To Certain Individuals Who Seem to Know Me SO Well! Wow!!..haha. (Lara)
I’m only going to briefly touch on this, as it’s not worth wasting too much time on.
But just incase some/a certain…fan(s)… of this site didn’t know, I did not pull out of my examinations simply because what was described as “some boy i liked” blocked me on an instant messenger program. That idea is a joke in itself.
I had to withdraw from those exams because of NUMEROUS difficulties I was/am/will be facing.
In fact, the first day of many that I wasn’t able to attend university, was because my friend of 12 years was killed in a car crash which saw his body impaled on a fence, then it all went downhill from there as several events followed.
So, to be honest and straight to the point, and sorry to everyone else not involved, but, please my friend, get your facts straight before you flame somebody. The events posted on this site by all six of us could merely be regarded as the SHELL of our lives, for all you know. I will speak for myself, and say that what I’m going through is much deeper than what I reveal on here, because, simply, I’m not the sort of person who will open up to just anyone, especially when there are certain people out there such as yourself who are willing to pick at someone before even knowing what they are messing with, and some of us, myself included, do not need that.
Also, to say that the organisers of this website only want to promote all of the fun stuff that comes about with uni, yes, sure it’s everywhere! But don’t forget that all 40,000 of us are humans, too, and there are going to be some really crappy times too. SO in my personal opinion I feel it is better to be honest, rather than show potential future first years a biased and edited story of what to expect. And I bet that’s what the people who created this had in mind too!
Anyway, enough of this, and sorry again to those not involved, but I felt that had to be said.
Ciao, and good luck to those of you who are lucky enough to have made it to exams. I’ll be thinking of you.
I’m really sorry to hear that a lot more has been going on than you’ve discussed in the blog. I can’t imagine what it must be like to deal with all those things at once. 🙁
It absolutely sucks to have people judge you for decisions you make. In my experience so far, I’ve realised that people have to do what’s right for them, not for anyone else. You did what you needed to do. Anyone with an ounce of maturity will realise that.
You are so right in what you say about what many of us post on here…in so many respects (for me at least) it is shell of what happens in my life. I’m honest about uni-life to the best of my abilities, but I do try to intently keep it as up-beat as possible because I like to focus on the positives in life.
Anyways…
I hope you can find a way forward through everything you’re facing.
Take care.
-Sophie
Ladies and Gentlemen, in the boxing ring that is first_year@unimelb I think we just had a knockout. You go Lara!
Back on topic, though, the hardest thing to remember when writing this isn’t about my privacy or my identity, far from it. It’s trying to protect other people’s reputations and privacy and especially never, ever trying to speak ill of anyone in public, be they teacher, student or random – something I try to avoid, but I’m not perfect. Realising and working around what you can’t say is the hardest part, because it really does bastardise (for want of a better word) everything that you do say.
Thanks. Some people just have no self-respect NOR respect for others, and it pains me to have to realise that.
I must say that there is heaps that I don’t mention just simply because I don’t want other people to know. (I want some privacy.)
If someone is really being annoying, I’ll say it, and make it obvious to the person who they are. If it is a flaw, I might omit it or just simply talk about it in a reflection as a possibility. I also bet that my last Physics partner had problems with me too. (Too silly, wanting to fiddle with the equipment and have a bit of fun, rather than trying to do the experiment as good as possible.) (Not a good choice on my part.)