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in my philosophy class i'm to the point of not caring anymore. i seriously flunked a quiz i knew was coming today. i think i got one right? i dunno. i feel like as soon as i walk in, my mind, and body turns mechanical. trying not to care. trying not to take to heart what the professor says. just...accepting it as what i need to put on exams and such. especially when hes talking about things that tear apart my faith and what i believe. i know i need to start caring, because i need to keep my gpa up. so i guess just pray that i start caring enough to read and study the assignments and try to do more than barely squeak by.
thanks...
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I can understand how you feel. I wasn't a believer when I was in my first years of college, but I had a sociology class where the instructor did the same thing, tore apart what I did believe to be right and wrong. In the beginning I would argue or simply ignore them, but after a few bad grades I changed my approach. My solution was to give back ( almost word perfect ) what she had said in class on the tests... and then I would add....." but I think this is hogwash and I disagree" on the bottom of the paper. I made it a challenge to myself to learn and remember exactly what she had claimed and then to show her by my giving it back on the test that I had learned it better than anyone else. Now that I'm a Christian I would take more care with the comment I would add to my test papers, etc.... but I would make sure to comment that while I learned what was expected, that I did not believe it to be true.
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Originally Posted by swiminfast in my philosophy class i'm to the point of not caring anymore. i seriously flunked a quiz i knew was coming today. i think i got one right? i dunno. i feel like as soon as i walk in, my mind, and body turns mechanical. trying not to care. trying not to take to heart what the professor says. just...accepting it as what i need to put on exams and such. especially when hes talking about things that tear apart my faith and what i believe. i know i need to start caring, because i need to keep my gpa up. so i guess just pray that i start caring enough to read and study the assignments and try to do more than barely squeak by.
thanks... I hit that in philosophy, but I debated the instructor on the material constantly, and about 2/3 of the time caught him in his own web. It was rather difficult, but might i suggest you read some francis schaeffer?
I will be praying for you.