just not caring. (1 Viewer)

[youngminii]

why not just drop out now and become a tradie or a forklift driver or something

no study

no stress

no HSC english

no due dates

cold hard beer at the end of the day with the wife n kids

bloody awesomeeeeee (seriously)

Funny story
According to my teacher, a couple of years ago there was this kid (Asian obviously) who was pressured a lot by his parents. They home schooled him until he was 12 and they made an arrangement with the principal to let him start the preliminary course, but the principal didn't let him do English. So he sat his HSC when he was 13/14 and his parents had made him do English through distance education (angered the principal lolol). Anyway he got a very high UAI and went to Uni.
Today, he is a forklift driver.

 

[Continuum]

Funny story
According to my teacher, a couple of years ago there was this kid (Asian obviously) who was pressured a lot by his parents. They home schooled him until he was 12 and they made an arrangement with the principal to let him start the preliminary course, but the principal didn't let him do English. So he sat his HSC when he was 13/14 and his parents had made him do English through distance education (angered the principal lolol). Anyway he got a very high UAI and went to Uni.
Today, he is a forklift driver.

what the.. where did all that potential go..?

 

[untouchablecuz]

Funny story
According to my teacher, a couple of years ago there was this kid (Asian obviously) who was pressured a lot by his parents. They home schooled him until he was 12 and they made an arrangement with the principal to let him start the preliminary course, but the principal didn't let him do English. So he sat his HSC when he was 13/14 and his parents had made him do English through distance education (angered the principal lolol). Anyway he got a very high UAI and went to Uni.
Today, he is a forklift driver.

haha, thats insane, poor guy

i wanna get my forklift licence/job over the 3 month holidays

 

[Timothy.Siu]

what the.. where did all that potential go..?

he was asian.

 

[hermand]

what would you have done in those 13 years anyway??

probably undertaken some form of education. but it all seems so rigid, like, if you don't do this, you fail at life. end of story.

tbh education > drug fucked + dropkick life

haha, well, yeah, can't say i'd ever turn to drugs anyways.

what the.. where did all that potential go..?

this. ?!?!

 

[raniaaa]

You remind me of me when i was younger.

oh and this post has made my day. Would rep if i could..

LOL you're like what 16? =.=

 

[hermand]

let me tell you this.

ethan (you probably know him) dropped pharmacy because he had no motivation to study, he wanted the whole work + party lifestyle.

dropped pharm, went on 3-4 week partying spree - and is now compltely over it and has to apply for uni because he says the lifestyle then was the one with truly no direction.

stick to where you originally planned, mght as well do something productive with ur time

yeah, i will, still go to uni etc, but just not seeing the point in it.
also annoyed that i can't do my sick gap year idea until i'm twenty

Even if you cant get into psych straight away its not a big issue, just get yourself into a B/A and transfer. The most important thing is getting into the system, after that you have quite a few options.

gahh, b/a would be my worst nightmare. no joke. get me so far away from humanities when i finish school. haha.

b/sc = much more me.

but thanks =]].

as for the whole "system of life being ridiculous" no, no it's not it's the darn hsc turns you off life completely. but hey two short months and we'll be skipping down the road singing "what a wonderful world!"

hang in there

haha, best mental image there =]].

What's happened has happened. You are still who you are, and you can be pretty much whatever you want to be that is humanly possible (once you decide what that is if it isn't psychology). God, I really need to learn how to write short posts

your extensive post was much appreciated =].

 

[youngminii]

what the.. where did all that potential go..?

Lol the moral of the story was that the kid's parents were pressuring him far too hard.. He was being spoon fed everything (including education) and when he entered the real world, he couldn't handle it, dropped out and became a forklift driver.
For some reason, my teacher was very happy when she was telling us this story

 

[untouchablecuz]

LOL you're like what 16? =.=

ranias gay

 

[dux&src]

lol you're like what 16? =.=

15.

 

[lychnobity]

I was in the same boat about a week ago tbh, dw it'll fade soon enough. I didn't do as well I would've liked in trials either, and my brain just kept draining me of any ounce of hope - I took a week away from school work, and now?

I'm ready and more motivated to work.

Oth, part of the reason I'm driven to work really hard is I found the perfect course (while poring over the UAC book), and then plonking in the numbers when picking preferences (it's rather liberating entering the course codes).

 

[hollaholla]

why not just drop out now and become a tradie or a forklift driver or something

no study

no stress

no HSC english

no due dates

cold hard beer at the end of the day with the wife n kids

bloody awesomeeeeee (seriously)

funny how you mentioned english LOL.

 

[samthebear]

funny how you mentioned english LOL.

B/c HSC english is really that pointless.

 

[lyounamu]

I agree, hermand. I don't care anymore. I know that I will get to the required ATAR so there is hardly any pressure for me. I am just slightly "worried" that I will dissapoint others (esp. my parents) if I don't get some crazy ATAR.

 

[Ben1220]

so, got my trial results back and stuff the other day, went crap because i didn't deal with the pressure at all, but also posing the question to myself that maybe i'm not as intelligent as everyone seems to think i am, which isn't the point of this post, but an interesting thought, because of the conflicting views of whether the hsc is a true measure of your 'intelligence' or not. i seem to think that it's not, but it seems to be perceived this way by so many others. just rambling, so back to the point,

i've always had a clear vision that i want to do psychology after school, become a psychologist, etc etc, preferably at sydney or anu, and i never really contemplated failing that goal, but after my trial results, it's become a reality to be honest, and i don't seem to care? i seem to be resigned to the fact that i'll probs end up doing some crap degree at uow that i only got into because i get extra points for where i live. but i'm concerned that it doesn't bother me at all. i'm also concerned that i seem to have no interest in further education and now have no idea what i actually want out of life. growing up, moving on, people moving away, people passing on, it all seems bigger than education and i seem to be of the thoughts that i've wasted the past 13 years of my life and have no idea how to get out of this little 'rut' i've dug myself into.

anyone else feeling the same? just seeing if there's anyone else out there who seems to think this whole system of life is ridiculous.

the point of it all is to keep trying to figure out what the point of it all is

Year 12 can have this kind of impact on people, you pour so much of your limited time into something, and it makes you wonder if thats what you really should be doing.

I think part of the problem might be the kind of mindset that year 12s get into, don't get into the trap of thinking that real education is anything like year 12, the consensus among year 12 students is that the marks you get mean everything, everything you do in class revolves around an exam or tests, an understandable mindset given the circumstances for year 12, but in a few years, you will take classes because you want to aquire knowledge about the subject, for whatever reason. It's completely different to the obsessive game people play at highschool, and it might seem more meaningful to you.

 

[ailingtastic]

Wow 'hermand', I feel exactly the same way! Maybe we should be best of friends or some'm, HAHA! ">.>

But ehhh, HSC is only 6-7 weeks away. Study hard and then maybe in the end, it won't be as bad as you thought and you'll end up becoming a psychologist or whatevz. Don't give up! Harden the fuck up, aye!

I actually don't know what I'm talking about. I'm just trying to make myself feel better. HAHA, I'm just in denial about being a masiff failure, myself LOL! :S

 

[09georged]

I would have to agree with the topic of "Just not caring", i'm very over the HSC and guys feel lucky i only started my trials two day ago and i feel as if i have walked into them all knowing what i need to know and when i walk out i feel like i knew nothing.
Earlier in school i remeber i tried so hard study for every exam even when it didnt matter in yr7 and now when it finally does count i can't care, i want to but i can't im over studying its like my brain and body just says stuff it. But the hope of uni is fading when i look at it because i dont care anymore.
Anyway im putting it out there i know the feeling. But in the end we can only do what we can, so good luck guys

 

[Cloesd]

so, got my trial results back and stuff the other day, went crap because i didn't deal with the pressure at all, but also posing the question to myself that maybe i'm not as intelligent as everyone seems to think i am, which isn't the point of this post, but an interesting thought, because of the conflicting views of whether the hsc is a true measure of your 'intelligence' or not. i seem to think that it's not, but it seems to be perceived this way by so many others. just rambling, so back to the point,

i've always had a clear vision that i want to do psychology after school, become a psychologist, etc etc, preferably at sydney or anu, and i never really contemplated failing that goal, but after my trial results, it's become a reality to be honest, and i don't seem to care? i seem to be resigned to the fact that i'll probs end up doing some crap degree at uow that i only got into because i get extra points for where i live. but i'm concerned that it doesn't bother me at all. i'm also concerned that i seem to have no interest in further education and now have no idea what i actually want out of life. growing up, moving on, people moving away, people passing on, it all seems bigger than education and i seem to be of the thoughts that i've wasted the past 13 years of my life and have no idea how to get out of this little 'rut' i've dug myself into.

anyone else feeling the same? just seeing if there's anyone else out there who seems to think this whole system of life is ridiculous.

HSC is a measure of will power, not a measure of Intelligence.

Sure Intelligence helps, but i think technique, and willpower will do you better than Intellect pound for pound.

 

[Vindictus]

HSC is a measure of will power, not a measure of Intelligence.

Sure Intelligence helps, but i think technique, and willpower will do you better than Intellect pound for pound.

Pretty much. Throughout life willpower and motivation will be the two factors that will award Intelligence.

I'd imagine many would be burnt out about now, just when it matters most. All I can say is keep trying..