Posted by Racer on August 13, 2006, at 2:35:28
In reply to Re: Am I *trying* to fail? Setting myself up?, posted by llrrrpp on August 12, 2006, at 21:29:32
Thanks, Lurpsie, I was hoping you'd respond. You're very encouraging.
As for History, the problem isn't that the material is intimidating -- it's that my experience of the way it's taught is gut-wrenching! lol I've read a lot of history, and it usually comes alive for me -- until a teacher gets ahold of it... Give me Jefferson as a red headed dervish, with doubts and inspiration -- I'm there. Give me a bunch of dates that really aren't all that important, or ask me to remember the military maneuvers that won or lost a specific battle? Nope, that goes out of my head pretty quickly. It's amazing how much great information can be spoiled by a lousy teacher -- like the ones I had when I tried to take this the first TWO times... (Had to withdraw both times, for different reasons at different schools...)
> When the time comes to take American History, perhaps you can prime yourself to find this subject less intimidating. For instance, watching movies and miniseries about the American Revolution, the Civil War, the World Wars, and the Civil Rights Movement helps me understand written material, because I can visualize events better when I know the faces, places and characters involved.
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> (oh yeah, and when all else fails, I buy pretty pens in colorful inks. if the work is SO awful, I might as well write with an instrument that makes it a tiny bit more happy...)
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> -llLOL! I buy new mechanical pencils...
Thanks.
I did drop the history class, by the way.
Now I've got a new misery about school though... I think just like the infertility thing, where I'm pretty much gonna have to come to terms with never being able to have a child, I'm also going to have to give up any idea of being invited to join Phi Beta Kappa...
Then again, I'm just not having a good life this time around, huh?
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