Posted by pontormo on September 20, 2014, at 10:56:46
In reply to not doing particularly well..., posted by alexandra_k on September 16, 2014, at 22:02:18
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> i suppose... it is a bit of a miracle really if i can come out of a university course in physics with a passing grade a bit below the average grade for the course... given that i've never done high school maths... i should probably think of it more like that...
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> i think... i think the thing is that i thought they would be... dissapointed in me... upset... scathing... something... something like that... for me doing not so well. or perhaps gloating and pleased. something like that. but... they don't seem to be. i guess it is one of those things... persistence... a bit like the gym... not much kudos goes to the person who just rocks up and can do things... more to the person who demonstrably persists through hard times... anyway... people seem... kinder. somehow. or maybe... it is me. humbled. whatever. life is good... and there is more to life (more to academic life even) than grades. huh. who woulda thunk?
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> that being said... must... do... better. but also... will do better when i care more about what i'm learning about. the lecturers are interesting and they really do do what they can to convey that...~~hey Alex I really like what you're saying here.
There's a lot of wisdom in where you're going with these thoughts. Don't overvalue the grades of the moment-- it's the overall goal and the meaning you can put into and get out of the process that matters over time. As long as you invest yourself and make the work meaningful and remember the purpose-- the overarching reason for it all.
And yeah-- people are a lot kinder than we give them credit for-- or than we are-- thank god.
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