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DBD 2.17.10 If You Went Back to Cal, Could You Handle It?


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I've only been in school for a month and I'm already feeling overwhelmed. The workload isn't even that heavy!

I'm 30 years old and am taking 4 classes per week (12 credits) at a local community college. I dropped out of high school and have good blue collar job. I've always considered myself intelligent and am an avid reader. I just can't get myself to focus on homework - and when I do, I become distracted or discouraged easily.

I have an exam tomorrow and I've put very little effort into studying. There is a narrative essay (very easy - only 3 pages) that is due at the end of this week and I'm still looking at a blank Word document. I have the day off work and have been procrastinating doing school work since 10:00am this morning (it's after 4:00 now). These are all 100 level classes too. What am I going to do next semester with at a more difficult level.

In class, I try to concentrate but my mind wanders easily. I take good notes but don't think I'm retaining much of what the teacher instructs us. Last week, we wrote essay in English class and revised them with the students next to us. After reading his essay, I had nothing to offer him. I thought it was punctuated and composed perfectly (while he had more than a few corrections and suggestions for mine).

I'm not even doing anything productive with all this time I'm wasting. Today I reorganized my music library, spent about 3 hours browsing the internet (reddit, facebook, the onion, porn, stumbleupon) and eating. I've made myself a "to do" list but haven't even opened it.

School is my priority right now. I'm unhappy with my choices in life and have made very clear goals for myself. I was so enthusiastic leading up to the start of this semester, but now I'm not so optimistic about my educational future.

Am I lazy? Can anyone offer some advice on focusing all of my mental energy on completing quality school work?

If you went back to Cal now, do you think you could you handle it?

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