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[168135]

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I know we have a 'rant here' thread. But when it's used constantly to complain about the same thing it can be hard on others. And people lose their patience easily.

I have problems when I say one little thing on an unrelated thread, and someone, who didn't even contribute at all to that thread, decides to all of a sudden, make a comment about that one teeny thing I said. That drives me f****** crazy that people are following me around and deliberately saying crap to try to get ME riled up. And it drives me f****** crazy when two other people admit to having the same problem, and someone singles me out. That's not someone losing patience with me or patience with people who talk about their problems on a public forum. That's someone being a bully.

I've had a trillion opportunities on here to say "Suck it up and quit being a downer", but I have to decency to keep my trap shut. Just lately, on this thread (especially within the last couple of pages), people, who aren't me, have been talking about the same thing over and over and over and over and you don't see me jumping down their throats about it. If they want to rant about the same thing over and over on the "Rant here" thread, then let them do it. If it annoys me that much, I won't read it and move on to the next post. But hey... for the most part, it's nice to know that I can relate to people.

Surprisingly, I've had people pm me and encourage me to stay on here, offer me advice, or just to say that they're going through what I'm going through or have been where I've been. That makes me happy. When I'm happy, I rant less. But when you deliberately try to get me riled up, it makes me rant about you.

I've been on this forum for 4 years, and it's only recently that people are giving me s***.

I'm half-tempted to close this account and come back as someone different.

 

[168135]

You all are making me nervous for when I have to move in with roomies for vet school.

Don't be nervous. I doubt you'll have to deal with drugs, partying and people keeping you up at all hours of the night if you're living with vet school students.

The problem usually occurs in undergrad, when you're forced to live with people who decided to come to university for the parties.

 

[pennyonthefloor]

Don't be nervous. I doubt you'll have to deal with drugs, partying and people keeping you up at all hours of the night if you're living with vet school students.

The problem usually occurs in undergrad, when you're forced to live with people who decided to come to university for the parties.

Roomates aren't always awful.....although everyone that's had one has those roomies that have made moving out a time of celebration... (e.g. my former roomie that ground up a glass salt shaker in the garbage disposal 'on accident'-- NOT FUN to clean out, also who came home, passed out naked in her bed and didn't realize she had set the security system off.... sure it made for an amusing police report)....

 

[nyanko]

And another little rant... probably opening a huge can of worms here... but I wish certain people on SDN would get off my back about my issues... especially when other people have similar issues and those people are only coming after me for whatever reason. I don't appreciate being singled out and made to look like a fool, okay? Especially since I don't know those people and haven't done anything to those people!

If I wanted someone to hang off my every word, I'd travel back to junior high where girls used to skip class and follow me around, just to get a rise out of me. If I had really enjoyed it that much, I wouldn't have made the decision to get restraining orders if I ever came across them again.

IT'S ALL ABOUT MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

Other people don't take every single action performed by every single person in their lives as some personal affront. People who do are considered to be either paranoid or narcissistic. Which are you?

 

[168135]

If I'm really suffering from schizophernia, shouldn't you be suggesting I seek some help instead of... I donno... being a jerk?

And I'm not the only one who thinks you're being a jerk.

 

[pennyonthefloor]

I feel like I'm in the car with my SO's 3 little girls and passing along the same advice that I give them---

"STOP FIGHTING! Does it matter what someone else says about you? No. Should you care what others think about you? No. Can't we all just get along???!?!?!"

 

[nyanko]

If I'm really suffering from schizophernia, shouldn't you be suggesting I seek some help instead of... I donno... being a jerk?

And I'm not the only one who thinks you're being a jerk.

I've suggested that you seek help multiple times in the past. 😉

In this very thread even.

edit: by the way, you don't have to be schizophrenic to exhibit persecutory delusional thinking.

 

[168135]

Well, you must be silly if you think that I think you're literally stalking me right now.

Believe it or not, I'm going through a pretty happy and stress-free period of my life at the moment. School is great. I got to spend a lot of time with my best friend, the boyfriend, the chem students and and my lab partner lately. Our family got a new kitteh. My prof wants to hire me for the summer. I narrowed down what I want to do if I don't get accepted. Happy happy happy 😀😀😀

I made one comment based on someone elses experiences and everyone thinks my life is in the crapper even though I've been contributing to the rave here thread and offering my advise and support to other people. I'm not contemplating suicide... I'm not self-mutilating... I'm not hiding in a corner because I think that everyone hates me... my... life... is... fine. If I were any of those things, my grades would probably be suffering, I'd have no social life, and I my prof would have let me go long ago instead of keeping me around... but no... everything is peachy. Surprisingly, I've been keeping the really bad stuff of here... hurray! That I saved for coffee time with my best friend.

 

[LittleWiz]

Well, you must be silly if you think that I think you're literally stalking me right now.

Believe it or not, I'm going through a pretty happy and stress-free period of my life at the moment. School is great. I got to spend a lot of time with my best friend, the boyfriend, the chem students and and my lab partner lately. Our family got a new kitteh. My prof wants to hire me for the summer. I narrowed down what I want to do if I don't get accepted. Happy happy happy 😀😀😀

I made one comment based on someone elses experiences and everyone thinks my life is in the crapper even though I've been contributing to the rave here thread and offering my advise and support to other people. I'm not contemplating suicide... I'm not self-mutilating... I'm not hiding in a corner because I think that everyone hates me... my... life... is... fine. If I were any of those things, my grades would probably be suffering, I'd have no social life, and I my prof would have let me go long ago instead of keeping me around... but no... everything is peachy. Surprisingly, I've been keeping the really bad stuff of here... hurray! That I saved for coffee time with my best friend.

Congrats on the stress-free period! & getting a kitty always makes for a happy time 😍

 

[Cautionary Tail]

Um, yeah, I am gay and my roomie was mormon. Nice job guys.

Oof. Roommate FAIL.

I think this was part of the problem. Very conservative school, and, while I was clueless and still completely in the dark, I am pretty sure everyone else- creepy roommates included- knew why I was not taking an appropriate interest in the handsome older TA that spent an inordinate amount of time stalking about my room and the rec center (which was, given the roommate situation, where I pretty much lived... that and the library). There was a lot of whispering going on.

The visually impaired woman I was helping study sent Mormon missionaries to my room because I was "such a nice girl" and she was "concerned about the status of my salvation". They always showed up during ER, and as much as I tried to politely but firmly express my disinterest, I could not get rid of them. (They were nice enough, I just wasn't interested. Especially during ER.) Even after I stopped working with the woman (due to her penchant for abusing my services (read: trying to get me to actually do all her projects for her instead of just offering assistance), and expecting me to continue helping her study while she was using the bathroom- door open, in front of me- or all but naked "it's hot in here... sometimes I have to mop naked, you know what I mean?"- WTF?) the missionaries kept coming.

My parents urged me to try a second year there. I wasn't having it. One and done. 👎

 

[168135]

Epic roomate fail 😱

I'm surprised someone hasn't compiled a bunch of roomate horror stories and made them into a book.

 

[DVMDream]

You all are making me nervous for when I have to move in with roomies for vet school.

Don't be nervous....in my four years of undergrad I have had 9 roommates, not including the girl I was roommates with my sophmore year and then again my senior year (only counted her once) and the girl I was roommates with my junior year and then again my senior year (only counted her once). The only girl I had a problem with was the one I talked about above...and really she was not that bad. (Although I am sure she probably talked bad crap about me in French to her family..) But I would say 95% of the time we got along and the language barrier was not that big of an issue. She knew enough English that I could talk to her and we could hold a conversation. She was nice, but I think the main issues we ran into were just cultural differences. She was actually African and her parents had moved to France. She had lived in both Africa and France.

Otherwise, I never had another problem with a roommate. I got really lucky. A couple of them were slightly annoying (especially the one who was always complaining about having no money and having to wait x number of days to the end of the weekend to get her $200 allowance from her parents...😱....) I always told her to go get a job so she wouldn't have to wait for mom and dad...and to quit complaining because she was lucky to get anything.

So I wouldn't worry. Especially since you will be rooming with other people who will have to study just as much as you will and will (hopefully) be just as motivated as you.

 

[Coquette22]

Especially since you will be rooming with other people who will have to study just as much as you will and will (hopefully) be just as motivated as you.

This is my problem with roommates. Living with my best friend was great except for this. It's really annoying to be cramming your ass off when the person you live with has been playing video games for the past 3 hours. Then she'd do some homework for an hour and then complain on the phone to her mom about how she was soooooo overworked. I love her, but it made me want to hit her. 😛

 

[168135]

Especially since you will be rooming with other people who will have to study just as much as you will and will (hopefully) be just as motivated as you.

That's the point I was trying to make 🙂 I wouldn't mind having roomies in vet school... in fact, I'd probably benefit more from having roomies than not having roomies. I study better with other people. So if I can find vet school students who also like to study with other people... hmm...

My roomate situation was just bad luck. I was the only one from my highschool who came to my university, so I couldn't room with someone I knew. My first roomate was into drugs and trading sex for money and drugs. When I moved, I was in an apartment with four older girls which I didn't mind. We didn't talk much but hey... they were quiet! 🙂 The following year, I was in an apartment with three of my friends... if my fourth roomate wasn't there, it would have worked out.

I can live with messy roomates... it took me a long time to figure out how to live with noisy ones without going insane. Ear plugs... lots of ear plugs... they're great at drowning out everything but bass!

 

[squibby]

Oof. Roommate FAIL.

I think this was part of the problem. Very conservative school, and, while I was clueless and still completely in the dark, I am pretty sure everyone else- creepy roommates included- knew why I was not taking an appropriate interest in the handsome older TA that spent an inordinate amount of time stalking about my room and the rec center (which was, given the roommate situation, where I pretty much lived... that and the library). There was a lot of whispering going on.

The visually impaired woman I was helping study sent Mormon missionaries to my room because I was "such a nice girl" and she was "concerned about the status of my salvation". They always showed up during ER, and as much as I tried to politely but firmly express my disinterest, I could not get rid of them. (They were nice enough, I just wasn't interested. Especially during ER.) Even after I stopped working with the woman (due to her penchant for abusing my services (read: trying to get me to actually do all her projects for her instead of just offering assistance), and expecting me to continue helping her study while she was using the bathroom- door open, in front of me- or all but naked "it's hot in here... sometimes I have to mop naked, you know what I mean?"- WTF?) the missionaries kept coming.

My parents urged me to try a second year there. I wasn't having it. One and done. 👎

I'm confused...you had a crush on a TA, and the visually impaired woman was concerned about it and sent the missionaries?

 

[GellaBella]

You all are making me nervous for when I have to move in with roomies for vet school.

Don't be nervous! My freshman room mate who I had never met before the day we moved into our room together is still one of my absolutely best best BEST friends 10 years later.

not all room mates are bad. some are wonderful. I 😍 that girl.

 

[kaydubs]

Don't be nervous! My freshman room mate who I had never met before the day we moved into our room together is still one of my absolutely best best BEST friends 10 years later.

not all room mates are bad. some are wonderful. I 😍 that girl.

Similar sentiments!! My first year undergrad, I was placed in a forced triple (cause there wasn't enough room for all of the incoming freshman - we were the biggest class) and rather terrified. Mainly worried about being tag-teamed by the other 2 girls. Now, graduating, we are still excellent friends (although, due to a series of unfortunate events, we no longer live together 🙁) When I do get to vet school (hopefully this year ), I will keep a positive outlook until proven otherwise 😉

 

[Cautionary Tail]

I'm confused...you had a crush on a TA, and the visually impaired woman was concerned about it and sent the missionaries?

Nope... the (male) TA was interested in me. I didn't return his affections because Cautionary Tail (although she was somewhat oblivious at the time) doesn't date teh boys. (It was totally awkward, as he was a good friend of one of my TAs, and he started hassling me in class about the fact that his friend was interested.) Roommates saw this as further evidence of "the obvious", and their behavior worsened.

The woman I was working with sent the missionaries because she inquired as to where I went to church/what my religious affiliations were, and I admitted that I'm not religious. Judging by the scary uber low-necked, ruffly shirts she kept giving me in the hopes that I would meet a "nice Midwestern boy", I am pretty sure she had no idea I was gay. I shudder to think what might have transpired if she had.

 

[EllieGirl89]

Nope... the (male) TA was interested in me. I didn't return his affections because Cautionary Tail (although she was somewhat oblivious at the time) doesn't date teh boys. (It was totally awkward, as he was a good friend of one of my TAs, and he started hassling me in class about the fact that his friend was interested.) Roommates saw this as further evidence of "the obvious", and their behavior worsened.

The woman I was working with sent the missionaries because she inquired as to where I went to church/what my religious affiliations were, and I admitted that I'm not religious. Judging by the scary uber low-necked, ruffly shirts she kept giving me in the hopes that I would meet a "nice Midwestern boy", I am pretty sure she had no idea I was gay. I shudder to think what might have transpired if she had.

YAY! More gays! Welcome to the SDN Homo Club! 👍

 

[StartingoverVet]

Bad day...
* Butchered the skinning of our dog's head and my anatomy group was pissed. Can't wait to hear bitching for the next 2 months... at least I deserve it.

* Got our anatomy exams back and I failed... again...

* Covered liver diagnosis in Clinical Vet Med and couldn't follow most of the lecture. Bunch of diseases and tests and stuff I had no idea about. Those creeping doubts about me being here have returned after 1 lousy week back.

* Had a class with a prof I can't stand... doesn't participate in the taping program so I recorded the lecture myself but when I went to listen to it, it all sounded like Charlie Brown's parents (wa wa wa waa waaa wa waaa wa). Guess I should have paid attention.

* Car has a flat tire, motorcycle's battery is dead, the speaker on my computer is broken, the halogen light in my bedroom needs to be replaced, but no one local has those bulbs so I need my car or motorcycle to get them. And tomorrow a snow storm is coming by.



The good news... at least I can start making summer plans in philly as I am definitely stuck here repeating Anatomy instead of doing anything interesting.



And if I screw up some more I can move on to those "alternate" life plans discussed on that other thread.

 

[bunnity]

Bad day...
* Butchered the skinning of our dog's head and my anatomy group was pissed. Can't wait to hear bitching for the next 2 months... at least I deserve it.

* Got our anatomy exams back and I failed... again...

* Covered liver diagnosis in Clinical Vet Med and couldn't follow most of the lecture. Bunch of diseases and tests and stuff I had no idea about. Those creeping doubts about me being here have returned after 1 lousy week back.

* Had a class with a prof I can't stand... doesn't participate in the taping program so I recorded the lecture myself but when I went to listen to it, it all sounded like Charlie Brown's parents (wa wa wa waa waaa wa waaa wa). Guess I should have paid attention.

* Car has a flat tire, motorcycle's battery is dead, the speaker on my computer is broken, the halogen light in my bedroom needs to be replaced, but no one local has those bulbs so I need my car or motorcycle to get them. And tomorrow a snow storm is coming by.



The good news... at least I can start making summer plans in philly as I am definitely stuck here repeating Anatomy instead of doing anything interesting.



And if I screw up some more I can move on to those "alternate" life plans discussed on that other thread.

🙁 Sorry everything is hitting you at once.
That's lame of your anatomy group to be mad. Everyone screws up dissecting. It is inevitable. Also, I had no idea what half of the liver lecture was about either. That class is weird this semester... we don't really have enough background to be hearing about this yet. And as far as the dreaded non recorder... I saw other people recording it during class, so if you ask around I'm sure they would be willing to share!

Oh also I have jumper cables if you need to borrow some.

 

[GellaBella]

Bad day...
* Butchered the skinning of our dog's head and my anatomy group was pissed. Can't wait to hear bitching for the next 2 months... at least I deserve it.

* Got our anatomy exams back and I failed... again...

* Covered liver diagnosis in Clinical Vet Med and couldn't follow most of the lecture. Bunch of diseases and tests and stuff I had no idea about. Those creeping doubts about me being here have returned after 1 lousy week back.

* Had a class with a prof I can't stand... doesn't participate in the taping program so I recorded the lecture myself but when I went to listen to it, it all sounded like Charlie Brown's parents (wa wa wa waa waaa wa waaa wa). Guess I should have paid attention.

* Car has a flat tire, motorcycle's battery is dead, the speaker on my computer is broken, the halogen light in my bedroom needs to be replaced, but no one local has those bulbs so I need my car or motorcycle to get them. And tomorrow a snow storm is coming by.



The good news... at least I can start making summer plans in philly as I am definitely stuck here repeating Anatomy instead of doing anything interesting.



And if I screw up some more I can move on to those "alternate" life plans discussed on that other thread.

🙁

You can do this SOV.

It is stupid for your lab group to be mad at you about the dissection. I dont know what happened but unless you took the head and boiled it until all the tissue fell off (I'm thinking large anatomy lab-like fondue pot here) and then took a hammer and smashed the skull into a million pieces...then it's not a complete disaster. your lab mates need to calm down.

As for anatomy grades...have you tried studying in a group? My grade is not fantastic but if you'd like to study together I'm definitely up for it 👍 Seriously, let's study together!

I also didn't understand all the liver stuff so don't stress that yet. one thing at a time.

as for the car thing, I dunno if we have jumper cables but we have a car to jump your motorcycle should you want to go that route....I also have a can of Fix a Flat if you think that would pump it up enough to get it over to Pep Boys or whatever is right around the corner...Auto Zone...something like that.

Don't give up!!
Just keep swimming!
You know you can do this, even if you don't think it right now.
I KNOW you can do this.
there is no doubt in my mind.

 

[bee83]

🙁

...I also have a can of Fix a Flat if you think that would pump it up enough to get it over to Pep Boys or whatever is right around the corner...Auto Zone...something like that.

I can say from experience that a car can run for months on a can of fix-a-flat! I love that stuff!

 

[bunnity]

The thing with fix a flat is if you use it, it makes it so they can't patch the tire (my boyfriend worked at Pep Boys and he always complained about fix a flat). So you end up paying more in the long run. It would be better to change the tire if possible.

 

[StartingoverVet]

Thanks for the advice/encouragement.....

Unfortunately can't really jump start my motorcycle. Battery has to be removed and charged for a few hours and water added. AND I think the car's tire is shot and I need a new one b/c I rode on it for a while trying to get out of an area I was uncomfortable stopping in. I will try to take care of it after class/before snow tomorrow. But thanks to both of you for the offers.

As for anatomy, I think it is too late for me on this one. The ship has left the port etc. I actually improved the 2nd time around (there wasn't much room left on the downside).. Thought I would have done better. I felt more encouraged going in.

I'm sure the dissection thing will blow over, but I really wasn't paying attention (little sleep + no breakfast = bad time to use a scapel). I spaced out and cut right through the eye while leaving half the muscles on the skin. 🙁

Happy I'm not the only one confused with some of these lectures.. It is really frustrating. I'm sure it will all work out fine ( it always does..). Just wondering why I signed up for this torture.

Gee, it sounds like I am arguing against the encouragement.. That's pretty lame.

Let's have a snowball fight tomorrow.. Maybe we can ambush our least favorite lecturers with little pieces of dog brains mixed into our snowballs!

 

[168135]

Gee, it sounds like I am arguing against the encouragement.. That's pretty lame.

Let's have a snowball fight tomorrow.. Maybe we can ambush our least favorite lecturers with little pieces of dog brains mixed into our snowballs!

Yeah, you wouldn't want to start acting like me, now would you? 😉

Can I join you for this snowball fight? I failed math my first semester and it would be nice to finally get it out of my system.

I don't know if my attempt at humor made you feel any better, but hang in there.

Probably not as important, but I butchered a starfish dissection once on little sleep. The prof made me do another one 🙄

And I've caught alcohol on fire while training another student... good times 👍

 

[EllieGirl89]

I'm not really sure if this is a rant but this seemed like the best place to put this.

So my roommate and my girlfriend and I are just chilling here in the living room. There was a knock at the door and I'm expecting my friend Lisa so I went to open the door and then thought better of it. I was like "Hello?" No answer. "Lisa?" No answer. "Who is it?"

Then this old man voice was like "Help, ma'am."

Uhhhh. Yeah. I just left that alone. I don't know if he's still there or whatever but my dog stopped posturing at the door so I'm guessing he left. I called my friend to warn her for when she does come in case he hasn't left. And if he hasn't I'm calling the cops.

 

[GellaBella]

And I've caught alcohol on fire while training another student... good times 👍

haha i've done that a few times. Once I did it and then the flaming alcohol dripped onto my lab bench covered in paper...whoops.

I was totally calm but I was like...."um...I need a little help over here!" as my lab bench went up in flames.

at least it wasn't my data.

and my boss thought it was hysterical, prob cause his kids use to do it too

 

[StartingoverVet]

My favorite lab story was when my friend used the suction hose instead of the air hose and the vacuum sucked all of her experiment away.

 

[168135]

My friend just bought a new alarm clock... and she overslept... AGAIN.

Don't offer to take me to school if you can't never get up on time. Because of you, I have to wait an hour for the next bus because I cannot afford a cab. I'm never accepting another ride from you, and if you ask me why again, I'm going to tell you again, it's because half the time you don't get here when you say. In the past, it's been 15 or 20 minutes... that I can live with... but an hour??? ON A DAY THAT I NEED TO GET TO SCHOOL? You suck.

Signed, your friend, who has to run a PCR gel this morning and will now be pressed for time.

👎

On the plus side, I can drop my laundry off on the way to the bus :/

 

[EllieGirl89]

I fell down my icy stairs outside my apartment this morning =( I skinned my hand and my butt hurts =(

 

[Whyevernot55]

I fell down my icy stairs outside my apartment this morning =( I skinned my hand and my butt hurts =(

That is the WORST. 🙁 I can't use our back stairs because they are so slick in the winter, but I nearly killed myself walking down our driveway the other day! Landed square on my lower back. 3 days after I fell off my horse and got a concussion. 🙄
Take some painkillers, girl.

 

[squibby]

I fell down my icy stairs outside my apartment this morning =( I skinned my hand and my butt hurts =(

ouch! how many stairs?

 

[Cautionary Tail]

My favorite lab story was when my friend used the suction hose instead of the air hose and the vacuum sucked all of her experiment away.

The fall before last, I was overtired because I was dealing with a relative on hospice... I put a bunch of capped reaction tubes in a hot water bath, and ended up nearly losing an eye, nailing my Orgo professor in the backside, and beaning my obnoxious lab partner in the back of the head. The rest of them kind of bounced all over the lab. Laboratory FAIL. 😳

The professor was not amused.

 

[EllieGirl89]

ouch! how many stairs?

Like 7. But the scary thing is that those stairs lead down to a landing where you turn and then go down another set of stairs (I live on the 3rd floor). The landing literally just drops three stories down to the parking lot directly after the stairs with a really dumb fence with just two rails and if it had been more slippery and I'd have had more momentum I'm afraid I'd have shot right under the fence and fallen down.

And my back is starting to hurt 🙁 Whyevernot, I do believe I will use this as an excuse to take some Advil PM tonight.

 

[roughleggedhawk]

I hit a mourning dove with my car on my way to school today. 🙁 There was a whole flock picking grit from the road just after a blind crest, and I couldn't stop fast enough to avoid hitting the one bird that decided to crouch and freeze for a moment before flying rather than flying away instantly like the rest of the flock. I pulled over, seeing the bird flopping away into the woods. I caught it after a crashing chase through the trees and knee-deep snow and a nasty scrape on my arm. No obvious fractures, and it seemed bright and alert, though it lost all its tailfeathers. I called the vet who runs the wildlife rehab center I work at to make arrangements, and drove it to a clinic for later transport to the center. Which made me late for my biochem lab this morning.

the little guy will recover, but we'll see.

 

[StartingoverVet]

Who gets a flat tire in their spare on the way to getting a new tire? Really, who?

Reminds me of the line "If I didn't have bad luck, I wouldn't have any luck at all."



OT: While checking to see who originally said that I found another gem:
"I'm down so low if I cheered up I'd still be depressed"

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[BlacKAT33]

Who gets a flat tire in their spare on the way to getting a new tire? Really, who?

Reminds me of the line "If I didn't have bad luck, I wouldn't have any luck at all."



OT: While checking to see who originally said that I found another gem:
"I'm down so low if I cheered up I'd still be depressed"

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LOL those are some great quotes. Jeez SOV, u really do have horrible luck, it is good you can laugh it off though.

i'll echo gellabellas group study thing! that reminds me, gella we should start doing some physio before it gets late and it is crunch time!

 

[EllieGirl89]

I HATE PHYSICS! 😡

I was so proud of myself because the other day I got 100% on the first pre-lab. Then today I went to do the online homework and I got through the first two problems with relatively little trouble, then when I got to questions 3-7 I was completely lost. There are examples in the book, but they're always different in at least one small but significant way so that I can't figure out exactly how to do the problem...which leaves me with an understanding of the concept but no ability to do the particular problem, which isn't helping at all.

I decided to just give up on the homework for tonight and try to get to the tutor room tomorrow for an hour or so before the quiz so at least I can maybe not bomb that. 🙁 At least the homework is only worth like 5 points out of 600. But I have a feeling that I'm definitely not going to be able to make a 4.0 this quarter, though I won't stop trying.

The biggest frustration is that I'm trying to do everything RIGHT for this class. I've actually done the reading, gone to the lecture, participated in the recitation...I just don't know what's up.

And did I mention I have FOUR quizzes tomorrow?

 

[Paris2014]

EllieGirl: I also HATED physics which I'm sure a lot of us do...I pretty much lived in the physics tutoring room which was how I passed the class!...I had to go there for help for EVERY single homework assignment..I get your frustration of all the problems being different in some way! Just hang in there you can do it!!! I see you were accepted to Ohio State so you are almost there! Congrats!

 

[bee83]

I had my first Physics II class last night. We had all been really spoiled in Physics I with a great professor, a huge beautiful lecture hall, and amusing and well organized powerpoint presentations. Now, there are about 40 of us crammed into a tiny windowless basement classroom, with a couple of crappy blackboards, and a prof who is severely lacking on charm. He did a little "review" last night, and during the lecture most of the people in the class were looking at each other like, "Huuhhhhh???"
I have hope for the class yet, but I am disappointed that it won't be more like last semester. It wasn't easy but at least it was fun.

 

[Cautionary Tail]

I HATE PHYSICS! 😡

I was so proud of myself because the other day I got 100% on the first pre-lab. Then today I went to do the online homework and I got through the first two problems with relatively little trouble, then when I got to questions 3-7 I was completely lost. There are examples in the book, but they're always different in at least one small but significant way so that I can't figure out exactly how to do the problem...which leaves me with an understanding of the concept but no ability to do the particular problem, which isn't helping at all.

I decided to just give up on the homework for tonight and try to get to the tutor room tomorrow for an hour or so before the quiz so at least I can maybe not bomb that. 🙁 At least the homework is only worth like 5 points out of 600. But I have a feeling that I'm definitely not going to be able to make a 4.0 this quarter, though I won't stop trying.

The biggest frustration is that I'm trying to do everything RIGHT for this class. I've actually done the reading, gone to the lecture, participated in the recitation...I just don't know what's up.

And did I mention I have FOUR quizzes tomorrow?

Have you tried cramster? It saved my butt in physics... big time. If they have your textbook on file, all the problems in it are done for you, generally longhand with step-by-step explanations of what's being done and why. Physics doesn't come naturally to me, and I am horrible at math, so while I could usually grasp the concepts, I often had a hard time transitioning from that understanding to actually being able to do the problems. I learn stuff like math and physics best when I can see examples done out correctly sans the shortcuts that people who actually really do grasp this stuff tend to like to throw in there. I worked the problems out along with the examples until I was able to do them confidently without.

That site was a godsend! 👍

(I was seriously the most clueless person in our lecture, and ended up pulling an A- in I and an A in II by teaching myself everything this way at home. The HW solution sheets the professor handed out after he was finished grading the stuff were a little more helpful, but he would always hand them out like, the day before the exam, and the all-night cramfests that ensued were insane.)

ETA: Even if the homework problems are online and not in your text, there's a good chance the professor may have gotten them from a text somewhere, and that other people may have asked someone to show them how to do them online... I found assistance with a lot of my Physics I and Orgo I stuff by Googling parts of the question.

ETA (v 2.0): Before someone jumps on me for cheating- I didn't. I made the professor aware of what I was doing and why, and he was fine with it.If I honestly didn't grasp something post-cramster, I did as much as I could grasp, admitted defeat, and either asked the professor for assistance or waited on the solution sheet. 😉

 

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The number of impaired drivers has doubled in the past couple of months. I am sick and tired of turning on the news and hearing of another car accident or another hit and run caused by an impaired drivers. My best friend likes to go for midnight drives to de-stress and the number of idiot drivers we enounter when I go with her is on the rise. I'm worried about her. She's been hit... twice... and it's not her fault... once she was hit from behind while she was on her bike. And the guy started screaming at her because he he apparently couldn't see her! Also, I tend to walk most places... lately, I was almost hit twice on crosswalks. These statistics make me a little afraid to leave my house. They are so lucky that they are able to drive and are able to afford a car... why must they go out and do something stupid like that?

The other night, I had a dream about my old cat being put to sleep that really shook me up. I dreamed that we gave her to this man to put to sleep, because she couldn't walk. When my mom and I visited this man, our cat was suddenly healthy and he was following her around with a needle, ready to put her to sleep despite the fact that I was crying and trying to talk him out of it. Then the dream restarts, and our cat is suffering with this man... and he won't end her suffering. Next thing I know, I'm walking into this room full of cats in cages. My mom is standing in the middle of it next to a table. On the table is a healthy-looking calico, and mom is slowing moving a euthanasia towards her back. She's not even looking at the cat and she has a blank stare at her face.

I woke up trying soo hard not to cry. Wtf dream? Wtf does it mean? One second, I'm trying my hardest to relax and fall asleep because my foot is killing me. The next, I'm having nightmares about euthanasia.

 

[vetme]

ETA (v 2.0): Before someone jumps on me for cheating- I didn't. I made the professor aware of what I was doing and why, and he was fine with it.If I honestly didn't grasp something post-cramster, I did as much as I could grasp, admitted defeat, and either asked the professor for assistance or waited on the solution sheet. 😉

I wouldn't call it cheating, some people just need to see the problems worked out to understand whats going on. Then they can use those steps to do problems on their own, and I say as long as you were doing the problems along with the online stuff and not just copying it down to be done with it..it's not cheating its learning. Come exam time you probably did well beacuse you took the time to go through the correct way to do the problem..right?
Oh, and ditto on hating physics. I'm supposed to take II this semester. I think I'll check out cramster like you suggested. Thanks for the info!!! I kinda have my own personal tudor though...my husband majored in physics so he helps me alot, and I never have to leave home..lol

 

[NStarz]

Oh my goodness, physics I was absolutely awful. I think that was mostly because of my professor, though. I think the highest grade I got on a test was a 35/100. Yeah. It was THAT fun. Ended up with a C+. Physics II I had a different professor, got an A 🙂. I think it really depends on your professor and how nauseating they make the exams.

My rant for the day:
I don't understand why my sister can yell at my dad for stupid reasons every single day (btw, she's 24) and not get called out on it *ever,* and I get upset once because he didn't tell me I wouldn't be able to leave on time for work this morning because of the snow (he told me at midnight, when I couldn't even call and let them know!). I get reamed by both my mom and my dad. Gee, thanks, family. 😡 I was trying to be freaking courteous and my sister yells at him for stupid things like putting the box of crackers on the wrong shelf in the cabinet. So freaking sick of double standards.

 

[Cautionary Tail]

I kinda have my own personal tudor though...my husband majored in physics so he helps me alot, and I never have to leave home..lol

Sweetness! The fact that my father has a PhD in Orgo finally paid off when I had to take it, because I so did not inherit that gene, and I would have been doomed without him.

And, yeah... I managed A's and B's on the exams by working through all the homework stepwise. He was also really generous on the partial when we made a stupid math mistake (or two) but obviously knew what we were doing... which didn't hurt either. 😉

 

[Alhazred]

I'm also a member of the "I suck at physics" club.

 

[fromthebox]

Ah Physics, I have this strange problem with physics. When I was in high school I took honors physics in conjunction with AP Calculus, so it was all calc based. I grocked that pretty well, and the applied nature of my physics calc helped me understand the math side.
Fast forward to college, where I had to take more calc for my major, but the required "Physics for biology majors" courses were trig-only, no calculus we promise. SO confused. The teacher is going on and on about these additive methods and stuff and I keep thinking why aren't we taking an integral?

In short, I get physics when combined with calculus but seperatley I don't get either.

 

[NStarz]

Ah Physics, I have this strange problem with physics. When I was in high school I took honors physics in conjunction with AP Calculus, so it was all calc based. I grocked that pretty well, and the applied nature of my physics calc helped me understand the math side.
Fast forward to college, where I had to take more calc for my major, but the required "Physics for biology majors" courses were trig-only, no calculus we promise. SO confused. The teacher is going on and on about these additive methods and stuff and I keep thinking why aren't we taking an integral?

In short, I get physics when combined with calculus but seperatley I don't get either.

Can you check to see if you can take the calc-based version? At my school, the algebra-based one was required for my major, but you could substitute it for the calc-based one (calc was at a higher 'level'). Unless you already have taken both. In which case, ignore this post 😀

 

[DVMDream]

I also sucked at physics; it didn't help that we had an awful professor. He would tell us that we need to be able to turn what we read in the book into "English" then turn that "English" into "Physics" and then reapply it to what is in the book. Anytime someone had a question instead of actually walking through a problem with us he would toss the book up on the overhead and say "read here". Ok, I already read it and I still don't get it. Then he would say to read it again. 😕😡

So, I just basically went into every exam, guessed random answers, got a lot of C's and came out with a B in both Physics I and II. Not too shabby for never trying.

My favorite physics exam answer (not my own):

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