12/12/15Well it is my first year of college finals and so for this post I thought I would say how they went and what to expect for all of you who are heading off to college next year. Now I am not done with school yet if you are wondering. Finals week hasn’t really even started technically for my school, but for my classes it isn’t about the finals themselves, but more the projects and everything else. I mean first of all I want to say that a while ago I had pre-made a bunch of blog posts because of a special surprise I have coming up, and I had thought because I had made about 5 posts in advance that I would probably be ok, even if there was a gap here or there that I would need to fill in later. However, I was very very wrong. Pretty much the rest of my break until Christmas will be making blog posts, which is kinda insane, considering I feel like I had worked so much before, but the problem is that I then took a break for a few weeks while I was crying and pulling my hair out due to stress.
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Now I feel like I should start out by saying that I have been depressed on-and-off for the past few months. You might be wondering what this has to do with anything, but when I am depressed I can get stressed much more easily and productivity can be quite low. I can barely get myself out of bed in the morning and I often lay awake at night being sad. I didn't want to not draw too much attention to it because I am not trying to make you all feel bad for me. However I thought it would be a good thing to keep in mind incase this post seems dramatic at times. Now please do no think that I am only bringing this up for attention, because I am not. I simply just want to let you know what has been going on in my life right now, and because it has an impact on how my finals are going. Now like I said for me the hardest thing about college hasn't been finals week but actually the week before finals week when I had tons of projects to do. Last year at this time I was stressed out of my mind. If you have been a long time reader you know that last year I was in a Christmas show, and at the same time I had six projects due in three weeks, while putting on performances. Now the stress I felt then was nothing like the stress I felt this year. I will try to explain what this past week has been like for me which have included so many more projects and tests than I had in high school. I have had two tests this week, my final portfolio was due, I had a lab practical, a final presentation, and a choir concert all this week. Now I won't go into specifics with each of these, and to some this may not even seem like a lot, but I just want to give an idea of what college has been like. What caused the most stress was my final portfolio in English. At the beginning of the year we had to write two essays a week for three weeks straight, and every week after that we had to rise five of those essays. Our final portfolio had to include five essays each one revised five times, and it ended up being 38 pages long. I never had to write that much in high school, and that was only for English I had another communications paper due this week and I had one due last week as well. Along with all of this homework I had had various meetings for different classes and I even had to babysit one morning. I obviously knew college wasn't going to be as easy as high school, but I had thought the finals were going to be what was difficult, but I was wrong. Now all I have left are the finals for my classes and I am the least stressed I have been since October. I'm sorry if this post was really boring, because I was mainly complaining, but I wanted to not only update you guys on what my life has been like, but also inform those of you who may be heading off to college next year. Now because this post was kinda boring I am going to include a funny video I found which will hopefully cheer you up during this stressful time, and I will also include a video with some helpful tips for finals week.
I am sorry that this was not my best post, but hopefully I can make it up to you next week, so come back then for a special surprise.