Who else here was >kek smart but lazy meme before university but then stepped it up once they entered higher education? what's your story user, why'd you pick stem?
>made straight Bs in highschool >got good enough test scores to get in mid tier state uni >figure I should probably do engineering if I want a job >swap to applied math after first year >about to finish applied math major, EE minor in 3 years >already accepted to master's program at top 100 worldwide school >realize that somehow I grew out of the lazy shit I used to be > ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
pic related: who doesn't love fun shapes?
Cameron Hernandez
>Complete failure in high school, always passed with the equivalent of a B >But this was actually just As in physics and chemistry, Bs or lower in math and a bunch of Ds everywhere else >Even failed mathematics, an actual F, at one point because I spent an entire trimester just sleeping in class >I was always salty and would openly say that I wish I could just choose to do half math, half physics every day instead of having to do a bunch of bullshit like history, english literature, etc. >Now it is clear to me that this was the reason I cared so little about school. >Then I graduate but feel no personal change. >My intelligence is the same and my attitude is generally the same. >Enter uni, studying pure mathematics >Still don't study but now I do not sleep in class, pay close attention and even do problems for fun when I feel like it >Straight As boiiiii
I would say I am still lazy. I have finals next week and I have 2 tests this week yet I spent my weekend fucking my girlfriend.
From this I think that no one is really lazy, they just have a bad attitude that is a result of the system not respecting them, therefore you stop respecting and caring about the system, like I did. Now I put as little "effort" into math but now I am pretty good at it, simply because now I actually can enjoy the environment I am in.
Seeing my 'talent' my professors now even question me about not going into the math olympiad ever and question me about why my grades in math were so shit (so shit I was almost not even accepted) but now I am the top student in every class.
I am still salty though.
IF I COULD HAVE STUDIED 5 HOURS OF MATH AND 4 HOURS OF PHYSICS EVERY DAY BACK IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL I WOULD NOW BE THE NEXT EINSTEIN, I WOULD HAVE 50 PHDS AND 10 WIVES.
50 PhDs and 10 wives... all taken from me because of a shitty and broken school system that does not let me pick my classes. Fuck school.
Grayson Wright
>tfw your elementary, jr high, and high school all let you use a calculator now your math abilities are permanently crippled and you can barely do long division
Ryan Cooper
>and you can barely do long division
>tfw this is true for you before uni but then you study number theory and studying the euclidean algorithm your brain becomes a long division machine that will work till the end of days because for the final you even had to prove the theorem and relevant corollaries.
Jayden Hill
>tfw couldn't divide properly until i saw the number theory proofs and theorems about euclidean algorithm and modular arithmetic
does this make a genius or an idiot?
Landon King
>grow up with aggressive parents >they keep moving from town to town, I can never make any friends and sometimes I don't even speak the language >other kids make fun of me for not having developed social skills and not speaking their language >get depressed, start getting bad grades after bad grades because I don't care anymore >parents start treating me like shit, telling me I'll never do anything with my life and that nobody will ever love a failure like me >get even more depressed >want to drop out of school asap to live on my own and leave my parents behind. But my parents keep telling I need to go to college at some point because it's cool or some shit. >I have no real plans anyway so whatever, as long as they stop screaming at me >go to equivalent of "late" high school in my country, keep getting bad grades and having no friends because at this point I don't give a shit anymore >3rd year there, halway through the semester my french teacher (it's my native language) wants to talk to every student to give them feedback on their grades. >It's my turn >expect to get insulted, as always. >he actually tells me I have a way with words >tells me he sees a lot of potential in me, and that if I start working harder I'd be more than qualified to be a good student >actually get teary eyed >start working hard because I don't want to disappoint him >get good grades in every single class >find a passion for science and maths >become one of the best students in my class >end up going to a well reputed university and doing well in it. That teacher was such a cool guy, I don't know what I'd be doing right now if it wasn't for him.
Angel Turner
When you write your autobiography please remember to forget he was a french teacher and say he was your rad math teacher.
Brandon Perry
I wish. I'm doing my master's at the moment and am only getting the hang of working a full day every day, thanks to a super work-intensive semester project (ASIC design). I finished my BSc with pretty good grades but always slacked off during the semester. Sure feels better to actually work for your success though.
Gavin Cook
I'm in community college getting my generals done for free. Almost 2 years in and I haven't accomplished anything except making a 3.0 in community honors classes I don't care about. All I've done is rule out every uni career except chemistry, neuroscience and architecture. I'll probably just retake the act, get a 34 and transfer to a mid tier state school, but I'm sure as fuck still lazy as of rn.
Adam Fisher
>>realize that somehow I grew out of the lazy shit I used to be >> ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ HOW?
