I was going to one of the lectures that I probably wanted to attend the most. When I arrived at the door the classroom was almost full, and all the seats at the end of the room was taken. So I just left. Felt bad and very angry walking away since I wanted to be there and listen.
How are you feeling?
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Labyrinthine
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Proud of my dog. He passed the therapy dog test. ^.^
GraybeardGhost
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That's great, Labyrinthine! Can I get his number? I need a new therapist, and he's bound to be better than the last one.
Graeme1988
Hie yer hence from me heath!
I genuinely don't give a f**k anymore. Sick of people (family) takin' advantage of me all the f**kin' time. Do this, do that. Just... f**k the f**k off! Would much rather be left alone the rest of my days, seriously.
Graeme1988
Hie yer hence from me heath!
I'm feelin' exactly the same way, mate.
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Thanks a lot guys. It really helps to feel like I’m not alone in this. Sometimes it can really make me feel like I’m losing my mind.
I really like this way of looking at it.
I do this ALL the time! I can be really frustrating, I know. The way I try and look at it is.. at least I’m there.. at least I’ve left the house and made it that far. That’s an accomplishment in itself. Do they ever post your lectures online? A lot of mine are recorded.
Yeah, I guess you're right, thanks. I have the usual (Power Point) presentation that was going to be showed there, which gives the overhead picture. And I've read the litterature the lecture was based on. But there can still be things that are only included there. I've been thinking of not attending as many lectures of the ones coming up. It takes too much energy and creates nervousness and anger.
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Starry
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Yay for your dog! ^_^ (Dogs are great and therapy dogs even more so... so it made me smile.)
I'm sorry Valhalla.
At least you tried. Try not to feel put off by it. The only tip I could offer for the future perhaps, is to try getting there early, before most people, when there are lectures you particularly want to attend - that way, you don't need to walk into a room full of people and you're guaranteed a seat and a little less embarrassment (I don't know about you, but walking into a room full of people is embarrassing for me).I'm sorry Valhalla.
I was able to clear my head a bit. Thing is most of them arrive early, I always try to have some buffer zones and it has mostly worked so far, but at the same time I don't want to spend more time there then I haft to. Your advice is the only thing I can do though, if I'm to go there at all, so thanks.
Opaline
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Okay now I'm just feeling like I want to cuddle an owl.
Look what I found! I don't know why I didn't think of looking for an owl tumblr before, there's a tumblr for everything.
Oh my, Owls!
Look what I found! I don't know why I didn't think of looking for an owl tumblr before, there's a tumblr for everything.
Oh my, Owls!
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I don't know how your lectures are set out. For mine, the lecture theatre is set up like a normal theatre.. sometimes what I would do is get there early, put my jumper and my books on the little desk, at the very top of the lecture theatre, nearest the exit. Then I'd go and read somewhere until my lecture was due to start. Nobody would notice me come back in, and I wasn't ever in anyone's way to move. To be honest, for my discipline, most of the lectures are only supplementary, it's more important to attend seminars, so I skip lectures.
I don't know if you've spoken to anyone at Uni, but most of them have a Disability support service. The Disability service at Kent has been absolutely amazing for me. They've helped me make alternative arrangements for presentations, get essay extensions, and they'll also provide you with specialist equipment if need be, at no cost to you. You'd need an assessment of course.
One of the things that they may be able provide you with is
A) A note-taker. Someone who could take notes for you so that you don't need to be in the lectures necessary.
or B) They could provide you with a digital recording device so that you can leave it on the desk of the lecturer, record the seminar, and retrieve it after. Or, you could have a note-taker do this for you.
I definitely think it's worth looking into.
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That site is amazing. I'm really refraining hard from making an array of really terrible owl puns.
Opaline
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This is the last time, I swear. Apparently Beatrice sounds like an old lady name. I asked my mother and she agreed. Haha. I didn't know! So I'm sticking with this one. It's pronounced "Opah lynn" and it means "showing varying colors as an opal does" - opal is my birthstone.
You didn't ask for all of that information, but there it is
lilmutegirl
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I'm disappointed in myself, but optimistic. I have a lot I need to do this week (mostly for school-I'm taking 3 online classes and one on-campus class and have midterms over the next 2 weeks). Fortunately, the midterms are spread out enough that I should be able to study for each...if I can get motivated. The problem is, I have assignments to do other than just studying, all of which is due by Wednesday.
