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This semester we're studying
Zorgverbreding (student care), which focuses on the care required by students with severe disorders. We're not talking about the "normal" teenage problems here, but about stuff like dyslexia, depression and ADHD.
We're all asked to focus on one particular disorder and to report on it within our group. I've chosen to investigate emotional ailments like anxiety, depression and obsessions/compulsions. This choice was made in part to learn more about myself, given my disposition to depressive bouts.
So far I'm still learning to live with these spells of
meh-nes, accepting my depression as a sign that there are things in my life that need to change. Reading about all these forms of depression and their various causes can only help me in this. Of course I'm wary of attributing things to an ailment I may not even have, so you won't have to fear that I'm becoming a hypochondriac or something :p
This weekend's been kind of a low point, with the both of us feeling awkward and down-ish. I've been unmotivated to do any schoolwork, but have been brimming with energy. Instead of fretting over it and forcing myself in my seat, I've diverted this energy into something useful: household work :) Finally, after expending the excess of energy, I've become quiet enough to settle down for at least an hour or two of homework. The fact that I feel good about doing the household stuff also helps. I still won't get all of it done, but at least I'm doing -something-.
So yeah: learning how to live with it :)
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I'm researching some high school maths projects online, for
Statistics 1. In a few cases some actually useful stuff pops up on YouTube. However, when following a few of the YT links I quickly stumbled upon movie on movie of kids misbehaving in class.
It's not the usual tomfoolery like wisecracking or being allround noisy though. No, it's the constant mucking about with cellphones that gets to me. Snapping pictures of each other and messing around with the video camera, trying to be as silly or cool as possible. It's horrible how distracting those gizmos can be!
If I can find the time I'll try and read some teachers' fora, see what how the pro's handle cellphones in class. If it were up to me I'd build an EMP box and just fry the lot.
Then again, I should also keep in mind that not every class is going to be like this. It's only the silly, annoying kids that pop up on YouTube :)
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Recently I discovered that the Netherlands' largest online bookstore
Bol deals in secondhand books. Or more precisely: it works as an intermediary between seller and buyer. I guess you could compare it to the
Amazon Marketplace.
Study books are notoriously expensive, often ranging between forty and a hundred euros a piece. Of course I wasn't looking forward to paying such a huge sum now that I'm starting college. Lo and behold! Bol's secondhand section listed six out of the eight books I need for the first semester. By buying these books I managed to save seventy euros, bringing the total down to a little over two hundred. Nice!
Another nice way of saving a few bucks is the fact that
Hogeschool Utrecht allows spread payment of my fees. This year's college fee is about a thousand euros, give or take a few. Instead of paying this whole sum up front, I can now pay in six terms. Even better, these terms are spread all over the whole year. This means that we can easily save up a little money and still have ample breathing room.
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Recently I discovered that the Netherlands' largest online bookstore
Bol deals in secondhand books. Or more precisely: it works as an intermediary between seller and buyer. I guess you could compare it to the
Amazon Marketplace.
Study books are notoriously expensive, often ranging between forty and a hundred euros a piece. Of course I wasn't looking forward to paying such a huge sum now that I'm starting college. Lo and behold! Bol's secondhand section listed six out of the eight books I need for the first semester. By buying these books I managed to save seventy euros, bringing the total down to a little over two hundred. Nice!
Another nice way of saving a few bucks is the fact that
Hogeschool Utrecht allows spread payment of my fees. This year's college fee is about a thousand euros, give or take a few. Instead of paying this whole sum up front, I can now pay in six terms. Even better, these terms are spread all over the whole year. This means that we can easily save up a little money and still have ample breathing room.
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