Poor Performance in School
As of this week, I have been a PhD student for 5 weeks and it has NOT been easy. This semester, I am taking a core course which provides exposure to fundamentals of all of the disciplines represented by six advanced programs that the College of Medicine offers (Structural Biology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cell Biology/Cystoskeleton, Cell Biology/Transport, and Signal Transduction). So far I’ve completed the Structural Biology module of the course and the exam was last Monday. I actually received my test results a few hours ago and I did poorly (not the lowest in the class, but I could’ve done a lot better). I’m not feeling too down about my test because I know what I did wrong and I did not study as much as I should’ve. Additionally, I was under an immense amount of stress worrying about money and how I was going to eat everyday and how my bills were going to get paid. I had gone more than a month living here with no income! It’s very sad that there were no reliable resources to assist me (and others in the same situation). I finally received my first check Sept 12 and it was missing nearly a week of pay because of “technical errors”, but I was happy to receive it nontheless. My next exam is October 6, so I am definitely going to try to work more diligently to ensure that I understand all of the concepts. Hopefully, I’ll find a reliable person(s) to study with.
December 24th, 2008 at 11:26 am
I was like you at one point…I couldn’t focus on anything at one point because I was trying to think of the master plan of how to pay my bills. I have tried everything and nothing has paid off except praying to the one above and letting him know that I needed him. But as far as getting overwhelmed my mom told me dont stress it because one way or another its going to get taken care of. And that’s what I did I let it go and HE worked it out for me. I apologize I am not trying to get all godly on you but I just wanted to share my story. Because like your status, “You are Blessed and Highly favored”. In doctorate school at 24 girl you better watch it!!!! Blessed isn’t the word….I can’t think of the one you should be using LMAO….But you know what I mean.