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Originally Posted by Countxxx  Hi well first let me say this is my first thread I am 19 yrs old and currently going to be a sophomore in college... I have basically cheated my way through elementary, middle, and high school.
But do you guys think there is any hope for someone like me who probably has the education level of a 5th grader to succeed in life. one more thing you should know is that I was a very hard worker in highschool I just devoted all my efforts into sports and working out. And well I am not going to be a professional athlete( im short and white) so now I feel that I just screwed myself over and theres no hope for graduating college. |
Why do you study? Because you need knowledge and skill to succeed. If you cheat, you are cheating yourself, unless you gain those very same skills in your spare time.
You may say "this is useless". What do you know about it? At high school I did not study enough french because I said "when in life will I need french?". By the time internet did not exist and at most you could see a few american students in exchange programs coming to the school for short periods.
Later I met a french girl and she became my girlfriend, and I used to regret not to study french enough.
I used to hate history. I always loved airplanes, and when I tried to learn more about them I learned their story, and that led me to study history.
I used to hate spanish class, with very tight and demanding teachers. But there was a crisis in my family and I started to attend a workshop led by a spanish writer who taught us about how to play with words. Not only it brought relief, but also gave me joy. Nowadays I love spanish.
At university I hated math. I hated matrix operations, which I regarded as useless. Later, when making mods for games, I coded a tool where I needed 3D rotation for 3D objects, and I discovered that using a matrix to rotate points was faster. Then I discovered that math was great and fun.
I bet you cheat because you have not found the fun of studying.
If you wanted to be astronaut, you may need to be in good physical shape, but also you need to study a lot. If you want to climb a mountain you will have to learn about local culture, weather and many other areas of knowledge so you do not jeopardize the expedition. If you plan a trip to south pole, you will need lots of knowledge, and that would put your physical skills to the limit. There it does not matter if you are short or white, and you may need to study a lot.
Succeed? If you get a job that allows you to save money and fund the expedition, you may find why is that other things you saw as useless, are very useful.