The work. I just don't feel like I can do it. I haven't a clue what I want to do for a job. Uni was always what I really wanted, but now I can't manage it seemingly.
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Quote: bigfella @ October 12 2009, 4:26 PM BSTYou won't sleep tonight will you!!!!!
See above BF. 
Quote: Moonstone @ October 12 2009, 5:29 PM BSTBut what if she's had her paw in some poo or something?
She ran off and hid behind the curtain when I yelped but I'm not going to stroke her and say it's all right cos she'll praps learn to be a bit more careful, or at least that her claws + my flesh = lot of pain!
If she's properly wormed you'll be fine.
Quote: Scatterbrained Floozy @ October 12 2009, 6:16 PM BSTThe work. I just don't feel like I can do it. I haven't a clue what I want to do for a job. Uni was always what I really wanted, but now I can't manage it seemingly.
You're probably so uptight you can't think as well as usual. If you still like the subject everything will fall into place at some point.
Quote: Scatterbrained Floozy @ October 12 2009, 6:16 PM BSTThe work. I just don't feel like I can do it. I haven't a clue what I want to do for a job. Uni was always what I really wanted, but now I can't manage it seemingly.
Have you made any good friends yet? Is so maybe you could study with them? It is a really tough subject, I must admit I did struggle an aweful lot with lit crit in particular.
Quote: Scatterbrained Floozy @ October 12 2009, 5:52 PM BSTRobyn is going to jump off a cliff in a moment.
Uni really, really isn't worth it. It's not even important in the grand scale of things, believe me.
Quote: Dolly Dagger @ October 12 2009, 6:18 PM BSTIf she's properly wormed you'll be fine.
I beg to differ:
Quote: Scatterbrained Floozy @ October 12 2009, 6:16 PM BSTThe work. I just don't feel like I can do it. I haven't a clue what I want to do for a job. Uni was always what I really wanted, but now I can't manage it seemingly.
Is there not someone at uni you can speak to? I got a bit overwhelmed by my work load in the final year at Uni and was considering repeating a year as I thought there was no way I could ever catch up. I spoke to one of the tutors and she encouraged me to stick at it. I never thought it would work out, but it did in the end and meant I didn't have to repeat a year. I felt so much better after speaking to her too. There is always help out there if you need it.
Quote: Dolly Dagger @ October 12 2009, 6:18 PM BSTIf she's properly wormed you'll be fine.
Gulp! Eeeek!
Quote: Moonstone @ October 12 2009, 6:19 PM BSTHave you made any good friends yet? Is so maybe you could study with them? It is a really tough subject, I must admit I did struggle an aweful lot with lit crit in particular.
Lit Crit sucks, and is infiltrating everything. I'm currently writing on Foucault, Barthes and Landow, and perceptions of self for both writers and readers. I have 500 words to do it in. >_<
And I do have a good friend, but he's so clever that I would just have all my worried reinforced, I think.
Quote: DaButt @ October 12 2009, 6:21 PM BSTI beg to differ:
I'm not even gonna watch this.
Quote: Sammy @ October 12 2009, 6:21 PM BSTIs there not someone at uni you can speak to? I got a bit overwhelmed by my work load in the final year at Uni and was considering repeating a year as I thought there was no way I could ever catch up. I spoke to one of the tutors and she encouraged me to stick at it. I never thought it would work out, but it did in the end and meant I didn't have to repeat a year. I felt so much better after speaking to her too. There is always help out there if you need it.
I don't really think I can bring myself to talk to my tutor to be honest. I just feel very laughed at right now, like everyone's in on something which I'm not.
Quote: Scatterbrained Floozy @ October 12 2009, 6:23 PM BSTI don't really think I can bring myself to talk to my tutor to be honest. I just feel very laughed at right now, like everyone's in on something which I'm not.
That's just the BCG.
Oh, I see. No everyone is in the same boat as you. Were you like the brightest at school and now everyone is at the same level and it seems weird perhaps? Remember you don't have to be the best and the most perfect student. Just passing is fine. All this will not even matter in years to come.
Quote: Scatterbrained Floozy @ October 12 2009, 6:22 PM BSTLit Crit sucks, and is infiltrating everything. I'm currently writing on Foucault, Barthes and Landow, and perceptions of self for both writers and readers. I have 500 words to do it in. >_<
Oh my god, even remembering these makes me feel sick! And there are so many more theorists and movements besides. 500 words though? Bloody hell, why so short?
And I do have a good friend, but he's so clever that I would just have all my worried reinforced, I think.
I don't think so. I would try, honestly. He may be able to explain things far better than a lecturer or some f**king unfathomable essay. The thing is not to be afraid to say you don't understand something - I should think most will be in the same boat.
Quote: Scatterbrained Floozy @ October 12 2009, 6:23 PM BSTI don't really think I can bring myself to talk to my tutor to be honest. I just feel very laughed at right now, like everyone's in on something which I'm not.
I can honestly see why you would feel like this - but it might help. It's worth a try surely? The tutors/lecturers want you to do well - they wouldn't want you to be suffering in silence or trying to struggle on through on your own - they are your side. Everyone feels like this sometimes - I'm sure there will be others on your course who feel exactly the same.
Quote: Scatterbrained Floozy @ October 12 2009, 6:23 PM BSTI just feel very laughed at right now, like everyone's in on something which I'm not.
If you're trying to carry too heavy of a workload, reduce the number of classes until you get the hang of things. It's a different culture, but it's not like everyone is smarter than you are and you're doomed to failure. Don't be afraid to speak to advisers if you feel overwhelmed or lost. That's what they're there for and lots of your classmates are feeling the same way right about now.
It's to go in a portfolio of 6 essays, all of that length, for the end of Lit. Theory. It'll then have another essay added to it. I'd much rather do three 1,000 word essays to be honest.
And you have no idea at all. I might be imagining it, but even to imagine feeling so patronised by so many people is horrible, no matter how paranoid it arguably makes me.