Wednesday, April 6, 2011

School Work is Killing Me

Ok, it isn't killing me but it is truly stressing me out. I have two papers and two presentations to complete in the next three weeks. This wouldn't be so bad if I didn't feel as though I could just go to bed everyday when I get home from work. I do sound as if I am complaining but I know cannot focus on anything else until I have these things completed. On top of that is the fact I have the research class left to take and I must have my thesis project finished before December 2011 so I can keep my job. I am on my last certification extension. This situation weighs heavy on my mind. I feel as if I cannot move forward or do new things because I have only one focus. I am not a good academic. I have never had a lot of experience writing papers, so every one is a monumental task. I suck at organizing and writing papers. I often feel like quiting because I just don't think I can ever complete the thesis project. Much of it will be project based creating a website for elementary art teachers based on the National Standards but there will still be writing. Most of my friends and family have no idea that I have no confidence in my own intelligence. I have never felt book smart. Each college class I have taken I managed to muddle through but the stress eats me up. I feel myself failing. It gets harder to feel as if I can do it. I almost lost my job due to the state not getting my extension request done before my cert expired. I was almost greatful, figuring I wouldn't need to finish my graduate degree. I started thinking I could just go work at Lowe's.

2 comments:

  1. Christine - as a fellow student, but otherwise total stranger, I just want to say how moving I found your post, and how it proves what a good and expressive writer you are. Your intelligence comes across so clearly, even in this one post, that it's hard to watch you doubting it. Having your job depend on completing the degree must be awful, but I truly hope you're able to stick it out, and find the support you (and anyone, I'd think!) need to write the thesis.

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