Students- How do you de-stress?

Sounds good. I think that has something to do with it. I am always unsure if I am doing things correctly because I don't have the 1 on 1 with the teacher or have any other students to study with or ask questions. I know that I am a smart cookie and prove have proved it to myself. I think some of it could also be that I am so pressured to do well in my "family" I have 3 teachers in my family, and all my cousins are straight A students. I know that is part of the reason. I also did very poorly in high school and I want to prove to everyone that I am not who I used to be. My sister recently dropped out of her 5th year of University. That day was a great day I felt like a better person then her ( school wise) This is only my second year of college but since Adult school I haven't quit. So I felt like a winner that day!

Yes very high standards indeed! But life goes on, I am who I am and if I fail to them that's fine! Screw them if they don't like me right? lol PS: Just received a mark 100% on an assignment! Yay!

It must be tough with all those teachers in the family around. You've got such high standards that you have to live up to. But, it sounds like 'so far, so good'. Goodluck!

I like to keep busy as well but I don't think as much as you do. I do like my time to sit back and relax or what I call me time. Where I could do anything I wanted. There are some things that make me stress and I can't help it, but most things I can get away from then worry about later.

Problems do give me much stress and the best way to make it vanish is to face it. I love to challenge myself that's why most of the time, I resolve problems even the problems of others. But I don't do it without their consent. It's just that they're asking for my advice and it's up to them if they're going to follow it or not.

I have having a big amount of troubles with my deadlines. I am currently enrolled in a distance education course where I only go to the school to write exams. This course is supposed to be at your own pace. Well they only let you take 1-2 classes at a time, which is fine with me. But what drives me up the wall is some teachers have deadlines, and some don't. Example: every two weeks i have to hand something in to teacher A she has a week to mark and send back. which means I have to wait before handing things in, which takes a longer time to finish the course. She wont mark things until her date that she had set. Leaving me finished for two months before I can move on and start the next course. Teacher B says hand in what you are finished when you are finished- meaning that if you finished the whole course in a month that is fine. And she marks fairly fast and that means I can move on faster. I had to write a pretty nasty yet professional letter to the head of the school and a bunch of departments about this complaining that it was supposed to be at my pace not the teachers pace. Also about teacher A not handing back assignments when they are supposed to be back, having a 4 day delay. I have still not received any type of response from the school, but only from the teacher asking if I had contacted the school. I responded and said yes I did because I am concerned and that she cant give me only 3 days to make corrections, and proceed onto the next assignment. I wanted marks from the previous one to make sure I knew what I was doing before handing in a new assignment making the same mistakes as the last one. I try to spend as much time as I can with my boyfriend and his family. Sadly all of my family is 8 hours away so I only get to chat every now and then with them. :(

I do think I need some more me time. I think the me time is easier found in the spring/ summer/ fall months. I really like to be outdoors and I can't stand the winter. I live in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada and it is Dang cold here. As much as I love nature I love to feel warm and cozy.

I love mylot for that reason. I can rant and rave about things and get stuff off my chest without my friends and family reading my postings. Its very soothing! and Drama free!

That sounds like such a great idea. *wishes I could do that now*