Hi all, I hope you're all well. University is not going well for me. I feel like I am drowning. So far I have been doing my course for three years so far, and am only half-way through. Even though it's only a three year course, I dropped down to part-time a few times and failed a bucketload of classes, so it's been dragged out to this never ending stretch. I feel like I'm going to be a student forever. All my friends are either graduating soon or have graduated, and I just feel like that's an impossible goal. It's out of my reach. Usually my final scores for my classes go two ways. I either get a distinction or above, or I fail. And frankly, it all comes down to whether the subject is interesting or not. Well, I have a hard enough time sitting through a lecture even if the subject IS interesting... If it's not, lecture's are IMPOSSIBLE to concentrate in, and everything I am told goes in one ear and out the other. And getting me to read a wall of text? Forget it! Even if I am intersted I can't even get started. Even when studying for exams it feels like this long drawn out effort. I can sit and read and reread and reread somehting, but I'll never take take it in. And if I write it down, I have no idea what I've just written five minutes later. It's like I forget how to learn. I've seen counsellors throughout the last few years about various things, but have always jumped around the whole studying issue because of a few reasons. Firstly, I don't want them to think that I am stupid, beause I'm not. I know I'm not. Secondly, I felt ashamed complaining about something like this. Yes, is probably is my fault. I have a lazy brain or something that won't pay attention when I want it to. Maybe I subconciously don't want to learn. Maybe I'm too easily overwhelmed by information. I don't know. If it's my doing do I have any right to complain about it? Should I expect any help from anybody? Can anybody actually help me? Probably not. But I have TRIED to concentrate and I spend a lot of time TRYING to study. It probably isn't a big deal. I'm probably making a mountain out of a molehill, but it's affecting my studies and my life, and to me that makes it at least worth mentioning. As a result of failing all these classes I have a P average. Nobody is going to hire somebody with a P average. I'm going to spend years studying this subject, and it will all be in vain. This was my dream course, leading to my dream job. And I am single-handedly ruining my dreams. So how do I fix this?  ... View more

Hey everyone! I was wondering if anyone had any stories about when they first moved out of home? I technically have moved out of home, but I moved in with my boyfriend's family, so it kind of doesn't count.. haha. I'm just curious as to other peoples experiences with renting for the first time. So does anyone want to share their moving out experience? What complications did you have? Did you move in with friends? What were the good and bad points of living away from your family?  Just anything you wish to share :) And if you haven't moved out of your parents house yet, what are your plans?? Thanks guys!    ... View more