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[kingme]

Exams on benzos isn't a great idea......

In fact any activity where remembering stuff is called for isn't a great idea

In defense id say good ideas while on benzos are few and far apart...

failing exams doesnt mean all that much, but perseverence and learning from mostakes of the past is important.
good luck with the chem exam! Just dont do drugs.

conversely, i feel there is a bit too much fear of exam anxiety. Personally i find there is much to gain from a bit of emotion before a test, as long as it isnt paralyzing panic

 

[Sammy G]

It was a pretty fucking awful idea. I knew I hadn't revised enough anyway, as I'd missed months of school and a lot of study time with depression, so I thought, what the fuck. Cue not being able to remember how to multiply two not-even-vulgar questions until almost the end of the time allowed. A lot of head scratching went on. Moral of the story is either "live fast, fail exams young" or "Kota is stupid and reckless".

Reckless, aye. I'll agree with that much.

 

[Kota]

^^^^awh you live n learn. I didn't say nowt about benzos n DHC as I don't know you n didn't know if you were taking them as prescribed medication or not. I actually found that opiates helped me with studying, when taking in small doses.

I hope that i don't sound patronising but were you given good advice on how to receive; and better remember stuff?

Evey

The benzos are script, though I took more than prescribed, but the DHC is not. I do find that opies, very very mild stims (I'm talking caffeine pills - I have epilepsy so can't really do stims), and to a much lesser extent conservative benzo doses help me study, but I overdo it with the downers when I think I'm going to flunk an exam anyway.

I don't have good study skills as I was a gifted child and bullshitted my way all through nursery to int 2s/O-grades. I managed to pull off a couple highers in third year, one with an A. I also had a very good memory as a kid and could take everything in the first time it came round in class. I missed a lot of school - two years out with illness, and a further nine weeks late last year with depression - and so when I came back I'd forgotten everything anyway. Add on top of that a physical benzo dependence and other psych meds which impair cognition and I don't know why I don't drop out and save myself the hassle.

 

[Kota]

In defense id say good ideas while on benzos are few and far apart...

failing exams doesnt mean all that much, but perseverence and learning from mostakes of the past is important.
good luck with the chem exam! Just dont do drugs.

conversely, i feel there is a bit too much fear of exam anxiety. Personally i find there is much to gain from a bit of emotion before a test, as long as it isnt paralyzing panic

I'm too quick to run to medicate the slightest hint of discomforting feeling. I agree. I had a panic attack over a unit test last month so when I came to the prelims I just did everything I could to chill about them. Drugs aside, I've simply thought myself into passivity about them. I have to turn things round before the real exams in May.

 

[Sammy G]

Because you're so fucking intelligent that you make me sick?

Is that a good enough reason not to drop out? Or do I have to strike out in this boat?

 

[Kota]

Because you're so fucking intelligent that you make me sick?

Is that a good enough reason?

In reply to "why don't I drop out?". Hah, thanks. I just have doubts about my ability to pass exams. We still have new parts of the syllabuses to cover so we have limited time to go over the stuff I may/might/definitely have forgotten.

 

[Eveleivibe]

Just got back from the cinema.

Went to see "American Sniper".

Quit the film, highly recommended. As the credits began rolling I felt a surge of patriotic fervor coming over me. I started chanting "USA USA USA". No one else joined in and the fit Latvian bird I went to see it with tugged on my arm like she was embarrassed. I'm taken aback to be quite honest, loads of people out at the cinema and not one wants to join in on a lovely chant to show our appreciation for the brave servicemen. Anyways, the poor misguided bird I think she requires a proper education on the matter so I've picked up copy of "Lone Survivor" for our next date night.

hahahahahaha thst was quite funny actually.

Evey

 

[Sammy G]

I get the feeling you'll be okay. We had similar educational trajectories, 'cept I didn't miss as much time, and I was far less mature and savvy about revising - I thought I didn't need to. Dick.

 

[Tangerine Dream]

300mg pregab, 4mg diclaz, 2 6% 440ml cans of cider and 360mg codeine with some vaped 5f-akb-48 Very nice!

 

[Eveleivibe]

I wouldn't drop out. Do your uni know what's going on? as they could offer you support.

Evey

 

[Sammy G]

Lentil and vegetable soup. Heroin up next.

 

[Sammy G]

I wouldn't drop out. Do your uni know what's going on? as they could offer you support.

Evey

She won't drop out because she knows the consequences well.

Abduction and bad singing are involved.

 

[Kota]

I wouldn't drop out. Do your uni know what's going on? as they could offer you support.

Evey

My school know about my health problems, and have been trying to help, but that has so far meant shelving me in a room at the back of the special needs office to study for a couple periods a week. I'd far prefer true free periods to study in one of the local caffs or even just the school library, but apparently they want me to be somewhere quiet. I have tried to explain that I need background noise to study, and that their study room feels claustrophobic, with no luck. I have taken to playing noise music on my phone through headphones whilst in that shithole study room, but it isn't the same as a surround sound background hum, and the room doesn't give me the feeling of freedom and independence that I like when I'm basically teaching myself things.

 

[Shambles]

behave!!!!!!

I can but apologise. I did of course mean: "pretty sure me 'n' other me's impatience is of a more urgent nature though". I bow to your Grammaz Naziness, m'lovely

Moral of the story is either "live fast, fail exams young" or "Kota is stupid and reckless".

I opted for the first option. Then failed on at least one aspect of it

 

[Kota]

Kota too much emphasis placed on the importance of exams nowadays. There are jobs where personality and willingness to learn is what gets you in the door.

Of course you have the industries which require 'your papers' to show you can regurgitate accurately the twaddle you've been force fed for the past ten years.

Worry not, if you have some savvy, know your own mind it'll all fall into place.

It's a bit of a pain, as I wanted to go into a STEM area that requires at least a relevant undergrad degree to get a job with entry pay. It's also an embarrassment as I was a gifted child, but the staff at my new school have very little faith in my mental ability, and I had hoped to prove them wrong and earn some respect. Also, my family expect me to meet my personal goals as I've always had high marks on tests in the past and used to be intelligent. Alas, I spent most of the months leading up to the prelims in no state to study, not my fault for once, and by the time I was back into things the prelims were weeks away. I didn't study nearly enough, and it's too late now. I can only hope that chemistry tomorrow goes okay, and stay off the drugs.

 

[lurching]

Kota too much emphasis placed on the importance of exams nowadays. There are jobs where personality and willingness to learn is what gets you in the door.

Of course you have the industries which require 'your papers' to show you can regurgitate accurately the twaddle you've been force fed for the past ten years.

Worry not, if you have some savvy, know your own mind it'll all fall into place.

I disagree, not enough emphasis is placed on math exams (in western EU at least). Look at good Russian or Chinese engineering and sci programs..really high standards pay off.
And really, did YOU go to school for ten yrs only to learn how to regurgitate twaddle?

 

[Kota]

I disagree, not enough emphasis is placed on math exams (in western EU at least). Look at good Russian or Chinese engineering and sci programs..really high standards pay off.
And really, did YOU go to school for ten yrs only to learn how to regurgitate twaddle?

I probably agree with this. Exams are an important part of education. Apart from anything else, they supply motivation. I'd probably bring back the eleven-plus were I on an education board.

 

[Shambles]

I'm not big on exams (always found them a doddle - was coursework that screwed me cos that's prolonged effort over time rather than just being good under pressure) and was frankly gutted that I just missed out on the eleven plus where I lived. I also realise it was a deeply flawed system but am pretty sure more folk with ability made it up to the higher echelons of education than do under the comprehensive system which seems to be very much quantity over quality. Yes everybody should surely have the chance to get to university. No, they don't all need to take Media Studies. Crass example obviously but indicative of a wider issue I suspect.

 

[Sammy G]

I can recommend the heroin this evening, ladies and gents.

 

[lurching]

Some big shoulders required to burden those responsibilities. Your clearly a switched on individual and the expectation levels of others can impact negatively on what your trying to achieve.

Trust in your own abilities and push through on the skills and smart that got you to this point.

And if all fails you can try your hand at horoscopin'..
Really though, in a sci/tech field you are nowhere without a solid math foundation, calculus, statistics, etc, that's just not something you pick up on the go in a few weeks. It's crucial that it's really solid. Once you have that solid foundation you can move on to exciting stuff.