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For anyone returning to school this fall...

theartofwar

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Especially the highschooolers i talk to on here sometimes who are still putting up with that bullshit you laugh at as an adult, i remember how it felt to me back then. I just wanted to open a thread for venting or opening up to any concerns or problems you are thinking about as classes are around the corner (mine are next week i believe signed up for few night classes to try and adjust my life to training and my music, recovery and school - this way I only have one year left for my BA but im adding a major and minor I don't want to spring into a full load and feel like giving up, I swore to never quit anything again but the opiates man and I am a man of my word. I know I'm gonna do well in school im not worried about it since I am preparing with night classes that will both be fun but will also get me organized before my final few classes that are all 400s.

thats really all I got , but floors open to anyone returning and how do you feel about it and plan on handling it.
 
I'm a little jealous of those in College right now. Most of my friends are taking classes. I dropped out of High School in the summer of 2008, got my GED by the end of 2010 (After a few GED prep courses). Before I could start classes at a local community college, my mother passed away and I had to move out of state for a little while. My father, who I've been living with for almost 2 years since my mom died, technically works here, but lives in another state. Our financial situation is very tricky, and considering my living situation it's difficult to maintain money to afford college classes. I tried signing up for the Spring of 2012, and even got so far as to finishing my Remedial classes and selecting what courses I wanted to take, however I was unable to file my financial aid in time (They failed to inform me it would take over 8 weeks to complete, leaving me no time to pay the costs of my classes, forcing me to drop them all and not take any classes). This was going on 6 months ago, I've yet to contact them to try and reapply. I've been working though, 2 days a week, hopefully more soon. Despite how I enjoy making money, my days off leave me bored and honestly I miss the mental stimulation that comes from a learning environment such as College.
 
Good idea for a thread taow :)
Uni can't start quickly enough for me. I'm just afraid that I won't understand anyone since I'm moving to England and although I do speak english, I don't really know any of their slang or anything...but anyway that's not too big of a deal.

^J.Wallace, I really hope you'll be able to go back to college one day soon. It's not the same thing at all, but they have lots of online courses now. I'll try to look for a website for you. Basically you can download university classes, and even if the environment's nothing near the same, it could still be really interesting.
 
I've been taking xanax for social anxiety for 9 months now, 1-2mg per day, If I take a 1mg before school, I don't remember anything I learned when i got home, Is this because of prolonged use?
 
Fucking graduating this year. Holy shit. What the fuck am I going to do with my life? Oh fuck, I have no goals or aspirations. Ahahahah nahh I'm so fucking ready for this year, bring on those AP exams!
 
Foshizzle, yeah, I can't believe you were prescribed Xanax for 9 months, benzos should never be used on a prolonged period of time. I can barely remember anything from ~6 months ago when I was taking them every day...you should really try to find an alternative method to cope, and be careful of WDs (you need to taper - quitting benzos cold turkey can be VERY dangerous, it landed me in the hospital).
 
Pagey said:
Foshizzle, yeah, I can't believe you were prescribed Xanax for 9 months, benzos should never be used on a prolonged period of time. I can barely remember anything from ~6 months ago when I was taking them every day...you should really try to find an alternative method to cope, and be careful of WDs (you need to taper - quitting benzos cold turkey can be VERY dangerous, it landed me in the hospital).
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I've been taking benzos for 1 year and 2 months, I started out on Klonopin, then went to Valium, then Xanax. I plan on tapering down very slow, I have taken a lot of anti-psychotics as-well, they all did absolutely nothing for me, I enjoy the sedative effects of benzos, I'm tried stopping after month 3, and then ended up coming back to them because I couldn't handle being in school with hundreds of people without feeling overwhelmed with anxiety, I want to finish high-school with the ability to still take benzos, but I'm not sure if I would ever be able to take them before school anymore, which is when I need them most.
 
I understand what you mean. I don't know where you live but here in France you have to start deciding the type of job you want to go into when you're 15 so it's a lot of pressure.
But if you're in the US, you should be apply to apply for a pretty general degree right? That would enable you to take more time to decide what you like & specialize later (like Liberal Arts or something).
Or even in other countries, it's always possible to choose something that'll give you access to lots of possibilities later :)
 
Nice thread idea, taow. :) I've vented so much in various parts of TDS about things school related that I def think that we needed a thread like this lol. I just started again this week. I'm only taking two classes this semester and one of them doesn't start until the end of October. My classes are Social Ethics and English 2. I've already started Social Ethics and while I think in some ways it seems like it might be a bit difficult, it's been pretty interesting so far and has brought up a lot of conversation/debates in class. This is my last semester at this school (should be anyway) and then I'll *finally* have an associate's degree in liberal arts. My degree is a transfer degree though and I'll be ultimately getting a Bachelor's degree in Social Work.

I get overwhelmed easily due to some of my psychological conditions so I usually take it easy on myself these days and take only 2-3 credits per semester. It takes longer, but it works for me and has helped me to maintain a decent GPA especially since I've needed to work full time while in school. This will be changing when I transfer and I'm going to probably have to maintain full-time student status so that I can be eligible for health insurance through my school and so I can just finish already. I am cutting back my work hours to part time though so hopefully I can do it. When I do finally finish school I'll probably take like one class per semester just cause I like learning in a structured environment and I want to take the classes that aren't part of my major that I've always wanted to learn more about.
 
My rant --

THIS 12 PAGE RESEARCH PAPER IS KICKING MY BUTT!

I'm writing it on how hydrocodone is being considered to change to a schedule II controlled substance...it's more difficult than I thought it would be and it's due on the 26 :(
 
ahhhh i hate going back to college after a long summer break. it's so socially awkward around everyone and difficult to concentrate...

i suffer from ADHD personally, and take dexedrine to deal with it, but still i feel really nervous and anxious going back. i don't know how to deal with it to start off so i usually go in taking 0.5 xanax for the first week while i start to get readjusted again, but hey thats just me.
 
Mrflowers school is great to save up money for, I hope you find the cash and give yourself the opportunity to make a positive change in your life :)
 
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