End of an era

Well, "Battlestar Galactica" is finally over and I was not dissatisfied with how they ended it. I know BC felt it to be a bit preachy but I don't think so. Very few shows end well, at least in my humble opinion, but this was, thankfully, not one of them.

I've discovered, or finally accepted, something recently. I'm a pretty terrible student. I think it may have something to do with being completely adverse to sitting in class for a given period of time day after day. Maybe it's just me but I despise this aspect of school.

Sitting in a room with others while the lecturer simply regurgitates information that can easily be found in the class textbook just doesn't sit well with me. They move so God-awful slowly too in the exposition of new subject matter. It's really quite maddening.

I love learning, that's not the issue here. My grades aren't suffering because of this affliction. I guess it's just that I need to learn on my own terms and at a time of my choosing. Maybe I'm just being selfish or stubborn or what have you. This is just the way it is, contrary to my best efforts to actually make myself want to be in class.

I actually find that I get really excited about school or going to class just before the class begins but when I actually have to sit through the lecture, my attitude toward the situation does a complete 180. I'm doing all I can to rectify the situation, but all previous efforts have failed. Perhaps I just don't like being a prisoner to this social requisite. Maybe I'm just completely full of it and should suck it up and just do it.

Whatever the case may be, I'm going to continue to do my best to participate in whatever this institution calls me to do. I will find a way to like it! Eventually...

In the meantime, I'll just keep doing what I've been doing and suffering through the lengthy lectures.

This will be the end of the era of 'Karl, the underperforming student' and will, with it's ousting, usher in one of scholarly prosperity and enjoyment. It must be this way.