windcatcher 0 #1 October 29, 2004 Anybody else here have a hard time concentrating on school work, thinking about jumping? Yeah, I know, there's more to life than skydiving, but duh!, I'd rather be out jumping than sitting here typing papers or reading, learning Spanish at the 203 level.... I have a had a few people tell me there's no way they could've stayed in college, had they discovered this sport before they graduated. Anybody else need a kick in the butt for not studying? Mother to the cutest little thing in the world... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob.dino 1 #2 October 29, 2004 You're finding it hard to concentrate on studying because you can think of more fun things to do. Sounds like every student and worker bee I've ever heard of . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyingferret 0 #3 October 29, 2004 Just take homework to the dropzone. I did that for a while. Then I realized that I never ever touched it. Money held me back, so skydiving was a monthly evil. And I was a chronic over achiever, so I did not really party or drink much compared to others in school. So, skydiving was my indulgence. Honestly, I would say it the other way, "I am not sure I would have survived college without jumping"-- All the flaming and trolls of wreck dot with a pretty GUI. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brits17 0 #4 October 29, 2004 Its not easy. Think of school as work. Get it done and go play. There was this one time however, on a philosophy exam essay question, where I had no clue what the answer was, or even where to begin. So I started writing "No shit there I was..." and proceeded to tell a skydiving story, getting all philosophical about life and death. The prof gave me 1/2 credit for trying and writing an entertaining story. _______________________ aerialkinetics.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
windcatcher 0 #5 October 29, 2004 QuoteJust take homework to the dropzone. I did that for a while. Then I realized that I never ever touched it.Quote yeah, I tried that, brought homework, it worked for about 10 minutes! *** Honestly, I would say it the other way, "I am not sure I would have survived college without jumping" yeah, seems like that is what keeps me motivated sometimes, knowing I'll have money to jump. Still, too bad I ain;t a gold digger...darnit! I could just quit and get all my jumps paid for... Mother to the cutest little thing in the world... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Unstable 9 #6 October 29, 2004 Man, there is nothing to it! I'm a full-time student, and school ALWAYS comes first, no questions. I don't even let myself think about the dropzone or skydiving unless I am done with my studies....=========Shaun ========== Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites wingnut 0 #7 October 29, 2004 QuoteI don't even let myself think about the dropzone or skydiving unless I am done with my studies.... liar!!!!!!!!!!! i bet you do... admit it..... it's okay.. we won't jdge you for thining about skydiving durring the econ 101 lecture class you have..tissokay we'll understand......lol... ______________________________________ "i have no reader's digest version" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Unstable 9 #8 October 29, 2004 Quoteliar!!!!!!!!!!! i bet you do... admit it..... it's okay.. we won't jdge you for thining about skydiving durring the econ 101 lecture class you have..tissokay we'll understand......lol... AHHHHH!! You got me man!! I know, I know, I was thinking about skydivng this mornin when I SHOULD have been in Econ Class, but Instead I was sleeping in!!! An ya know what - NO REGRETS!!!! MUAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!=========Shaun ========== Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites rhys 0 #9 October 29, 2004 i had to think about skydiving when i was at school last i did a commercial skydive diploma "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will see peace." - 'Jimi' Hendrix Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites BGill 0 #10 October 29, 2004 yeah i find it a real bitch to juggle college/jumping/working. i work so i have jump money. i go to college so i dont have to work in a smoothie joint all my life. it's a vicious cycle! throw in partying... wow, too much. i'll get serious and go "ok bobby no partying for a while, gotta buy more jump tickets and more sky toys" but that usually doesnt last too long. unfortunately if i have to slack in either of these areas, school gets my least amount of attention. i still manage to carry a 3.0 in engineering courses, but its rough. its funny looking through my notes and seeing tons of little birdmen and freefliers drawn all throughout my notes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites adamjenner 0 #11 October 29, 2004 I thought you said you weren't coming back to the forums hmmm? do i have to dig up the post you made about it? told you that you'd be back Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites WrongWay 0 #12 October 29, 2004 Dude, when I was at OSU, I scheduled all my classes to end by 2:00 so I could leave for the DZ on Friday early, and on Wednesday (blue flu), I was out by 10:00 so I could jump then too. You're not alone. Wrong Way D #27371 Mal Manera Rodriguez Cajun Chicken Ø Hellfish #451 The wiser wolf prevails. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SarahC07 0 #13 October 29, 2004 Skydiving was the first activity I found that made studying on the weekends oh so very hard. Eventually it will all settle down... it did for me. However, it is a lot easier to study when it's raining outside.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites dixieskydiver 0 #14 October 29, 2004 Eh, it really used to irk me that it always seem to be a cloudless blue sky perfect day when I was sitting in calculus but then on the weekends it would be rainy or windy as hell. Don't worry we'll survive... Dixie HISPA #56 Facil Rodriguez "Scientific research has shown that 60% of the time, it works every time." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites lowtimer 0 #15 October 29, 2004 I allot Mon-Fri 8am-7pm to do nothing but schoolwork. That way I can fuck off in the evening and jump on the weekend. Of course, here I am at 2 in the afternoon.... ---------------------------------- Successfully avoiding adult responsibility since 1978! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Fast 0 #16 October 29, 2004 I told my groups this semester that if they planned meetings for anytime on the weekend I wasn't coming I work 3 days a week, goto class 2. I'm so glad I graduate in december so I can work 5 days a week. At least I will be making more money. ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites bertusgeert 1 #17 October 29, 2004 yeah dammit....i'm failing my math 123, which would count for two requirements. Dammit I gotta work on that. The other night when I should have been studying, I was playing gtar, and i would tell myself, practice this and get it right, then go study. I would then go on and play all night long, putting off my hw. If it wasnt for the studying/putting it off, I wouldn't be half as good as I am on the gtar now. Not that I'm any good. But i'm better than bad. i heeeate studying.... sunofabeeeeeatch --------------------------------------------- As jy dom is moet jy bloei! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SkydiveNFlorida 0 #18 October 29, 2004 QuoteAnybody else here have a hard time concentrating on school work, thinking about jumping? Yes! But, i'm easily distracted, and a chronic procrastinator. I wish my computer would not bring up this website at times because I get no homework done while i'm screwing off reading and posting on here! Then, I can't make myself study on weekends, because that cuts into jump time. This is all going to have to change real soon, i'm going to need to dedicate at least one weekend day to studying next semester. good luck. -A Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
Unstable 9 #6 October 29, 2004 Man, there is nothing to it! I'm a full-time student, and school ALWAYS comes first, no questions. I don't even let myself think about the dropzone or skydiving unless I am done with my studies....=========Shaun ========== Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingnut 0 #7 October 29, 2004 QuoteI don't even let myself think about the dropzone or skydiving unless I am done with my studies.... liar!!!!!!!!!!! i bet you do... admit it..... it's okay.. we won't jdge you for thining about skydiving durring the econ 101 lecture class you have..tissokay we'll understand......lol... ______________________________________ "i have no reader's digest version" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Unstable 9 #8 October 29, 2004 Quoteliar!!!!!!!!!!! i bet you do... admit it..... it's okay.. we won't jdge you for thining about skydiving durring the econ 101 lecture class you have..tissokay we'll understand......lol... AHHHHH!! You got me man!! I know, I know, I was thinking about skydivng this mornin when I SHOULD have been in Econ Class, but Instead I was sleeping in!!! An ya know what - NO REGRETS!!!! MUAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!=========Shaun ========== Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhys 0 #9 October 29, 2004 i had to think about skydiving when i was at school last i did a commercial skydive diploma "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will see peace." - 'Jimi' Hendrix Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BGill 0 #10 October 29, 2004 yeah i find it a real bitch to juggle college/jumping/working. i work so i have jump money. i go to college so i dont have to work in a smoothie joint all my life. it's a vicious cycle! throw in partying... wow, too much. i'll get serious and go "ok bobby no partying for a while, gotta buy more jump tickets and more sky toys" but that usually doesnt last too long. unfortunately if i have to slack in either of these areas, school gets my least amount of attention. i still manage to carry a 3.0 in engineering courses, but its rough. its funny looking through my notes and seeing tons of little birdmen and freefliers drawn all throughout my notes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adamjenner 0 #11 October 29, 2004 I thought you said you weren't coming back to the forums hmmm? do i have to dig up the post you made about it? told you that you'd be back Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WrongWay 0 #12 October 29, 2004 Dude, when I was at OSU, I scheduled all my classes to end by 2:00 so I could leave for the DZ on Friday early, and on Wednesday (blue flu), I was out by 10:00 so I could jump then too. You're not alone. Wrong Way D #27371 Mal Manera Rodriguez Cajun Chicken Ø Hellfish #451 The wiser wolf prevails. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SarahC07 0 #13 October 29, 2004 Skydiving was the first activity I found that made studying on the weekends oh so very hard. Eventually it will all settle down... it did for me. However, it is a lot easier to study when it's raining outside.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dixieskydiver 0 #14 October 29, 2004 Eh, it really used to irk me that it always seem to be a cloudless blue sky perfect day when I was sitting in calculus but then on the weekends it would be rainy or windy as hell. Don't worry we'll survive... Dixie HISPA #56 Facil Rodriguez "Scientific research has shown that 60% of the time, it works every time." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lowtimer 0 #15 October 29, 2004 I allot Mon-Fri 8am-7pm to do nothing but schoolwork. That way I can fuck off in the evening and jump on the weekend. Of course, here I am at 2 in the afternoon.... ---------------------------------- Successfully avoiding adult responsibility since 1978! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fast 0 #16 October 29, 2004 I told my groups this semester that if they planned meetings for anytime on the weekend I wasn't coming I work 3 days a week, goto class 2. I'm so glad I graduate in december so I can work 5 days a week. At least I will be making more money. ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bertusgeert 1 #17 October 29, 2004 yeah dammit....i'm failing my math 123, which would count for two requirements. Dammit I gotta work on that. The other night when I should have been studying, I was playing gtar, and i would tell myself, practice this and get it right, then go study. I would then go on and play all night long, putting off my hw. If it wasnt for the studying/putting it off, I wouldn't be half as good as I am on the gtar now. Not that I'm any good. But i'm better than bad. i heeeate studying.... sunofabeeeeeatch --------------------------------------------- As jy dom is moet jy bloei! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveNFlorida 0 #18 October 29, 2004 QuoteAnybody else here have a hard time concentrating on school work, thinking about jumping? Yes! But, i'm easily distracted, and a chronic procrastinator. I wish my computer would not bring up this website at times because I get no homework done while i'm screwing off reading and posting on here! Then, I can't make myself study on weekends, because that cuts into jump time. This is all going to have to change real soon, i'm going to need to dedicate at least one weekend day to studying next semester. good luck. -A Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
