having a difficult time handling college coursework

conpeito
Sun, 23 Oct 2011 00:03:22 +0000

Thanks for all the advice! I’ll take them to heart.

Regarding tutors, I have applied for some. I haven’t heard back, though, so I’m thinking there’s a lack of tutors by this time of the year. Talking to my professor sounds like something I might want to try, however. My school unfortunately doesn’t offer a first-year adjustment course.

I keep a constant list. I tried scheduling a while ago but it got to be a little adverse. I would spend a lot of time on scheduling and planning every minute of my time, trying to make sure that I was being efficient, but would end up having to spend more time on things anyway.

What I do find helpful is dividing up my tasks into littler tasks and having a mental thought for when I will do each task and about how long I will take. I call this stress management! It makes things less daunting and I find that it helps me spread things over the week. I will try make sure I dedicate enough time to my well-being so I’m less stressed–anxieties can plunge me into a terrible state. I’m working on not letting my struggles define me.

As for taking a summer course in reading and writing at a local community college–I have (to me, it just seemed like another high school or college class, however). I’ll also go check if it is a learning disability. I’m not sure.

Thanks for the encouragement!