I don't seem to care?

Mr.Bon

Mr.Bon

Mr.Bon

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I'm on the limit of failing uni and I don't even care? Its my resit year aswell, so if I dont pass a certain amount of units then I cannot continue onto year 3(final year) and that'll be 3 years total wasted, and a huge amount of student loan to repay...
All I seem to do is sit on this computer, browse forums and not do coursework! I've got an exam on monday and another in 2 weeks time.
Motivate me, have a go at me, advice welcome, say whats on your mind, good or bad....

Bon
 
I was in the same place just a month ago. My only motivation has been the chance of a placement year next year (I HATE education), which just about kept me ticking over.

Recently I got the placement I wanted at Broadcom, and since then have been working like a Banshee trying to pass my resit year. I've been in uni 12 hours+ everyday for the last 3 weeks and its finally paying off as I head into my exams.

It sounds like Uni just isnt for you, tbh I don't think its me but the placement has saved me. I'm just not good at academic stuff!

Energize said:
Depression? Doesn't your uni have a psychiatrist?
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Its just not is it. I've felt like this for the last two years but I would never consider myself in need of professional help! Life just sucks hard sometimes, just gotta try and hold on and hope things work out better.
 
I felt like this mate, but best thing to do is just plough through it. I would not like to waste my previous years. I found in my last year (this one) I'm motivated by just wanting to finish but still lacking the motivation to revise.
 
I feel the same. You just got to look at it this way, it'll benefit you in the long run. You put the time and effort in now, you'll be better off in life later.
 
All is not lost. Set an alarm for earlyish tomorrow morning, go to bed early, get up and print out all of the lecture notes you can then just spend the day in uni. You'll find that a day of solid revision can be more than enough to pass an exam.
 
I can sympathise with how you feel, I'm aware I'm getting into lots of debt being at uni and that if i do well i might be able to get a better job but for some inexplicable reason that isn't enough for me to get my ass out of bed in the morning and go into uni and revise. Usually i get stressed a day or two before an exam and cram but it's not an effective method. If you've got friends on your course why not arrange to go into uni with them everyday to do some revision/coursework and get away from your pc?
 
Mr.Bon said:
I'm on the limit of failing uni and I don't even care? Its my resit year aswell, so if I dont pass a certain amount of units then I cannot continue onto year 3(final year) and that'll be 3 years total wasted, and a huge amount of student loan to repay...
All I seem to do is sit on this computer, browse forums and not do coursework! I've got an exam on monday and another in 2 weeks time.
Motivate me, have a go at me, advice welcome, say whats on your mind, good or bad....

Bon
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I've been feeling the same, also on my 3rd year.

I can't motivate you, but I can give you some advice - don't stay at home. Go to your library. I literally cannot work at home, as I get distracted, and I spend all my time browsing the interwebs (like now). Go the library, don't take a laptop unless you really need it, and go and sit on your own. I've spent the last 12 days in a row in uni, and I've got work done every day simply because there's nothing else to do there. Commit to spending some time there, and go over the last 3 years past papers or all your problem classes or something and do not leave till it's done. Time is running out, but if you go in and send a good 7 or 8 hours going over the material you will be ok in the test.

Good luck :)
 
I'm the same. I have an exam coming up soon. I keep telling myself that I'll revise tomorrow, then tomorrow comes and I tell myself the same thing. I just can't get motivated to sit there and do work!
 
Chris1712 said:
Its just not is it. I've felt like this for the last two years but I would never consider myself in need of professional help! Life just sucks hard sometimes, just gotta try and hold on and hope things work out better.
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Sometimes it is, apathy and lack of motivation are symptoms of depression, doesn't necessarily mean you need professional help, but they can pescribe adderall which motivates you. ;)
 
Similar, except it's only first year and a foundation year at that. However, without passing it I cannot go onto the degree I originally wanted to do. I think during this year I've decided uni isn't really for me, but it's annoying I won't get the chance to at least try the actual degree material.

This foundation degree involves horrid maths (which, might I add, in itself is completely irrelevant to my chosen degree, the foundation year accomodates various degrees) which is the part I cannot get past. I already did the test, though I think I get a resit oppertunity, I just can't seem to learn it! Does not compute!
 
Probably because you don't have a real goal and the university degree you are currently after isn't what you want neither.

And don't even try to convince yourself on how it's what you want to do, because if it's really something you are desperately after, you'll automatically learn it on your own, even if you did not study at Uni
 
Energize said:
Sometimes it is, apathy and lack of motivation are symptoms of depression, doesn't necessarily mean you need professional help, but they can pescribe adderall which motivates you. ;)
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I just don't count things like this to count as 'depression'. Depression for me, the type you need prescription drugs for anyway, would be all the above, plus a family members death and some other stuff thrown in.
People need to stop being such whiny wusses nowadays and fight through stuff.
 
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