Up until now, my college life has been a test run.
I've taken a hodge-podge of classes from physics to political science and Chinese to sociology.
Although I wanted take them, I wasn't always pleased after the final exam.
Two problems kept coming up where I was either decent in the course but had absolutely no passion for it or I was intrigued by the subject matter yet completely flopped when it came to test taking.
My roommate freshman year only pushed me over the edge and the stress was so unbearable that I knew I couldn't last another three years of this.
The Fall 2008 semester was a lot of the same only with much better roommates.
One less issue to deal with so my focus was entirely on what classes I should register for and what concentrations interested me.
I took a chance for the Winter 2009 semester by dropping the "high school" approach of choose basic classes and instead picking ones that I would both be good at and enjoy.
New Media, Video Games, and Blogging.
Perfect!
I already know so much about these fields because I'm a commited internet and game junky so why not turn what I like into what I learn about?
For the first time in college, I'm geniunly excited about going to class.
Rather than learn something from scratch, I'm practically two steps ahead of some of my professors let alone my fellow classmates.
Having related classes where I'm able to build ideas and concepts off one another makes understanding everything so much easier.
Even though it has only been a week since classes officially started, I can tell that this semester is going to be considerbly less stressful and really fun.
How often can a student say, "I'm having fun in class?"
Obviously this story isn't unique to just me; there are plenty of others who simply cannot get their college life together.
If someone is way too stressed out about class, it might be time to take a "fun" break and take courses that he/she is excited about.
Try it.
You might be surprised when you say, "This class is so much fun!"
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