Wanna get a degree, but dont think college is for me! :(

unreggd

Im doin a photography PLC at the mo and its great, but im never in!

Ive continually bad sleeping patterns, so dont get up most mornings

Im in at 9 every mornin and it takes just over an hour to get it in the mornin, or 35 mins if i wait til 10 and drive

I always have trouble with assignments, still havent handed in my first 2 for Theory and Imaging as I just cant do them!

And the degree is meant to have 10 times more theory/writin/study

I was never a studier, literally did zero study for the Junior/Leavin Cert

So, my point is, when im in class, im a great student, but getting there and getting writing-based assignments done is a big issue for me

I could try livin very close to the college, as in a ten min walk, but no solution for the others

I want to do the degree cos i need structure, and i wanna go to "proper college" [only been to 2 PLC colleges so far]

Anyone any advice/similar experience?


thanks

Placebo

cop on, get off your ass and do it, it will aid your future prospects.
ive done 4 years college+1 year work experience = 5 years getting my BSc and now im doing an MSc. ALOT of early mornings. Just have to do it.

get up early one day to reset your sleeping patterns, also maybe get sleeping pills.

Sebzy

Pull the finger out of your ass and just do it.

decsramble

Well you could move your bed into the college and get the lecturers to quide your hands as you write your assignments but you know that wont solve the problem in 4 years when you find you have to get out of bed and put some effort in to do your job and earn money.

Seriously I'm not being dismissive but you need to get this sorted properly and no easy way to a degree is going to solve the real problem. If you want a quick and easy degree then search for "buy a degree" in google.

You need to get your sleep patterns sorted. Are you drinking a lot of coffee? Is there something else keeping you awake? If it's just student life then you need to decide if you want a degree or you want to party 5 nights a week. If you genuinely cant sleep then that is outside the skills of any internet forum, talk to the college doctor. They will have seen this 100s of times before with people adjusting to college life.

At the very least set your self a proper regime and stick to it. Go to bed at a certain time, get up at a certain time. Buy a couple of alarm clocks and put one the other side of the room. GET out of bed in the mornings! It may be hard but you've got to do it. If you cant then there are no quick and easy solutions.

Finally are you doing the course you really want to do?

Stephen

If you can't put the work in for a PLC there's no way you'll be able for a degree.

Fajitas!

Sounds like you need a bit of stress tbh...

Masada

hmm, well at least you can see you have a problem and want help huh., you need will power, record your fire alarm tone onto your phone alarm and you'll defo get out of bed with that screaming in your ear, although you'll go to college trerrified.,

rymus

unreggd wrote: »

getting there and getting writing-based assignments done is a big issue for me

Given that's what college is more or less all about, you're pretty much boned if you can't turn those two around at the very least.

On the other hand, having a degree isn't the be all and end all. Some of the stupidest people I've worked with in the past have been graduates.. Don't get me wrong, having the piece of paper or the few letters to stick onto your name help with the salary negotiations no end. Hence the reason I'm back at college now.

First things first though, change those sleeping patterns and you can build on that. Sleeping in most mornings is all fine and well, but you'll find most employers won't be too sympathetic if you turn up an hour late every morning.

snellers

By the looks of things maybe a degree at this time isnt for you at this time....there are alternatives available such as the Open University courses (which are world renowned) and can be studied from home and fit in with your life.
IMO you should get out there and work, understand what you want from life then pull your finger out and do it. (and you will be far more motivated to do it).

Best of luck in your decisions!!

RCNPhotos

Man, I'm you. I did a city and guilds and basically did the same as you, never really in, got a lot of flak, but pulled it off in the end. Now im in college, takes me 40 mins on the bus then a 20 min walk but it's class, love it. I'm a night owl and would often be up til 4 or 5 workin on photos cause I never start any work til about 11/12. But the course is good so I get up and go in. It is just a case of gettin your finger out. I'm not a model student, I don't think anyone is but I'm a long way from where I was before. It's worth it.

Cabaal

Get up and goto class, you'll regret it **** loads in years to come if you don't

ThOnda

Well, if you won't put yourself together, the only college left for you will be "Lidl Degree"...

Sebzy

ThOnda wrote: »

Well, if you won't put yourself together, the only college left for you will be "Lidl Degree"...

sineadw

Laughing.. I wonder if its half the price of the Superquinn one... Still, a degree is a degree at the end of the day.

Em... if you don't actually go to class or hand in assignments then you're not going to do terribly well, no. Its not hard - a bit of self-discipline.

Quackles

Heaven help you if you actually make it as far as the WORKING world. Set your alarm, get up. Not rocket science! If you can't sleep, do something during the day that gets you out and about, go for a walk, play football.. Don't drink coffee, coke or eat late at night. Sooner or later you'll wonder how you ever slept in!

shepthedog

I am afraid you are living in a dreamworld. The amount of excuses in your thread alone is incredible. Bad sleeping patterns, I cant make it to college etc etc.. You either want to make yourself a sucess or your dont. Its pretty simple. No one is going to come to your door and say WOW you are the best undiscovered talent in Ireland, please come take pictures for us. Fair play if you think you have a plan going but it seems like you are living in a world of putting things off forever. You need to get out there and do "something" and maybe work on some social skills most of all.. Best of luck with it but try get out of this comfort zone.

minikin

op

irregular sleep patterns
trouble completing tasks that you've started
avoiding your immediate problems by planning to address them in the future / from another location

These are classic signs of depression, talk to your g.p.

You could continue on as you are going but you'll just stumble through the next ten years and end up regretting lots of wasted opportunities...
your problem can't be solved with a louder alarm clock

Cabaal

ah ok traveling....you realise your just putting the proper college stuff off and thats not a good idea at all, get your head down finish the proper college course and see how you are then..you can always go traveling later.

Seriously you need to take this stuff seriously anything else is just fooling yourself, but again its your life do what you want