Pseudonymous Ramblings by Psychobunny

Monday, August 07, 2006

Another self-indulgent, whiny post

I move back to school in less than two weeks, and you know what that means. ... Yes, readers, it's time for the Annual Back-to-School Freakout! Ready? Let's go!
  • I wonder exactly why I thought last spring that I could do everything I committed myself to do this fall: two of the most difficult classes the department offers, another research assistantship, two officer positions in the honor society, mentoring, tutoring... why do I suffer from these delusions of capability? (They're getting bad. I'm considering taking--gulp--more chemistry. Yes, this class shot my GPA my freshman year. Yes, I rejoiced when it was over. Yes, I swore I'd never, so long as I lived, even think of chemistry ever again. Fluorine-uranium-carbon-potassium chemistry! And yet organic seems so appealing...)
  • I love a particular field of psychology. So much so, in fact, that I've read several of the major textbooks in order to satisfy my curiosity, including the one used in the class at my university (which I'm taking this fall). This is a clear repeat of what I did in high school with regard to psychology in general--and I was so completely bored out of my skull in high school psychology class that I took my notes backwards and in crayon, fervently hoping never to see another psychology class or book for the rest of my life. Will I grow to hate the field I love? Or will knowing the pattern save me this time?
  • Did I really think I could stand life with three roommates?

I'm typing on one of those idiotic ergonomic keyboards right now. As these were obviously designed to torture hunt-and-peck typists such as myself, I'm going to end the whinefest prematurely.

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