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Post by Bannanachair on Jun 6, 2018 12:05:02 GMT -4
Have you ever just felt so beaten down by life and circumstances that you just can't go on? You're in a position where you need to try to do something but, even if you try to the best of your ability, you know that you'll fail at it? If it's a quick thing you'd just do it and begin planning for the outcome of failure, but if it's a thing that's far away that I need to do that's a big important thing? What do you do if you're just not good enough at life to survive in life?
Edit: I realized just after posting this that I was too vague. In my circumstances it's specifically exam-related stress, but it probably applies to other things as well.
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Post by Tikobe on Jun 6, 2018 14:17:46 GMT -4
Have you ever just felt so beaten down by life and circumstances that you just can't go on? You're in a position where you need to try to do something but, even if you try to the best of your ability, you know that you'll fail at it? If it's a quick thing you'd just do it and begin planning for the outcome of failure, but if it's a thing that's far away that I need to do that's a big important thing? What do you do if you're just not good enough at life to survive in life? Edit: I realized just after posting this that I was too vague. In my circumstances it's specifically exam-related stress, but it probably applies to other things as well. Hmm? Yep, I have. And I've seen it quite a bit. Happens to a lot of students in my college during their first year. I mean, hell, it was a struggle to continue on during my second semester. |
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Post by Bannanachair on Jun 6, 2018 14:58:08 GMT -4
Have you ever just felt so beaten down by life and circumstances that you just can't go on? You're in a position where you need to try to do something but, even if you try to the best of your ability, you know that you'll fail at it? If it's a quick thing you'd just do it and begin planning for the outcome of failure, but if it's a thing that's far away that I need to do that's a big important thing? What do you do if you're just not good enough at life to survive in life? Edit: I realized just after posting this that I was too vague. In my circumstances it's specifically exam-related stress, but it probably applies to other things as well. Hmm? Yep, I have. And I've seen it quite a bit. Happens to a lot of students in my college during their first year. I mean, hell, it was a struggle to continue on during my second semester. I'm not even in college yet. What do you do about it? |
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Post by Tikobe on Jun 6, 2018 15:21:24 GMT -4
Hmm? Yep, I have. And I've seen it quite a bit. Happens to a lot of students in my college during their first year. I mean, hell, it was a struggle to continue on during my second semester. I'm not even in college yet. What do you do about it? Umm... From what I've seen, sad to say, I haven't found a good thing for it. In the end, all I was able to do was just power through it, and when I see a fellow student like that there's nothing more I can really do except for encourage them to keep on moving. For now, all I really can say is just keep walking no matter how hard. After all, life really doesn't move if you don't. |
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Post by Duck14 on Jun 6, 2018 20:48:19 GMT -4
I think most go there at one time or another. I was for a little bit during those last few weeks of my last school semesters.
Teachers hype up the importance of exams making them out to be the be all and end all of your educational career. They’re really not but most students don’t realise that at the time because of the pressure they’re under. Teachers need you to do well because it reflects well on them and the school. Fact is, it’s not the end of the world if you fail or don’t do brilliantly, there’s still plenty of paths that could work out better than the one you’re on. That’s not to say you shouldn’t try to do well but you should realise that if you don’t do great then that’s alright.
That final year of high school is the hardest educational year of your career. Yeah, unis and colleges are hard as well, but in most cases you’re doing what you want or at least what you’re decent at. Unis (at least in my case) also don’t heap on the pressure that schools do. It’s alright to feel stress around exams but it eases it a little if you know there’s plenty of opportunities for you afterward no matter what happens. Just weather the storm for now.
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Post by Tikobe on Jun 6, 2018 21:16:59 GMT -4
I think most go there at one time or another. I was for a little bit during those last few weeks of my last school semesters. Teachers hype up the importance of exams making them out to be the be all and end all of your educational career. They’re really not but most students don’t realise that at the time because of the pressure they’re under. Teachers need you to do well because it reflects well on them and the school. Fact is, it’s not the end of the world if you fail or don’t do brilliantly, there’s still plenty of paths that could work out better than the one you’re on. That’s not to say you shouldn’t try to do well but you should realise that if you don’t do great then that’s alright. That final year of high school is the hardest educational year of your career. Yeah, unis and colleges are hard as well, but in most cases you’re doing what you want or at least what you’re decent at. Unis (at least in my case) also don’t heap on the pressure that schools do. It’s alright to feel stress around exams but it eases it a little if you know there’s plenty of opportunities for you afterward no matter what happens. Just weather the storm for now. I think uni pressure it dependent on the professor actually. I had this one English professor named Professor Hohmann. If you're curious about the "pressure" he put on his classes let me just lightly mention a particular encounter I had with him in his ENG102 class where he told the entire class that I (And yes, he called me out specifically) was pretty much inevitably going to fail his class. I still passed it with a B. |
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Post by Duck14 on Jun 6, 2018 22:28:31 GMT -4
I think most go there at one time or another. I was for a little bit during those last few weeks of my last school semesters. Teachers hype up the importance of exams making them out to be the be all and end all of your educational career. They’re really not but most students don’t realise that at the time because of the pressure they’re under. Teachers need you to do well because it reflects well on them and the school. Fact is, it’s not the end of the world if you fail or don’t do brilliantly, there’s still plenty of paths that could work out better than the one you’re on. That’s not to say you shouldn’t try to do well but you should realise that if you don’t do great then that’s alright. That final year of high school is the hardest educational year of your career. Yeah, unis and colleges are hard as well, but in most cases you’re doing what you want or at least what you’re decent at. Unis (at least in my case) also don’t heap on the pressure that schools do. It’s alright to feel stress around exams but it eases it a little if you know there’s plenty of opportunities for you afterward no matter what happens. Just weather the storm for now. I think uni pressure it dependent on the professor actually. I had this one English professor named Professor Hohmann. If you're curious about the "pressure" he put on his classes let me just lightly mention a particular encounter I had with him in his ENG102 class where he told the entire class that I (And yes, he called me out specifically) was pretty much inevitably going to fail his class. I still passed it with a B. Ugh, yeah, that’s bad. That must have been demoralising. Agreed, uni pressure does come down to the professor, I must have had a good run with mine in comparison. |
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Post by Bannanachair on Jun 7, 2018 5:54:46 GMT -4
I think most go there at one time or another. I was for a little bit during those last few weeks of my last school semesters. Teachers hype up the importance of exams making them out to be the be all and end all of your educational career. They’re really not but most students don’t realise that at the time because of the pressure they’re under. Teachers need you to do well because it reflects well on them and the school. Fact is, it’s not the end of the world if you fail or don’t do brilliantly, there’s still plenty of paths that could work out better than the one you’re on. That’s not to say you shouldn’t try to do well but you should realise that if you don’t do great then that’s alright. That final year of high school is the hardest educational year of your career. Yeah, unis and colleges are hard as well, but in most cases you’re doing what you want or at least what you’re decent at. Unis (at least in my case) also don’t heap on the pressure that schools do. It’s alright to feel stress around exams but it eases it a little if you know there’s plenty of opportunities for you afterward no matter what happens. Just weather the storm for now. I have literally nothing else in my academic profile. I have no extra-curriculars (no, managing a very popular internet roleplaying site of four people doesn't count as an extra-curricular), no work experience, no charity work. The majority of my grade (and by that I mean 100%) is reliant upon my test scores. Test scores are literally the only thing that I have. |
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