EPTI've been a lazy person my whole life and never put much effort into anything that didn't interest me. Hell, more often than not, I even have a hard time putting effort into things that DO interest me. Mentioning this in forums gets me the good old "snap out of it", but that's pretty much futile and I'm a lost cause in that department, I'll always be lazy.
Fortunately, although I'm not a genius in any way, I consider myself to be smarter than average and I've been able to drag my ass through school effortlessly while getting very respectable grades. Generally not stellar grades though, since I didn't do my homework if I didn't have to and only studied if I really had to (generally for math, which I'm awful at).
My inability to try hard mixed with the loss of a good friend led to two consecutive disastrous semesters that completely screwed up my chances of ever getting in med school, blowing away my hopes and dreams of ever doing something with myself. In Quebec, universities use the "R rating" to determine whether we're good enough. To get in med school, you need an R rating of about 33, and I have 31.5 (basically unrecoverable). My failure to get into med school is perhaps a good thing because I don't believe that I would have done well with people who are, for one, smarter than me - and more willing to put in the necessary effort. Even if I did manage to pull through, I'd probably be a pretty mediocre physician.
Anyway, failure led me here: Political science requires an R rating of 21 (extremely low) - it's one of the easiest programs to get into. I suspect that it's also one of the easiest degrees to get. I would have never gone for political sciences if money was an issue - I have other means, but apparently having a degree is pretty important in life in general.
I recently got a bachelor in political science purely out of interest for politics, swimming through a plethora of imbeciles who should frankly have never graduated out of elementary school. However, just like "real" sciences, it turns out to be a disappointment because in the end, I learned more about how to please specific teachers than politics.
I'm currently working on my masters degree in political sciences and most of the dumbasses are gone. I'm left with real hardcore students who really want to get their masters degree. They're smart and they work hard. Really hard. And I'm still on "bachelor speed" where I sit at the back of the class and did as little as I could. I HAVE to get working hard but... it's hard O_o... The worst part is having to work with a partner where I CANNOT do badly as my ego would never accept it if I caused for someone to have a bad grade...
On top of that, people are already rocketing through their "mémoire de maîtrise" (Master's thesis I guess?) and mine is barely started...
Part of me wants to do this, but frankly, it feels like a waste of time. My interest in politics does not translate to wanting to be part of it professionally. Some might think "should have thought about that earlier", but I really don't care about much - I'm not really interested in anything else. Again, I don't need the degree to make a living, but yeah, it seems stupid anyway now.
I don't really know where I was going, I suppose I'll call it a rant. I wouldn't be done writing this thread but I have to go to class... Cheers.
(Edited from class)
