University can be quite challenging. You may second guess yourself. Such as is the career path you want or does monobrow match my Uggs? Don\u2019t worry everyone thinks about these things. There are so many things every Queensland University of Technology student asks themselves. Here are some things students ponder about when they should be listening in class.<\/p>\n
Is what we all ask ourselves. We could be working at our Dad\u2019s furniture shop, earn a living, having our own place, living life. Instead we decided to write 10 thousand word reports on whether plants prefer chocolate milk or decaf. FML<\/p>\n
We\u2019ve all had that procrastinator voice always enticing us. Calling us to watch a TV show that was popular 5 years ago, that you just happen to be thinking about when your assessment is due the next day. \u201cShould I finish the last few seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer or graduate. Eh, what\u2019s another year of Uni\u201d.<\/p>\n
You see people walking in groups, laughing, chatting. laying on the lawn, lazing about, talking about that sick party last weekend. All without a care in the world. And then there\u2019s you. Wearing clothes off the floor with last week\u2019s dinner. Just did a 2-hour commute with no deodorant.\u00a0 Hair all long and greasy because showers are overrated. And as you mine out a massive booger you say to yourself \u201cWhy don\u2019t I have friends?\u201d.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s nothing worse than waking up fresh in the morning with a spring in your step. Ready to conquer the world.<\/p>\n
Arriving to Uni going, \u201cI\u2019m going to change today. From now on, I will start all my assessments early. Follow the weekly material ahead of classes. And try my hardest, 1% more than the day before\u201d.<\/p>\n
Only to realise you were minutes too late to a 50% exam.<\/p>\n
Everyone\u2019s had this internal dialogue of whether taking a commute to Uni to take a class is worth it. However, there\u2019s always that long train ride. Where everyone looks like they\u2019re either hungover, dead inside or just watched Suicide Squad. Seriously, Casey Affleck in Manchester by the Sea was a ray of sunshine compared some of these train people. Then you get walking to Uni and at the entrance people hand you flyers and give you sob stories of how you can save a life. Really? Me using your discount Amazon card is going to save a Brazilian boy from joining the cartel.<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t worry Juan, you\u2019re going to have an education since I bought a box of Pok\u00e9mon cards and bouncy balls. You\u2019re welcome\u201d. Then you found out you travelled 3 hours for a 1 hour tutorial. And all you did in the tutorial was introduce yourself to the class like some AA meeting, and leave. If you have a virtual lecture or tutorial? Watch it. Commutes ssssuuuuuuuuuck.<\/p>\n
You should wait a few weeks until it\u2019s mandatory to get a textbook. Some units will preach the book and that it\u2019s your lord and saviour, but it\u2019s not. You don\u2019t want to get a textbook before class starts. If you do have to get a textbook, get a used one. New ones cost over $100. You might as well timeshare the book with classmates or borrow one from the library and photocopy the ENTIRE book. Yeah, I said it. 50 cents a paper is cheaper than a new textbook.<\/p>\n
Now, when buying a used textbook, it may feel like a drug deal, they may be dressed like a drug dealer. But unfortunately, it\u2019s not since drugs are way cheaper. When you meet with your contact it\u2019s okay to mention how the unit was when they did it. However, be warned as they may go into a PTSD flashback. It\u2019s best to pay the money, give them curtsy and leave before you trigger a seizure.<\/p>\n
If you are asking this, you\u2019re the one dragging them behind. Because the person doing the most\/all the work is too stressed and busy to be talking to themselves. And if you think the team won\u2019t mind that your late in submitting your part or that you don\u2019t help in the brainstorming meeting, then you are dead wrong. They will stab you the second the tutor asks how the assignment is going. And when the results you\u2019ll get more wounds in your back than Willem Dafoe in Platoon.<\/p>\n
You need help. There are some meeting around Brisbane. I\u2019m sure someone will be your sponsor. I\u2019m sure the university has a counsellor for this. Don\u2019t be afraid to seek assistance.<\/p>\n
Yep. It does. I can smell it from here. Oh god. It\u2019s so bad. I\u2019m actually having trouble finishing this paragraph because of how sme\u2026… (\u2716\u256d\u256e\u2716)<\/p>\n
Unless you got an internship during Uni, you\u2019re not. QUT has so many services that will help you get a graduate job. If you want to stay at home playing Pok\u00e9mon cards and bouncy balls all day, then get used to your mom\u2019s basement. And say hello to being one of life\u2019s leeches.<\/p>\n
University can be quite challenging. You may second guess yourself. Such as is the career path you want or does monobrow match my Uggs? Don\u2019t worry everyone thinks about these things. There are so many things every Queensland University of Technology student asks themselves. Here are some things students ponder about when they should be…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19767,"featured_media":115561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[85],"tags":[214,102,133,135,134,136],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-115560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uni-life","tag-brisbane","tag-campus","tag-queensland-university-of-technology","tag-qut","tag-qut-lifestyle","tag-things-every-queensland-university-of-technology-student-asks-themselves"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n