Start school tomorrow. Wish me luck!

[john]

Next two weeks I'm doing two crash courses comp & Lit and Early Western Civilization -each class is 4 hrs 8-12 and 1-5 on m/f.  Intense and rigorous to be sure.  I have my notebook, some pens, my class books and my brain  

This is gonna be interesting to be sure  :mrgreen: Don't expect to see me around except to ask for voluntiers to proof read my papers

...and so begins the next chapter in my life titled "What the hell am I doing and how did I get here!?"

[vtlion]

Don't forget to paint pupils on the outsides of your eyelids... that way if you fall asleep in class, your prof will never know.... buahahaha!!!

Good luck with school!!!  

[dgyver]

I start back again this week as well. 10 hours with 3 classes this semester. One is an online course, not sure how it will be. Good luck!

[cozy]

good luck man!
I go back tonight. I have class M- F. I'm working FT and taking 14 credits.
Football's almost over so...
Human Computer Interaction   Statistics 2
Software Project Management
Computer Ethics   Chem lab on Friday night.
Drexel is on the quarter system which is kind of like the atkins diet of college. Our terms are 11 weeks but there's 4 a year.
MUST GET MOTIVATED

[scratch]

Good luck, John!

After the No-Doz stops working, try crushing the No-Doz and snorting it and taking a half-dose of Nyquil...wheeeee, on with the silly questions!

[alerbaugh]

good luck dude.  I've got exams next week.  I can't wait!

[70 Cam Guy]

Good luck man!  My trick to stay awake in classes is sitting in the front rows.  Also if you have questions, ASK THEM!  Most teachers love that  (especially if they are good questions).  It also shows some interest in the material and that you have been listening and thinking about the lecture.  I find it also helps me stay tuned in to the class when I ask questions.  I'm not going to say I have ADD but some classes I have to really try to keep my mind from wandering.

Show up a couple times at their office hours if possible.  If you do all the homework, putting a face to the name can help immensly with your grades.

[70 Cam Guy]

Good luck, John!

After the No-Doz stops working, try crushing the No-Doz and snorting it and taking a half-dose of Nyquil...wheeeee, on with the silly questions!

 

:lol:

[cozy]

Good luck man!  My trick to stay awake in classes is sitting in the front rows.

His system works ^, my grades are higher when i sit in the front.

[Michael]

Also if you have questions, ASK THEM!  Most teachers love that  (especially if they are good questions).

Also, if they are answering your questions they don't have time to ask you any!!  :lol:
And I thought med school was busy!
The best way to survive post-secondary schooling is to treat it as a job- work hard while you are there and relax when you're not, respect it as if you are being paid to be there (rather than the other way around), and remember it's not your whole life.  Good luck.  

[john]

Day 1:

I barely survived.  I will be up every night writing papers and/or working on my term paper.  I will have no life.

NoDoze or coffee will be necessary  

My comp & Lit teacher is HOT  :mrgreen:  I might offer sexual favors for extra credit if I have trouble    jk  :lol:

[JLKasper]

Hey,

Hint for Early Western Civilization:  If you can get past the epic of Gilgamesh (today or tomorrow?), you have it whipped.  Most of it's pretty interesting, if you keep the perspective of making parallels with modern life.  The Florentine Renaissance was coool...  

Hint for Writing class:  Let the missus proofread if possible.  It helps tremendously to have a second set of eyes evaluate your work.  If that isn't possible, take a break and reread it again in an hour or two.  

I let discretion take a back seat in my relationship with an instructor once.  I strongly advise against it.  I also went out a few times with a different instructor, only after I was finished with the class.  I won't do that again either.  

[Casimir]

Good luck to John and everyone else starting classes!  

[70 Cam Guy]

Hint for Writing class:  Let the missus proofread if possible.  It helps tremendously to have a second set of eyes evaluate your work.  If that isn't possible, take a break and reread it again in an hour or two.  

I've found that it also helps if I read it out loud.  It may seem wierd but it works when you speak the words.  If I am proofreading my own work, I tend to just read through errors not noticing them if I read silently.  Also helps to print a draft copy.  It seems no matter how much I read something on a screen I still find an error when I print it up

[alerbaugh]

also to stay awake I have a radio the size of a stack of 7-9 quarters and runs of hearing aid batteries.  Two wires conect to the speakers smaller in diameter than a dime.  Teachers can't see 'em and classmates can't hear anything.  It's not that they're quiet but they fit IN your ear.  Don't know where you can get 'em though.

[john]

A girl in my lit class looks like Denise Richards.  Strikingly beautiful and a smile as big as sunshine itself... and a boyfriend with the personality of an ashtray  

Now I know wht I liked college    Plenty of nice scenery  :mrgreen:

[alerbaugh]

keep it in your pants till Friday.  At least till school lets out.

[pantablo]

glad its going well...scenery always helps too...keep us posted.

[snapper]

Try to enjoy the classes too.  Papers are never fun...but I loved History classes...
Hmmmm, could be why I have a degree in History that I never use!   :mrgreen:    :lol:

[The Buddha]

A girl in my lit class looks like Denise Richards.  Strikingly beautiful and a smile as big as sunshine itself... and a boyfriend with the personality of an ashtray  

Now I know wht I liked college    Plenty of nice scenery  :mrgreen:

Kinda like the real Denise Richards...
Good luck man... Remember the hotties never pick decent guys... Some chemical imbalance from being around all that beauty...
Cool.
Srinath.