My 2nd semester (Jim)
Well, the long delay of posting probably indicates some laziness of me, or the intensity of law in this sem or how wondeful my family is ( i talked about my problems with them, so u guys are left out 🙂 ).
Well it is all of them (this blog is not going to be high quality, i dont have enough time to do one, but i will give u some genearl tips from my exp. sorry)
🙂 But more to blame on my laziness. I felt behind in all my subjects (2 law sub, then 2 art subjects–anthropology(quite fun except i haven’t done enough reading to engage with the theme more deeply, which is why i only said it is quite fun)
Critical thinking in philosphy is pretty simple, though useful, (i can’t recommend it to people, because the content is very easy, no need to teach it in uni, i found it is a waste of time to learn it) Though i am bias, it is useful to hear these contents.
My solution: I can’t give up. The only way to conquer the difficulty of uni is to put in work. Not wasting making excuses for not studying.
(That is my solution agains down time, also go to lib to borrow some mental health book/ eg chicken soup for the soul, or some life motivation books.)
Law
my lecturer for Tort, Hayden is really a super teacher. He stays after class, which is afte 6pm to answer students’ questions. He is so down to earth and patience to students. I can’t complaint any more. The subject content is also so interesting, dealing with people’s miseries (let’s say accidents) 😛
can’t complaint. It is a must to have good lecturer, just give u the motivation to study, go to class. It is entertaining to listen in class.
Tip: I am starting to think maybe the coordinnator of the subject is in the category of excellent teachers. Get into their classes.
my other law subject is quite good too. Tania is dedicated. She is friendly. I need to spend more time to prepare classes. I underwent some mental “breakdown”, which was why i did not study hard as usual. So i did not read before hand.
Tip: Got to read!!! otherwise i am not going enjoy classes. I felt miserable in some classes when i did not understand some points. Got to prepare. U’d get what u put in.
Anyway, i still have no regret studying law. The teachers are magnificient. law classes are similar to fun high school english classes.
the problem of Jealousy?
Yes, in uni, i have face countless smart and wonderful ppl. I do envy (ok sometimes jealous) them, but solution is to say to myself, great for the world, these ppl would contribute, use their talents to help the whole world.
All this busyness will be over in just under two months. (Unless you have big plans for christmas or something.)
It’s interesting that you mention the idea of jealousy, because I was thinking about it myself whilst struggling with that Maths project.
Sometimes it’s very easy to forget that as student doing what you are doing, you are already a damn smart person doing something which many people will never be able to achieve. That’s not a bad reflection on other people at all, but I think it’s something to remind yourself of whenever you wish you found your work a little bit easier. No matter how jealous you or I may feel of other people who find the subjects that we struggle in easy, there are plenty of people out there who would be jealous of us for getting into those subjects in the first place.
The thing that really annoys me is people who have this sort of amazing talent and do nothing with it; people who can coast, rock up to exams off one week of prep and walk home with an H2 or something similar. In a way, I think that if you have that sort of talent, you owe it to those who do not to make as much of it as you can.
And that applies to you and me too.
best of luck!
jez
Jim, you are a very down to earth guy! I love how you always put a positive spin on everything 🙂
You are so right – you get what you put in.
Best of luck.
Thanks guy,
Keep on keeping on Jim. There’s not far to go till the end of the academic year.
Jez has it right. 🙂 It’s hard to remember sometimes that while you may have been top at school, everyone in your course is going to have done fairly well and be fairly smart. 😀
Given Jim’s academic height (the top of my school last year), it is now a fact that Melb Uni is home to many amazing individuals. Law can be overwhelming sometimes, as every single one of my attempts to reach him in MSN is knocked back with “busy studying” or the likes. I am happy to know that Jim is faring well with his uni life. If possible Jim, please tell me about your study scores for Methods, Spesh, Phyz, Chem (not sure if u did the Azn 5, but i definitely want to know about ur methods and spesh).
Have a good day!