Severus Snape
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As you all probably know, I'm in college at the moment. I need to have a 3.0 GPA to maintain the scholarship I have. Well, I am unsure if this will be possible this year. I did exceedingly well in all of the hardest courses I had to take, which is to be expected of me as it is usually the way things go for me. The more challenging and free a course is, the better I tend to do, because such courses encourage intellectual activity and stimulate the students in ways that the easier, generic courses do not.
The problem is, since most of my first semester was, well, introductory, a large portion of my classes were the genero stuff. Thus, I did feel pigeonholed throughout a lot of the semester, and I may not have done as well as I should have. I am pretty sure I passed all my classes, however, I passed English Comp. with a C (due mostly to my refusal to cooperate with someone who cannot spell or use proper grammar, yet decides to call herself an English professor...) I know it seems trivial, but things like that really bother me. I need whatever I set out to do to have purpose, and a sense of relevance. It's one of my faults, I am the first to acknowledge this, but it is what it is. I passed, at the very least, however, as I said, I am unsure as to whether I'll make the 3.0 mark or be left at a 2.80-90 something. I don't know, and the worst part is that all the classes are worth an equal amount of credits (which seems unfair to me.) So basically, my 200 level history class with its rigorous work and challenging material is worth the same as that horrible 106 level English Comp. course that I should have never been in to begin with (my adviser screwed that one up for me, and I got stuck.) It seems completely stupid--nothing like High School, where AP classes were worth more than academic or basic level classes.
The worst thing, of course, is that none of the professors seem to find it relevant to post our grades online so that we at least have the slightest inkling of a clue as to where we stand in their class at that moment. Such things would be helpful.
Although, to be fair, I admit I should be a bit more compliant. It's difficult for me to comply to authority simply for authority's sake, being the great rebel and thinker I am. If only I were less bright, or more astute and sneaky, then I would know how to worm my way around these things. Alas, snivel is closer to the mark, it is not so.
In any case, I don't know what I'll do if I don't make the mark. There's always taking out loans (with my nonexistent credit) or transferring to community college. If worst comes to worst, I reckon, there's always feigning insanity (although, at this point in my life, I don't think I would need to feign it...) and being committed to a nuthouse or something. I'm all out of ideas, and I don't know what else to do.
The problem is, since most of my first semester was, well, introductory, a large portion of my classes were the genero stuff. Thus, I did feel pigeonholed throughout a lot of the semester, and I may not have done as well as I should have. I am pretty sure I passed all my classes, however, I passed English Comp. with a C (due mostly to my refusal to cooperate with someone who cannot spell or use proper grammar, yet decides to call herself an English professor...) I know it seems trivial, but things like that really bother me. I need whatever I set out to do to have purpose, and a sense of relevance. It's one of my faults, I am the first to acknowledge this, but it is what it is. I passed, at the very least, however, as I said, I am unsure as to whether I'll make the 3.0 mark or be left at a 2.80-90 something. I don't know, and the worst part is that all the classes are worth an equal amount of credits (which seems unfair to me.) So basically, my 200 level history class with its rigorous work and challenging material is worth the same as that horrible 106 level English Comp. course that I should have never been in to begin with (my adviser screwed that one up for me, and I got stuck.) It seems completely stupid--nothing like High School, where AP classes were worth more than academic or basic level classes.
The worst thing, of course, is that none of the professors seem to find it relevant to post our grades online so that we at least have the slightest inkling of a clue as to where we stand in their class at that moment. Such things would be helpful.
Although, to be fair, I admit I should be a bit more compliant. It's difficult for me to comply to authority simply for authority's sake, being the great rebel and thinker I am. If only I were less bright, or more astute and sneaky, then I would know how to worm my way around these things. Alas, snivel is closer to the mark, it is not so.
In any case, I don't know what I'll do if I don't make the mark. There's always taking out loans (with my nonexistent credit) or transferring to community college. If worst comes to worst, I reckon, there's always feigning insanity (although, at this point in my life, I don't think I would need to feign it...) and being committed to a nuthouse or something. I'm all out of ideas, and I don't know what else to do.
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