on the second week of classes. Not as much a self-fulfilling prophecy, as much as it was depressingly impressive insight. Reaffirming myself over winter break, I made a vow to myself to get it together and actually study and do my homework, which was obviously an impediment to my learning. I mean, it wasn't like I was purposely ditching the work, I just got distracted too easily by other things to do.
For the past week, however, I had no chance to orient myself, with so many things going on, on top of getting right back into a full workload the first day of class, so I was really starting to feel overwhelmed, which sucked as the work was just as hard as before. However, after employing a bit of willpower, it appears that I've found my footing, and I've actually gotten a hold on things, so I'm rather happy about that.
I was especially grateful that Ghia visited me last weekend, as I had been building up stress since, it seems like, the end of last semester, but getting sometime to decompress and relax with the person I care about the most in my life really helped me get a focus on things.
Also, for some reason, my new teachers this time around are a lot more, interesting, I guess, than last semester. One's British, one I'm rather sure is Canadian, one has some awesome hair coloring, and the two others are simply easy to talk to and relate with, so I'm rather pleased right now.
Oh, and I found the cutest panda ever! AWWW!
I wasn't pleased with my performance last semester, although I predicted that I would get these grades on the second week of classes. Not as much a self-fulfilling prophecy, as much as it was depressingly impressive insight. Reaffirming myself over winter break, I made a vow to myself to get it together and actually study and do my homework, which was obviously an impediment to my learning. I mean, it wasn't like I was purposely ditching the work, I just got distracted too easily by other things to do.
For the past week, however, I had no chance to orient myself, with so many things going on, on top of getting right back into a full workload the first day of class, so I was really starting to feel overwhelmed, which sucked as the work was just as hard as before. However, after employing a bit of willpower, it appears that I've found my footing, and I've actually gotten a hold on things, so I'm rather happy about that.
I was especially grateful that Ghia visited me last weekend, as I had been building up stress since, it seems like, the end of last semester, but getting sometime to decompress and relax with the person I care about the most in my life really helped me get a focus on things.
Also, for some reason, my new teachers this time around are a lot more, interesting, I guess, than last semester. One's British, one I'm rather sure is Canadian, one has some awesome hair coloring, and the two others are simply easy to talk to and relate with, so I'm rather pleased right now.
Oh, and I found the cutest panda ever! AWWW!
