Hi, I'm Brian, and I've had LAS for two years.
As soon as college hit, the freedom brought out from inside me a level of laziness about which I'd only read of in mythology books. I'd get my work done, and well, but typically at the last minute. Something was always just a little more important at the moment.
Being here has been different in a lot of obvious ways, most of which have been covered by everyone else. But I feel like I need to stress the academic shock I've been trying to wriggle my way out of.
Before our first High Table, we met our tutors. A LOT of my anxiety was assuaged when I met Simon Baptist. Young, friendly, relate-able. The literal opposite of what I expected. Then he told the group that our first papers were due that Wednesday. Enter: anxiety again. Thing is, there are some times when you just have to get your donkey in gear and, really, just do it. And that's what I've been doing. Nose to the grindstone.
Our Grady lecture has been comparable. I've been forced to read nightly, and to derive some genuine understanding from the material.
Here's to finally learning how to study 2 years into college.
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That's funny, Brian. I've known how to study from the beginning and when I first arrived, I had a serious case of LAS. I think it was mostly the "shock" of being somewhere I'd never been before. More than that, though, is the fact there is so much to do here! Of course, I had no choice to take the same course of action you did, but that doesn't mean it's easy!
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