Proceed with Caution

(Just a nice group picture, ^^)
(Dinner before Homecoming Dance)

Alright, it has been a while since I last updated, but I assure you, nothing extraordinary happened.

Except the terrible, excruciating loss of my precious iPod.



I'm going to make an analogy out of this experience and see it in a positive light, because if I concentrate on the fact that it is in destroyed shambles on my desk in my dorm, then I will probably cry, as I cried when I found it in the dryer that fateful Thursday.



iPod:washer::Grades:laziness



Just like the washer destroyed my ipod, laziness will destroy your grades--and I mean laziness in a general term. I have learned a lot in the last two weeks about how three-hour naps kill and how going to bed at three in the morning because you started your homework late at night sucks.



For example, Biology, my hardest, most demanding, and brain-melting class was in the pits a few weeks ago. I took the midterm, bombed the midterm, and stuggled to get my grade up. Clearly, I wasn't struggling enough because it just kept on dropping.



How did I get there? Not doing the reading, not printing the syllabus, and falling asleep in class because, apparently, the hour long nap between calc and bio doesn't suffice. Basically, I got lazy. The book was too heavy to carry into the study lounge or I was sleeping/eating dinner/doing other homework/social needs. I started my homework about the crack of midnight, which, when I think back on it, is seriously not a good idea. At all. Then I found out that if you get a 70% or lower you don't get credit for the class. So I panicked and freaked out [which, again, seriously DOES NOT help] and tried to organize a plan to get back on track.



Plans, for someone like me, totally don't work. So, I never actually increased my grade, but it didn't drop... at least.



From the failure of my plan, I realized that the only way to get better was just to jump in. Jump in and hope you don't accidentally hit the bottom of the pool and die [probably a bit dark, so we'll say unconscious]. That was exactly what I did and like magic, I swear it was like magic, I could suddenly get credit for my class.



I prevented what happened to my ipod because I was careless and unobservant to happen to my bio grade.



How am I going to prevent it more? I'm getting a tutor after fall break to help me organize... to be honest, I'm not sure what she'll do, but I'll take whatever I can get. The resources at the college are there for you and are there to help you, so why not take advantage of them and not fail?



I guess that's all for now.