http://www.socialanxietysupport.com/forum/ Issues that affect students. en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:05:19 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.socialanxietysupport.com/forum/images/styles/SAS/misc/rss.jpg http://www.socialanxietysupport.com/forum/ http://www.socialanxietysupport.com/forum/f18/parents-help-u-move-into-dorm-76905/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:09:40 GMT So there's something that sticks out in my head about move in day and move out days in dorms-its' the fact that I don't have anyone, not a friend, not a family member helping me move stuff-

When I moved in, I moved in on my own, carried my own ****, and when I move out, I'm gonna be carrying all my own ****, and taking the train alone, and that's what I want in a way, I do not want my mom anywhere near me.....but at the same time I feel isolated, alone or something when I see all these kids with their parents, while I'm walking the halls and traveling in the elevator solo, and it's not like I drive, no I'm just taking a cab to amtrak station

at least I did see a couple people by themselves taking their one or 2 pieces of luggage to the bus station to go to the airport, but otherwise, every time I get on the elevator or walk in the halls, it's students and their well adjusted great parents

So what about you guys? Did your parents help you move in/out of the dorm? And how was it? Were you more at ease with the support of your parents there, did you still have SA, or did you not want them there at at all? ]]> Students letitrock http://www.socialanxietysupport.com/forum/f18/parents-help-u-move-into-dorm-76905/ http://www.socialanxietysupport.com/forum/f18/i-dont-do-well-with-papers-76894/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:16:21 GMT Recently, I handed in a critique. I talked to my TA and he is willing to go through my paper with me, but he told me that it looks like I haven't even learned how to write a paper. I am very aware of this.

He says that he doesn't even think that he can help me. Can't he help me with formatting or something or show me a good example of a paper.

He's sending me to the Learning Assistance Centre. Should I even try to write papers anymore or just get a zero. I seriously do so poorly it doesn't even seem like it's worth any effort. It probably looks like it took 20 minutes for me to do my last paper, but I worked on it for 7 days.

What should I do?

Thanks, SAgirl ]]> Students SAgirl http://www.socialanxietysupport.com/forum/f18/i-dont-do-well-with-papers-76894/ http://www.socialanxietysupport.com/forum/f18/what-classes-are-you-taking-next-term-76669/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:17:46 GMT What classes are you all taking next term and for how many credit hours?

I'll start:
Spanish 104
Chinese 102
Theater 100
Philosophy 150
Total:20 credit hours ]]> Students DitzyDreamer http://www.socialanxietysupport.com/forum/f18/what-classes-are-you-taking-next-term-76669/ http://www.socialanxietysupport.com/forum/f18/does-anyone-work-2-jobs-and-attend-school-76539/ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:05:11 GMT This is what next year is shaping up to be. I have a full time job 40/hrs week right now, and will be getting another part time job, 20-30 hrs a... This is what next year is shaping up to be. I have a full time job 40/hrs week right now, and will be getting another part time job, 20-30 hrs a week, should be starting around thanksgiving. I don't have much of a choice at this point.

I'm also enrolled as a full time student at a comm. college, but will obviously have to drop it to part time and only take 2 classes at the most starting next semester.

Anyone else in the same boat as me? Next year is going to be ROUGH with this ahead of me. Working 60-70 hrs a week (possibly more, might get 32 at my 2nd job just for the benefits). ]]> Students Prakas http://www.socialanxietysupport.com/forum/f18/does-anyone-work-2-jobs-and-attend-school-76539/ http://www.socialanxietysupport.com/forum/f18/should-i-major-in-english-even-if-76521/ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:10:37 GMT ...I'm not good at analyzing literature?

In the past year and a half that I've been in college, I've realized that a lot of students around me get a lot more out of literature than I do. I like books, but I've realized that my enjoyment is on a shallow level. I suppose my lack of appreciation for literary nuances has to do with my high school English classes; they were more about understanding the basic meaning of texts rather than going deeper and interpreting them. But I did like my English classes, and I always thought I would be an English major, so now that I'm faced with this dilemma, I don't know what other major I would pick.

To be honest, I enjoy the writing aspect of English more than anything else, and though my school does offer a Creative Writing major, I'd be way too scared to major in it. The reason I'd like to become better at analyzing literature is to get rid of the low self-esteem I feel when I hear my classmates wax poetic on some element of the book that I totally missed. I'd like to be able to do that, too. I feel really inadequate in comparison.

Another concern is grad school (if--and that's a very big if--I decide to apply). I'm afraid that if I major in English, my major gpa will be lower than my cumulative gpa, and that might not reflect well on my application.

What do you guys think? ]]> Students AngelSushi http://www.socialanxietysupport.com/forum/f18/should-i-major-in-english-even-if-76521/ http://www.socialanxietysupport.com/forum/f18/end-of-term-countdown-76500/ Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:45:45 GMT - a 20-page paper that only needs editing at this point
- three five-to-seven-page papers that I've sort of been neglecting
- a ten minute presentation on the 20-pager
- three term tests

What do you have left? ]]> Students pita http://www.socialanxietysupport.com/forum/f18/end-of-term-countdown-76500/ http://www.socialanxietysupport.com/forum/f18/is-it-too-late-to-go-to-college-76405/ Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:00:26 GMT im 21, is that too late? im 21, is that too late? ]]> Students indestructable http://www.socialanxietysupport.com/forum/f18/is-it-too-late-to-go-to-college-76405/ http://www.socialanxietysupport.com/forum/f18/doing-ph-d-76311/ Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:25:12 GMT This is my first semester in a Ph.D program and I would appreciate it if I can get some advice here. For example, what do you do to increase... This is my first semester in a Ph.D program and I would appreciate it if I can get some advice here.

For example, what do you do to increase concentration? I can't drink coffee or tea for obvious reasons. Also how do you deal with the politics in the department? To get involved in better projects I have to build good relationships with my teachers.

I need also some advice about teaching but I have one more year to worry about that. ]]> Students proximo20 http://www.socialanxietysupport.com/forum/f18/doing-ph-d-76311/ http://www.socialanxietysupport.com/forum/f18/sa-and-uni-group-work-public-speaking-76209/ Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:57:06 GMT Please tell me how you managed with group work and doing speech presentations in class? Please tell me how you managed with group work and doing speech presentations in class? ]]> Students Phibes http://www.socialanxietysupport.com/forum/f18/sa-and-uni-group-work-public-speaking-76209/ http://www.socialanxietysupport.com/forum/f18/drop-class-vs-write-letters-as-group-kind-of-long-76204/ Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:50:21 GMT Ok - I've got a biggish problem.

My online Business Writing course has been basically a huge joke, all because of my professor. A few weeks into the course she basically went MIA for two weeks. There was no response to e-mails, or calls to the department, or calls to her. She got better after this, posting assignments on a pretty regular basis and responding to questions.

Then she assigns us this month-long unit for long reports, with no clear due dates for each of the mini-assignments, and goes missing again for three weeks. Completely unresponsive. After the three weeks she posted a message, on a Wednesday, telling us our long report drafts were due by midnight the coming Sunday.

And now she's missing again. Our portfolios for the class are due extremely soon, and through e-mails with my classmates I've learned that basically none of us have our last two pieces back that need to be revised for the portfolio.

So I come to my dilemma. Should I try to contact her and drop the class before it's too late (week 14 is considered the cut off for drops, I'm going on week 13)? If I dropped this class I'd still be able to graduate on time, or even take it next semester if I wanted. Or - should I do what my classmates are suggesting and write a letter of complaint with the rest of them about the way the class has been handled? In case it wasn't clear, the way she's handled the class is not the way you teach an online course at my college, especially one that is not "go at your own pace".

If I don't drop the class or somehow get the teacher to do her job, my GPA will be lowered and I'll have another failed class on my record. :( ]]> Students Breakfast0fChampions http://www.socialanxietysupport.com/forum/f18/drop-class-vs-write-letters-as-group-kind-of-long-76204/ http://www.socialanxietysupport.com/forum/f18/for-the-college-graduates-76164/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:43:18 GMT Did you graduate with a major you hate? Do you feel like you didn't learn a damn thing? Bad social experience(s)?

Well, that is me. I feel like I wasted valuable years of my life chasing absolutely nothing. Perhaps if I liked what I did, I would actually retain what I studied.

I had a little fun in college, but for the most part I felt drained, miserable and alienated.

Anyone else? ]]> Students bunnie http://www.socialanxietysupport.com/forum/f18/for-the-college-graduates-76164/ http://www.socialanxietysupport.com/forum/f18/official-graphic-design-thread-76161/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:29:34 GMT Ok, so I'm creating this thread for purely selfish reasons-Basically, I'm working on a website for my class, and I have zero experience in Dream weaver/Flash, etc and I barely understand what the difference between ids and tags, and creating css rules before the tag itself, etc etc, and wrappers etc, columns, etc

So, basically, when I have a question about web design or whatver, I'll post it here and hopefully you'll be able to help out cuz I currently have a bad grade, and I really can't afford to **** up this website

Also, though, of course if any of you have questions relating to graphic design/web design, etc,rgb/photoshop illustrator indesign etce etc, you guys can use this thread to ask and I'll try to help if I can, etc etc, and hopefully others will try to help too

Thanks ]]> Students letitrock http://www.socialanxietysupport.com/forum/f18/official-graphic-design-thread-76161/ http://www.socialanxietysupport.com/forum/f18/good-at-lectures-bad-at-labs-76124/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:17:36 GMT i am pretty confused on this. i am currently acing my chemistry test, with minimal effort. The chemistry class also has a lab component to it. I am... i am pretty confused on this. i am currently acing my chemistry test, with minimal effort. The chemistry class also has a lab component to it. I am lucky, that i have a smart partner that i can copy her answers from because i am COMPLETELY LOST in the labs. Its like i have ZERO idea whatsoever as to what to do. I feel bad also, because my partner always yells at me for being useless, and i get nervous the lab instructor will hear that and realize im not doing anything so he will fail me. anyways, my current lab partner is refusing to work with me next semester for the next level chem class. i really want to be good at labs, so i don't have to depend on others to do my work. i mean i have a 96 on lectures now, and most of my class is FAILING lectures. it doesn't make sense. any thoughts on this?i want to go to dental school, so i need a lot of chemistry. im also sure i will have a lot of lab work in dental school. I don't want to fear my future classes./ my lab partner is a genius, who got exempt from all intro classes due to extremely high sat scores. yet i am doing better than her in the chemistry lecture, and she actually studies and does her homework. although she knows whats up in the labs./

we have a lab report due this week and i have no idera whats going on.

also this is unrelated, but i was wondering does anybody find trig easier than algebras? ]]> Students rctriplefresh5 http://www.socialanxietysupport.com/forum/f18/good-at-lectures-bad-at-labs-76124/ http://www.socialanxietysupport.com/forum/f18/parents-evening-76101/ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:20:06 GMT Bah, I just found out I have parent's evening coming up. It was never that much of a problem, but this year I have to sit with my mum as my teachers give her information on what I've been up to. In the previous years, my mum just had to go in on her own. None of us have been doing very well lately, we've found the jump from GCSE to A Level incredibly difficult. I hate criticism, and every year I always get hassled for never speaking up or asking for help. If this question is brought up this year, I'll have to come up with some kind of answer. Anybody have problems with stuff like this? :afr ]]> Students Rixy http://www.socialanxietysupport.com/forum/f18/parents-evening-76101/ http://www.socialanxietysupport.com/forum/f18/need-some-prayer-for-toinght-76098/ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:33:33 GMT I have a presentation to give in one of my classes tonight. Needless to say, I am a complete wreck just thinking about it. I just know I'm going to make a complete fool of myself. I'm still considering skipping it, but I really don't want to do that because of the ramifications it will have on my grade.

I could really use some prayer or something to get me thought this :( ]]> Students Katielynn http://www.socialanxietysupport.com/forum/f18/need-some-prayer-for-toinght-76098/