When I ascend to the next plane of education

[cuddlefish]

Is there anything besides

1. Guessing what teacher wants

2. Hating admin

3. People thinking it's a good thing that teacher is a fucking moron because it's college, school for BIG KIDS

4. Turning into a frothing grades monster around exam time

5. Calculating grades by one's self

6. Discovering chronic depression

7. Discovering alcohol

8. Constantly being in danger of going home due to effects from either one

9. Being upset about it

10. Starving

waiting for me at college? If so, please explain to me what that is. I would love it.

I've heard a few too many stories of people getting screwed over.

Comments

[lethael.livejournal.com]

Don't forget the rape of textbook buying and sellbacks. And you'll say "thank you" to the cashier when they're done.

Seriously though, there are some good things. Like the rare good classes with good professors. They do exist. I can't think up more examples at the moment, as my brain is broken from the first round of finals and I'm bitter over the aforementioned textbook sellback. But yeah. Despite all this, I really can't think of anything else I'd rather be doing with my life right now.

[moumusu.livejournal.com]

You mean they're rare?

[lethael.livejournal.com]

I seem to be picking all the wrong classes, but I have had some good teachers. They seem rare to me (and I'm going to one of the big state universities) probably because they're all out of my major and in classes I'd never bother to take. *scratches head* I'm not making this sound very positive, am I?

[runan.livejournal.com]

Do NOT go away to college, because yes, it screws you up and screws you over. If you do go to college, try one close enough for you to live at home. Seems to be working better for me, at any rate.

[moumusu.livejournal.com]

So all that stuff happened to you, then? I can understand wanting to lve at home because living in a dorm can be exhausting. I did it at Cushing for a year, and I felt like I never had a real place to relax. Sharing living space with someone you don't know well is nothing I can recommend to an introvert. So is talking to teacher-things and making cuddly FRIENDS with them, hanging out in a common area with a bunch of people lounging around on top of each other, using the phone at all, and Getting OUT and Meeting New PEOPLE WOW!

This isn't justification, it's me noticing that jesus christ, is there any way going away to college WOULDN'T be miserable for someone who isn't outgoing? And is that fair?

(And for everybody else who's reading this, I'M NOT WHINING. LEAVE ME ALONE.)

[branchandroot]

It depends on what you want and where you go. If you want teachers who worry about you on a personal level, and occasionally get nosy, while making you read/do a lot of stuff with no immediate utility for the sake of developing your ability to see patterns and think on your feet, pick a small four-year liberal arts college. If you want teachers who leave you the hell alone and let you get on with jumping through hoops so you can get the degree you need for the job you want, pick a big state university. If you want interesting intellectual company that is not soused two thirds of the time, stay away from the Greek societies. And the swimmers and football teams.

It can be fun to be out on your own. It can also be damn scary. It's also usually really, really annoying, because your parents may still be a) paying the bills and therefore b) hovering over your shoulder.

You have to find the couple of profs you click with. They make up for the rest.

[moumusu.livejournal.com]

I think maybe the small college one, but none of it matters if they make me take something I don't like (this would pretty much be science, as a general SUBJECT, and nothing else. Just so you know I'm not THAT fussy). Also, the idea of being in an art class where anybody tells me anything about what they "want" me to do makes me run. I will have to examine in more detail which places do which the way I like it. (A huge part of my problem is that the only places around here that do Japanese are BIG places, or places with no art.)

I have very little fear about being out on my own if I have family taking care of the money. A lot of this time I've been taking off has been dedicated to training my parents into feeding me and hugging me once in a while without telling me to go to school or clean my room or stop playing so many video games.