Red River Blue
Posted on: February 9, 2012 at 3:04 pm. 2 comments
Out of my 9 classes I have every week, I’ve been to 3 this week. Tuesday morning, I went to school and all was dandy. While driving to school I started having stomach cramps, and by the middle of my first class they were so bad that I felt like I was going to throw up. I was going to stay until after my Spanish class and then go home, but they got too bad so I left after my first class since it ran late and I was going to be late for Spanish anyways. So I went home, and spent the day curled up in bed watching Friends for the rest of the day.
Wednesdays, my sister and I go to school together. I usually drive, but I got her to because I still wasn’t feeling 100% because I’ve have the start of a cold all week now on top of all my pains. So I went to my two morning classes, and after sitting for lunch for an hour we decided to just go home and not go to the rest of our classes. I had two more, but one we never do anything and the other the teacher had told us we could do the class from home since it was just a work period. I already had all of my work done & handed in, so there wasn’t much point to going anyways. So we went home, and I watched some more Friends and started season one of The Voice, because I love Blake Shelton (team Blake, woo!).
Today, I should have gone. I also usually go with my sister today, but she didn’t have to go so I just ended up… not going. My first class, he always puts the lectures online so I can just follow along on my own time and finish the project at home (half of the period is usually just a work period anyways). The second class, is pointless. It’s all about Corel Draw, which is a program I already learned how to use in high school. He’ll e-mail out the files so I’ll just get them and figure out what I need to do. I’m not really proud of my self for not going to my classes because I want to do really well… but I’m so tired of my classes this year. Two of them are just based entirely on learning one program per course, Dreamweaver and Corel Draw. Both are programs that I learned in high school so sitting in the classes just gets boring. Two classes (with the same prof) are just him talking where he gives us the powerpoints so I can read them at my own time. When I AM in class I just end up on Tumblr not paying attention anyways, and then I go over the powerpoints on my own after.
My photography class so far has been super boring, and we aren’t even taking pictures yet: we’re learning how to use a tripod and how to work a camera. I have my own camera and my own tripod, so I know how to work them… Yes, it’s a different camera but it still has a lot of the same features and settings so it’s not rocket science for me. It’s easy, and boring. I believe we actually start taking pictures next week, so I’ll go. But sigh. I was looking forward to that class so much, but it’s SO basic and SO boring.
At this point, I’m only in school because I know I NEED the education to get a job. My teacher before told me multiple times that I could easily be working instead of in college, but people won’t hire you without that certification. I mean yes, I’m learning a few new things but it’s honestly not enough to keep me motivated. Last semester, I only missed ONE class. I know that I’ll end up doing well in all of my classes (hopefully my Spanish class too) because I do the work and get it on time but it’s just so…. boring. I put everything off because the work, to me, is so easy that I just DON’T want to do it. It’s hard to get the motivation for it when it’s so basic and ‘follow these steps exactly and hand in your result. If it’s 1px off, you get a mark off’. Only now are we finally starting to get to actually fully CREATE our own projects. There are 3 classes that I’m liking: one where we’re designing our own action figure packaging, one where we have all kinds of projects where we get to design our own notebooks and notepads and other things and actually PRODUCE the items too, so we can use them. The last is a photoshop one where I am learning a bit, because the prof. is new but is showing us a lot of different things than the other ones do.
And my Spanish class is just a lot harder than I thought it would be, but I’m dedicated to putting in the effort for that one. When I’m not dying of pain, that is.
2 comments Tags: College, Life, School, Sick.
2 Comments on “Red River Blue”
February 11th | 12:25 am
February 12th | 4:40 am
It was like that for me first year and seriously I ended up going to class and catching up on other work … I had all the programs at home so really I went for the attendance if nothing else … We had to have a 80% attendance record.
There are stomach bugs around here too. I hate them. Gastro flu is the one going around at the minute.
Feel better soon xx <3
Ugh…I hope that you don’t have that stomach virus that is going around. Although, I’ve heard that it’s good if you want to lose weight
It is so frustrating that so many different jobs require certification that many people cannot afford to get. :( Sometimes I cannot help but wonder if going freelance is the way to go.