Hm. I wonder if my attitude this quarter is simply me essentially giving up, or if I'm just taking things at a relaxed pace. I simply ceased to care what my grades are. I consider it an accomplishment if I only miss 2 classes during the week instead of 5. 5/10 isn't an F. It's getting half of them right, yay!
So I didn't study at all for my midterms. No need to stress. Just have fun. =B
Inarguably, my grades will be utter fail this quarter. And I'm pretty much resigned to that, even though I'm only about 3 weeks into the quarter. It can't be helped after all. Not when I'm taking 4 core science courses, which demand totally different things from one another some of which make utterly no sense, and the common complaint you have that each teacher disregards the fact that students have other classes besides that one is taken to the outermost extremes (because fact is, very few students take more than 2 science courses in a quarter, since they are under a LOT of pressure from counselors and friends who want them to succeed to drop anything more than two core science classes, and teachers tend to anticipate that, so not many students are in my position). I guess it's my own fault for being stubborn and refusing to drop a course in order to succeed in my other ones. Fact it, I really don't even care about succeeding anymore.
My grades simply aren't good enough, and it's impossible for me to raise them to be good enough by the time I graduate to get into Medical School. So all I really care about is getting my degree. If it's getting C's in classes, that's a cinch. Just do mediocre work because that's what I do best. Then maybe I can get into graduate school and get a degree in Archaeology. Maybe I can get good enough grades in graduate school to get into med school after that. Who knows.
So, I'm wondering if my attitude is 'giving up', or simply taking it easy. It's a rare thing to be a student after all, and not be totally stressed about making the grade, and simply enjoy learning the material. I like continuing like this.