The First Day
Sep. 13th, 2013 06:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
beanstalk_simsSo I started my pre-degree course in psychology this morning.
Well, I had the induction. You know, the bit where they're all "This is how hard we expect you to work." "This is how we want assignments submitted." etc. Like the first day of anything, really. Sitting in a room full of strangers on the fourth floor of a tower block - two old men, one of which was Irish, two girls a little older than me with fake eyebrows, giggling at the front of the room, a woman in her forties, a girl who looks about my age and is a single parent, the woman at the back of the room who has three kids, and me. It's an odd bunch. I still don't know any of their names.
Also found out today that there will be volunteer placements, in order to get us some extra bits for our uni applications, and experience in the field. So, in addition to attempting to fit my work hours round the three days I do at college, as well as working my ass off on assignments constantly, I will now have to squeeze a volunteer placement in there somewhere.
Hey, it's not as bad for me as it is for others. Some of the others in my class have families to think about and stuff, they really can't squeeze it in. With no responsibilities as such, I can at least try.
But they successfully managed to scare me already. Apparently, in order to pass at "Distinction" level (the level I need to go to the university of my choice), I have to allow the course to become my life. So yeah, the next year is going to be hard work. I'm confident that I can do it if I work really hard and put my mind to it and stuff, it's just daunting to see how much of task I have ahead of me. Although, nothing worth doing is easy.
Now I'm just praying it's all going to worthwhile. Because if I throw my life into passing this course, get to the university I want...and end up dropping out again...well. It'll feel like it's all been a waste of time. So there's that to think about as well.
Actual classes start on the 30th, so I have another week to mull all of this over before it's time to hit the ground running.
Well, I had the induction. You know, the bit where they're all "This is how hard we expect you to work." "This is how we want assignments submitted." etc. Like the first day of anything, really. Sitting in a room full of strangers on the fourth floor of a tower block - two old men, one of which was Irish, two girls a little older than me with fake eyebrows, giggling at the front of the room, a woman in her forties, a girl who looks about my age and is a single parent, the woman at the back of the room who has three kids, and me. It's an odd bunch. I still don't know any of their names.
Also found out today that there will be volunteer placements, in order to get us some extra bits for our uni applications, and experience in the field. So, in addition to attempting to fit my work hours round the three days I do at college, as well as working my ass off on assignments constantly, I will now have to squeeze a volunteer placement in there somewhere.
Hey, it's not as bad for me as it is for others. Some of the others in my class have families to think about and stuff, they really can't squeeze it in. With no responsibilities as such, I can at least try.
But they successfully managed to scare me already. Apparently, in order to pass at "Distinction" level (the level I need to go to the university of my choice), I have to allow the course to become my life. So yeah, the next year is going to be hard work. I'm confident that I can do it if I work really hard and put my mind to it and stuff, it's just daunting to see how much of task I have ahead of me. Although, nothing worth doing is easy.
Now I'm just praying it's all going to worthwhile. Because if I throw my life into passing this course, get to the university I want...and end up dropping out again...well. It'll feel like it's all been a waste of time. So there's that to think about as well.
Actual classes start on the 30th, so I have another week to mull all of this over before it's time to hit the ground running.
