Am I just a bum??

cooker3 · 15-12-2006 08:50PM

stepbar wrote:

Yeah? :rolleyes: Is that the sole thing that motivates you? Beacuse from where im standing it sounds like it is

What in life. Not the only thing that motivates me but it is rather important.
If your doing a job which is not that interesting but decently paid then you can get through it. If your doing a course or a few modules which are not that interesting then you don't have any pay off, no weekly pay cheque. It can get quite demoralising.
Anyway why are you doing a college course, to get yourself good qualfications for a well paid job. So in the end it usually is all about the dollar or euro.

slumped · 15-12-2006 10:15PM

big bum

get a grip and at least make an effort. you rarely get chances like the one you have - make the most of it.

S

Esel · 16-12-2006 10:59PM

OP, are you a 'smoker'? If so, that can really screw with your motivation.

dudara · 17-12-2006 01:03AM

It's not uncommon to be unhappy with your choice of college course, but you need to think about your future. Whatever you decide, you need to make one of two decisions now.
1. Drop out, go and earn a living for yourselves, while you think about things. Be independant.
2. Realise the fact, that even if you don't like your course, applying yourself to it and getting good marks will reflect well on you later.

Either way, you won't be wasting your parents hard-earned money. I have sympathy for anyone who makes a decision (one way or the other), but farting around gets you none.

stepbar · 18-12-2006 12:50AM

cooker3 wrote:

What in life. Not the only thing that motivates me but it is rather important.
If your doing a job which is not that interesting but decently paid then you can get through it. If your doing a course or a few modules which are not that interesting then you don't have any pay off, no weekly pay cheque. It can get quite demoralising.
Anyway why are you doing a college course, to get yourself good qualfications for a well paid job. So in the end it usually is all about the dollar or euro.

As Ive said what a sad attidute to have. I suppose you get no satisfaction out of genuinly earning a decent days wages. No I suppose not. :rolleyes: Your no good to any company with that attidute. As long as you have your pound of flesh sure your ok. You might want to go out into your city once in a while and take look at some of the homeless people on the streets. Then you might not worry so much about the dollar........

o1s1n · 18-12-2006 01:40AM

mareensun wrote:

bar debts on my parents who paid for me to repeat this year.

Well there's the problem. You're a spoiled sponge who doesn't appreciate the effort people have to go through to make money. Just expect it all to be handed to you. If I was one of your parents i would have told you to **** off and pay for your repeats yourself.

Maybe you'd be more motivated to work if you knew the money was coming out of your own pocket.

~Rebel~ · 18-12-2006 03:02AM

stepbar wrote:

In fairness a 2.2 in ur masters is a bit ****e..... If you put in ANY sort or work there is no reason why a 2.1 shouldn't be possible, especially if you go to DIT / UCD and the like where a 2.1 is 60%!!!! Most IT's you have to get 63% to get a 2.1.

Jesus screw you guy! also you didn't read my message, i said i got in 2.2 in my undergraduate which i hated, and had the problem with studying for. Doing quite well in my Masters, thank you very much

stepbar · 20-12-2006 09:10PM

~Rebel~ wrote:

Jesus screw you guy! also you didn't read my message, i said i got in 2.2 in my undergraduate which i hated, and had the problem with studying for. Doing quite well in my Masters, thank you very much

O well excuse me..... its still sh1te..... As ive said I didnt particularly like my IT degree but I got through it and was just shy off a 1.1. So really no excuse. I like to know the college that let you in with a 2.2.

It wouldnt be DBS / Griffith College / NCI / Portobello by any chance? Or Smurfit? Jeasus those crowd would give a masters to anyone and a bad name to those who have "proper" ones..... If your going to tell me its one of the universities I think I'll just hand mine back....

DiscoHugh · 20-12-2006 09:55PM

So Step where are you doing your masters?

anyways to the OP you may as well stick it out. Fear of failure/need for ego-stroking good result was pretty much my motivation in final year having cruised through 3 years.

stepbar · 20-12-2006 10:20PM

DiscoHugh wrote:

So Step where are you doing your masters?

anyways to the OP you may as well stick it out. Fear of failure/need for ego-stroking good result was pretty much my motivation in final year having cruised through 3 years.

Done and dusted from DIT in a pure business discipline. It annoys the hell out of me when people come out and say "I got a 2.2". Like c'mon, it aint that hard to get a 2.1. You certainly dont have to excert yourself. And as for failing well thats pretty impossible, assuming you put in some sort of work. But for some thats the problem.....

marie_85 · 20-12-2006 11:23PM

stepbar wrote:

Done and dusted from DIT in a pure business discipline. It annoys the hell out of me when people come out and say "I got a 2.2". Like c'mon, it aint that hard to get a 2.1. You certainly dont have to excert yourself. And as for failing well thats pretty impossible, assuming you put in some sort of work. But for some thats the problem.....

Why should it bother you what other people say they got? If they're happy with their result, then good for them! I mean, how would you feel if someone came along and told you your results were crap!

Anyway, back on topic. OP, I think you should stick out the rest of the year. For the simple fact that you've come this far, and it is only a couple more months. Fair enough, if you fail the year, then maybe look at going travelling for a while, or even working, while you decide what you want to do with your life.

stepbar · 20-12-2006 11:51PM

marie_85 wrote:

Why should it bother you what other people say they got? If they're happy with their result, then good for them! I mean, how would you feel if someone came along and told you your results were crap!

:rolleyes: How in ainm jea could anybody be "happy" with a 2.2? They might tell you they are but if they are being honest with themselves I think not. Id tell you i wouldnt be happy with it. It bothers me because the same people would complain about this lecturer and that lecturer or the wrong questions came up etc etc. More than likely what happened was that the work wasnt done during the year, thats what.....

vermont · 21-12-2006 12:34AM

OP, the trouble with you is you've had everything too easy your whole life, so you'll *always* have motivation issues. The only way to fix this is go and volunteer to somewhere like Darfur and see how ****e other people have it. That might give you some perspective...

Your problem is you don't have a problem.

Mighty_Mouse · 21-12-2006 12:10PM

Had problems also in college but thats because I was a bum like you currently are.

Realised eventually that hard work is a habit. You cant just turn it on and switch it off.

You literally need to build up concentration levels. Start with 5 mins and build all the way to 1 hour of constant concentration and study.

Am I just a bum??

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