{"id":10409,"date":"2019-10-03T20:25:31","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T00:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=10409"},"modified":"2019-10-04T16:40:29","modified_gmt":"2019-10-04T20:40:29","slug":"i-just-dropped-gen-chem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2019\/10\/03\/i-just-dropped-gen-chem\/","title":{"rendered":"I just dropped gen chem&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AW10042019-02.jpg\" alt=\"I just dropped gen chem with wolfman, and I feel super relieved, but I feel like a failure. My friends talk about studying for chem all the time , and I'm relieved that I don't have to do that, but sad that I feel like I can't be successful anymore. what to do from here, wall?\" class=\"wp-image-10404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AW10042019-02.jpg 500w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AW10042019-02-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AW10042019-02-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AW10042019-02-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>I just dropped gen chem with wolfman, and I feel super relieved, but I feel like a failure. My friends talk about studying for chem all the time , and I&#8217;m relieved that I don&#8217;t have to do that, but sad that I feel like I can&#8217;t be successful anymore. what to do from here, wall?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>My librarian friends who are blessed with lungs say take a deep breath &#8212; it&#8217;s OK to chill and regroup.\u00a0 I know you&#8217;ve heard it before, but life is a marathon, not a sprint.\u00a0 You may want try chemistry again next semester, or, perhaps, it&#8217;s time to redirect your academic focus.\u00a0 Consider checking in with your academic advisor.\u00a0 Take a look at the classic, <em>What Color is your Parachute<\/em> (O&#8217;Neill Library HF5383 .B56).\u00a0 Even though it&#8217;s for job hunting\/career stuff, it may help you think about what gives you joy, your interests, and your strengths.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My librarian friends who are blessed with lungs say take a deep breath &#8212; it&#8217;s OK to chill and regroup.\u00a0 I know you&#8217;ve heard it before, but life is a marathon, not a sprint.\u00a0 You may want try chemistry again next semester, or, perhaps, it&#8217;s time to redirect your academic focus.\u00a0 Consider checking in with &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2019\/10\/03\/i-just-dropped-gen-chem\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;I just dropped gen chem&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[98],"class_list":["post-10409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academics","tag-chemistry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10409"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10447,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10409\/revisions\/10447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}