If someone tells you they are in their 5th, 6th, 7th year of college please don’t make them feel like shit with you laughter or “damn it’s taking you that long” comments.
College is hard, and it’s even harder when you are a student battling depression and other mental illnesses.
Tag: college
As much as I hate them I prefer in-class assessments/essays because the grading is usually less strict because you have less resources and time to complete whatever it is.
Speaking of in-class essays my teacher was telling us how one in-class essay in one whole period is nothing next to the two in 30 minutes one of the higher English classes make you do. I asked why we would need to know how to do that and he said for college. I asked why we’d need it for a career and he said lots of careers require it.
Great. Then teach it in classes for those fields. There’s no need to kill us mentally just because of a maybe.
@theminingdwarf Exactly. I’m probably going to college for some STEM field. I’m a decent essay writer as it is and even my history writing, which is a field that requires writing, is better than what is expected out of me. I honestly don’t remember the last time I wrote more than a paragraph or two MAYBE for a science course (outside of requirements for every class regardless of subject or standardized assessments). I think I have the writing ability, or will have the writing ability I need by that point, by the time I get to college. I won’t need to be able to write two 5+ paragraph essays in 30 minutes.
@theminingdwarf Honestly. My school has a four years of English requirement, so you have to take English all the way through. But it’s only the higher honors-level English classes that expect that level out of you anyway. I’m not taking those classes, so I don’t need to be prepared for that level of writing. And I mean, I don’t mind English or history (I actually like history), but that’s not the type of stuff I’m interested in as a career. My point is there are classes and fields that do expect that out of you, but it’s hardly a universally necessary skill.
Speaking of in-class essays my teacher was telling us how one in-class essay in one whole period is nothing next to the two in 30 minutes one of the higher English classes make you do. I asked why we would need to know how to do that and he said for college. I asked why we’d need it for a career and he said lots of careers require it.
Great. Then teach it in classes for those fields. There’s no need to kill us mentally just because of a maybe.
@theminingdwarf Exactly. I’m probably going to college for some STEM field. I’m a decent essay writer as it is and even my history writing, which is a field that requires writing, is better than what is expected out of me. I honestly don’t remember the last time I wrote more than a paragraph or two MAYBE for a science course (outside of requirements for every class regardless of subject or standardized assessments). I think I have the writing ability, or will have the writing ability I need by that point, by the time I get to college. I won’t need to be able to write two 5+ paragraph essays in 30 minutes.
What if everyone dropped out as some protest until the school system got fixed
I don’t want to go to college.
College isn’t for everyone
It’s okay to not go to college. It’s okay to drop out after a bit. It’s okay to take your life in a different direction. You can still have a happy and fulfilling and successful life without a degree
PSA for any high schoolers who’re going to college soon or are just worried about it
your high school teachers are LIARS.
Most college professors accept late assignments.
Some of them are so chill that you can ditch most of class so long as you can handle the final.
It’s all about playing it by ear.
YOU DON’T ASK TO GO TO THE BATHROOM PLEASE SAVE YOURSELF THE EMBARRASSMENT.
It is NOT harder than high school. You’re more or less ready for it if you do ok in high school, ok?
Seriously. I got A’s in AP classes yet was terrified that I wouldn’t be able to handle college.
Surprise surprise?
AP classes are harder than college classes.
No joke.
College professors are a lot more liberal on what counts as a “right” answer.
Plus they give you points for caring.
Some classes give you points just for showing up.
There’s an atmosphere of controlled panic, and you are not the only one.
You can pretty much go up to anyone and say god life is a nightmare and finals are gonna kick my ass, and they’ll go saaaaame, regardless of how genius they’re supposed to be.
Seriously.
College student here.
High school teachers are the WORST of liars.
They’ll tell you college is a “whole nother level” but that’s such horse shit.
High school is a standardized sheep counting facility.
College is a research lab full of cats that may or may not do what you expect.
Honestly my parents have been talking to me about college for years, and I’m legitimately drowning in anxiety. This is the single most helpful, relieving, beneficial thing I have ever fucking heard, and it’s off a shady website where we go to rant about our fandoms and political views. And I am 100% okay with that.
OKAY but this really only applies to like the first two years??? Yeah, 100/200/300 level classes are easy as shit. Professors don’t care about them that much, they’re often filler classes for them.
HOWEVER once you get the Gen eds done and start getting into your major? That shit is JUST as hard as your high school teachers told you it would be, if not harder. Don’t give people the wrong idea, college is easy at first but you have to learn how to study and apply yourself, or you won’t survive those last few semesters.
PSA for any high schoolers who’re going to college soon or are just worried about it
your high school teachers are LIARS.
Most college professors accept late assignments.
Some of them are so chill that you can ditch most of class so long as you can handle the final.
It’s all about playing it by ear.
YOU DON’T ASK TO GO TO THE BATHROOM PLEASE SAVE YOURSELF THE EMBARRASSMENT.
It is NOT harder than high school. You’re more or less ready for it if you do ok in high school, ok?
Seriously. I got A’s in AP classes yet was terrified that I wouldn’t be able to handle college.
Surprise surprise?
AP classes are harder than college classes.
No joke.
College professors are a lot more liberal on what counts as a “right” answer.
Plus they give you points for caring.
Some classes give you points just for showing up.
There’s an atmosphere of controlled panic, and you are not the only one.
You can pretty much go up to anyone and say god life is a nightmare and finals are gonna kick my ass, and they’ll go saaaaame, regardless of how genius they’re supposed to be.
Seriously.
College student here.
High school teachers are the WORST of liars.
They’ll tell you college is a “whole nother level” but that’s such horse shit.
High school is a standardized sheep counting facility.
College is a research lab full of cats that may or may not do what you expect.
Honestly my parents have been talking to me about college for years, and I’m legitimately drowning in anxiety. This is the single most helpful, relieving, beneficial thing I have ever fucking heard, and it’s off a shady website where we go to rant about our fandoms and political views. And I am 100% okay with that.
ifesbob 