The pit, the fountain and fogos...

KnifeAddictAK

KnifeAddictAK

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Three places I would love to be right now. Plowing through finals right now and trying to keep my sanity. Next semester has a ton of things that aren't going right at this time which suck. I think my mental escape right now is remembering the pit, the fountain and fogos. Times when there were laughs, friends, infi and a proper miss-array of sanity. Always lurking, missing hogs. Hopefully I will be at Blade this year as I plan on staying in Lynchburg through the summer (good and bad lol).
 
I have finals next week, I'm not as stressed out about them as your are but I know what you're going through.

Now that I think about it, being back at Jock's and Jill's with the onion rings, free beer and the awesome waitress I had that kept them coming, and being drunk in the parking lot throwing glow rings at a beer can sounds pretty good right now.
 
Fountain, 2007.

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I wish I was feeling that care free right now haha. I feel like an idiot and trying to remember everything I've "learned" over the past 5 months. :eek: Week from today, I'll thankfully be back on Alaskan soil for a month of rest/work so I can make some money.
 
KnifeAddictAK said:
I wish I was feeling that care free right now haha. I feel like an idiot and trying to remember everything I've "learned" over the past 5 months. :eek: Week from today, I'll thankfully be back on Alaskan soil for a month of rest/work so I can make some money.
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I never got nervous or stressed about finals until Lawschool.

Then the S#*% really hit the fan. When you know that every test is graded on a true curve, and the lowest 20% or so will fail out completely, you start caring very fast.

Even then, I did not stress about the finals near as much as any of my friends.


Then the bar exam hit. Remember everything you learned in the last 3 years, including all the topics on the bar that you never even had a class in. You cannot work without the Bar license and your $180,000 in student loans is breathing down your neck!

That was stressful.

So I feel for you.

On the up side, I don't ever have to take another test again!
 
Bigfattyt said:
I never got nervous or stressed about finals until Lawschool.

Then the S#*% really hit the fan. When you know that every test is graded on a true curve, and the lowest 20% or so will fail out completely, you start caring very fast.

Even then, I did not stress about the finals near as much as any of my friends.


Then the bar exam hit. Remember everything you learned in the last 3 years, including all the topics on the bar that you never even had a class in. You cannot work without the Bar license and your $180,000 in student loans is breathing down your neck!

That was stressful.

So I feel for you.

On the up side, I don't ever have to take another test again!
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That would suck worse then this. My battle is that I can't comprehend things. I'm going to talk with someone over break to see if I have ADD or a learning disability. Add to the fact that this is my 2nd year of college and I'm 27. Spent 10yrs in the work force before coming back to college. Figure I would've been in the swing of things by now, but memory and learning are two things absent. I don't mind doing work I can understand and work through.

My major thing is that I hate failure. And I don't want to repeat something if I can help it. That is a big part of me not wanting to have to repeat classes or take more time to finish school.
 
You know, you and Voracious could always get together and open a landscaping company....;)

(Not everyone has forgotten about that you know!:p)
 
KnifeAddictAK said:

That would suck worse then this. My battle is that I can't comprehend things. I'm going to talk with someone over break to see if I have ADD or a learning disability. Add to the fact that this is my 2nd year of college and I'm 27. Spent 10yrs in the work force before coming back to college. Figure I would've been in the swing of things by now, but memory and learning are two things absent. I don't mind doing work I can understand and work through.

My major thing is that I hate failure. And I don't want to repeat something if I can help it. That is a big part of me not wanting to have to repeat classes or take more time to finish school.
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I did my 4 year degree then worked for two years before starting law school. (same place I had been working 12 hour grave yard shifts for the 4 years I was getting the degree).

It was like a super two year vacation, because I only had to go to work, but not school. It was so hard to start school again. At 28, I was one of the old guys, and one of the few married with kids.
 
Hang in there bro! I went back at 29. 2 years and applied to pharmacy school and didn't get accepted. Another year of school, applied again and got in. 4 more years and into the real world. Long haul but worth it.
 
KnifeAddictAK said:
Three places I would love to be right now. Plowing through finals right now and trying to keep my sanity. Next semester has a ton of things that aren't going right at this time which suck. I think my mental escape right now is remembering the pit, the fountain and fogos. Times when there were laughs, friends, infi and a proper miss-array of sanity. Always lurking, missing hogs. Hopefully I will be at Blade this year as I plan on staying in Lynchburg through the summer (good and bad lol).
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You mean Lynchburg, TN?!?!

When you get to Lynchburg call me. I owe you lunch and you owe me stories about the great state of Alaska. I hope you're a good story teller. I am one hell of an eater. :thumbup:
 
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