Letter I got yesterday:
"Dear Tonje,
I want to let you know that I have been asked to submit names of
students who are currently earning below a C- in EGR 220. You are
currently failing the course, and I am submitting this to your class
Dean as requested. It seems to me that you understand parts of the
material but have not kept up with the homework and therefore don't
always earn the points you might. I encourage you to go over the
work to date and bring questions you have to office hours.
I am also concerned that you missed class today, as we started a new
topic that is often difficult for students.
Best,
Prof. ......."
If you wonder why I was out of it, that was why.. Yesterday was not a good day at all. First I discovered that my work supervisor had not approved my hours so my paycheck was only for my other job, which was on 12 dollars. And then this... To make things worse I was tried and stressed so...
There were some highlights though.
1: Steam Punk Magazine. Great fun
2: Payday Sushi, Kay paid
3: Game, fun, but Adrian did not get to shoot something, damn... Heh, it is fun playing trigger happy characters, I rarly do...
4: Talked to Andy for half an hour about gaming and circus. Apperently he is one of the GMs for Deathfest
5: Hot chocolate given to me by Claire, because of emotional breakdown
Today have been better, I have been studying and playing chess and that is it. I am supposed to go to a birthday party tonight. Don't really want to, but I guess I can. Chess was fun, I was Crowly from Good Omens. And I got a ton of great pictures. Guess who is finally updating her dA account. I have a bunch of good ones of Madison as the Doctor and Lizz and Queen Latifa (I am not sure), and some of Sibs as Vash. Anyway, you'll see. Anyway, it felt good taking pictures again.
Oh and good music, Abney Park... I like steam punk and want to make a steam punk costume.
1 comment:
This sounds extremely familiar. I am not sure whether you ever saw an emotional breakdown of mine at college or not, but I think I had quite a lot of them. It sucks to get bad grades, especially when you know the teachers are right, that you could and should be getting better grades.
But you know what? Screw them.
1. Take a few deep breaths.
2. Think about what you need to do to catch up.
3. Don't panic at the massive amount of work piled on your head.\
4. I said don't panic.
5. Make a schedule where you fit it all in.
6. Remake that schedule. Be realistic! You can't do that much work in a day you silly viking.
7. Keep at it, and when you stray from your schedule, have a nice hysterical breakdown with lots of tears and preferably some screaming, followed directly by chocolate and hugs.
8. Get back on the horse. ^^
Tada! ...and remember to thank yours truly for this tried and functioning technique.
When they were thinking of kicking me out of RCN I felt like I was going to die. I felt all rotten inside and that I could never correct my mistakes, but there you have it, I stayed, I passed and I had a lot of fun doing it. If I can do it, so can you!
No really, I know you can't prevent it from getting to you, because it wounds your pride and makes you feel like a complete failure, but remember that you are not. You passed IB damn it! You are the second best DM I've ever played under! You have imagination, wits and lots of gooey stuff in your skull, designed to make you awesome! You are a lean, mean, brain machine and nothing is going to prevent you from reaching your dreams!
So snap out of it Val, my brilliant Tiger viking, and get out and start fighting that gigantic monster of schoolwork before it eats the townspeople!
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