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LifeFirst · 11-30-2006, 01:41 AM

I have waited for as long as I can before making posts like this because I believed that I can turn it around but right now it's not looking good. I have about 4 weeks left before the semester ends at my University and right now I'm struggling. I don't really know where to begin but I am getting stressed out. Right now, all I do is study, pretty much all day long. I stay at the library until 9 or 10 PM before heading home. And the worst part is that I feel like I haven't learned anything. It seems to take me hours just to read and comprehend a couple of simple paragraphs, and I have to repeat what I have just read again and again just to grasp the meaning. My major is Economics so there is a lot of math involved but it feels like I'm spending waaay more time than I should have.

Of course, I also have problems focusing, and sometimes during the weekends I tend to slack off and wouldn't study as much. And even when I study and do homework I still feel like my progress is slow and I still have to stay up late to study and tests, even when I do study on a regular basis. This is just frustrating because this is already my 4th year in this University, and I'm not doing well at all. On top of that, I don't really go out much, if at all. I have found that I have lost interest in just about everything and all I do is study because if I don't I will fall behind for sure. I have a couple of friends but sometimes I just get so sick of them and I don't even know why. For example, I went to a party last week and man I just wanted to get out of there as soon as I got there. I knew everyone there but they just sickened me....like I just wanted to smash their heads in....and I don't even know why I felt that way. And sure enough...I didn't have a very good time.

So, I think I'm definitely in trouble because of the mediocre grades I'm getting in school....any suggestions???

11-30-2006, 01:41 AM	#1 (permalink)
LifeFirst Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 284	I think I'm in big trouble.... I have waited for as long as I can before making posts like this because I believed that I can turn it around but right now it's not looking good. I have about 4 weeks left before the semester ends at my University and right now I'm struggling. I don't really know where to begin but I am getting stressed out. Right now, all I do is study, pretty much all day long. I stay at the library until 9 or 10 PM before heading home. And the worst part is that I feel like I haven't learned anything. It seems to take me hours just to read and comprehend a couple of simple paragraphs, and I have to repeat what I have just read again and again just to grasp the meaning. My major is Economics so there is a lot of math involved but it feels like I'm spending waaay more time than I should have. Of course, I also have problems focusing, and sometimes during the weekends I tend to slack off and wouldn't study as much. And even when I study and do homework I still feel like my progress is slow and I still have to stay up late to study and tests, even when I do study on a regular basis. This is just frustrating because this is already my 4th year in this University, and I'm not doing well at all. On top of that, I don't really go out much, if at all. I have found that I have lost interest in just about everything and all I do is study because if I don't I will fall behind for sure. I have a couple of friends but sometimes I just get so sick of them and I don't even know why. For example, I went to a party last week and man I just wanted to get out of there as soon as I got there. I knew everyone there but they just sickened me....like I just wanted to smash their heads in....and I don't even know why I felt that way. And sure enough...I didn't have a very good time. So, I think I'm definitely in trouble because of the mediocre grades I'm getting in school....any suggestions???