Burning Up.
"… cause I'm slippin' into the lava, and I'm trying to keep from going under …."
Well, I'm not burning up for someone, well maybe I am somewhat, not really. But, I'm talking about me being burnt out from school already this early into the semester. I guess you can look at it as a learning experience. I can also say that I've had both a loaded schedule and a very lenient schedule (last semester). It's finally hit me and I'm understanding the reason why college is a challenge, especially if you plan to graduate in four years. There's this Physics I class I'm in right now, and to date, it is the HARDEST class I've taken so far my whole college career. But then again, this is only my freshman year; I'll probably run into harder classes than this ….. *ahem* Physics 2.
Well anyways, I got the good news from my Physics professor today that our tests are going to be from the "easier" section in our Physics book. THANK GOODNESS. The problems that were being assigned stumped, not only me and my classmates, but it even stumped the tutors and helpers during the Physics tutoring sessions. Every time I go to the Physics lecture, I would always say how much I hate the professor and how much I hate the subject, but one of my peers made a good point when we were doing our group study for our Physics homework today. He claimed that possibly this class (Physics 1) is one of the classes where they weed out who really is willing to work hard to get passed this class compared to who is going to end up changing their major because of this class alone. Trust me, I'm not a stupid guy. This professor is just that tough, especially if you never had a background with Calculus or Physics before.
I think that's just what I need, a break. These past couple of weeks have been super stressful for me. I'm so lucky that my art class and my CAD class are classes where I can relax in. I'm also lucky that I don't really have to stress too much with my Comp 2 class as well; well, for now, I don't have to stress out much cause I'm only focusing on a small side research assignment right now. What's funny is that I'm not even a third ways through the Spring semester yet, and I'm already feeling burnt out. It's frustrating. I have my first Physics test next Thursday and I have my first Calc test the week after that. Not only that, the research paper I'm working on right now is also due the same week of my Calc test.
Sigh. Surprisingly, I think I'm actually liking this semester compared to the fall. I'm meeting a lot more new people in my classes this time and I feel like I'm truly being tested and challenged now. But then again, I don't know if looking at your backpack knowing that it's utterly impossibly for me to stay ahead of my schoolwork with full understanding of everything. This semester, I doubt I'll be able to say that I finished all of my homework, cause this time around, I'll always have some homework to do.
Summer semester, please come now. I'm tired of these classes now (then again, I'm not). I wanna start taking Statics and Thermodynamics already. Oh, one last thing; wanna know the irony ?? The classes I really want to take now, such as Statics, is pretty much all Physics.
