Stupid Virology Coursework (longish)
 

I hate virology. With a passion.

I'm doing a degree in biomedical sciences, and although I wouldnt say i enjoy it (i dont like study on the whole, much prefer real work) I can put up with it. However, this one module is just destroying me. Its so hard, and I dont understand it at all! I've already failed a module this year, and cant really afford to fail another. I'm trying right now to do my coursework for it (which has to be in tomorrow) and I'm struggling so much.

But now ive got into the whole negative thinking thing - Its so fustrating that i cant do it, its making me feel stupid and like a failure. I've just been round my friends to do a group brainstorm on it, and they picked holes in what i'd already done of it, and didnt really answer any more of my questions, so feel like im back where i started.

I know im stressing about not a lot, and by tomorrow it will all be over, but for now its eating away at me, and i just wanna curl up in a ball and cry. Ignore it till it goes away. I really need to do well on this tho, else I have no chance of passing the module, because i dont understand it enough to pass the exam. Ahhhhh!

Sorry for the rant.

Then you really need to talk to your tutor about your problems, as they can sort out extra help if you need it. There is always going to be a module you doint get or understand, so its important as soon as you have problems with it, to talk to the uni, so they can find the best way to help you with it.

Virology has got to be the worst that i've done hmmm, except bacteriology maybe. Ask for help if you can, lecturers usually don't mind because they do want to see people do well and then if you ask it helps them to know whether they've explained things well and missed things out. I know when we email lecturers with questions that a few people/the year might not understand they reply to the whole year with the answer. However, if you go to them in private and stuff then no-one else need know if you don't tell them. It's probably worth a try because nothing bad can come out of it

Thanks for the advice. I thought I'd feel better once the coursework was in, but now I'm struggling on coursework for a different module. I don't know why I'm finding it so hard at the moment. I have a meeting with my personal tutor next week so maybe I'll talk to him about it all.

Yeah, it's probably better to speak to someone rather than just struggling along on your own. It could be that because you focussed more on your virology coursework than the other stuff that you've now forgotten a lot of that or something like that you were down because of that and now you kinda think it's all going to be like it is and kind of tell yourself you can't do it if you get what I mean (I've not explained that well at all). Try and totally forget about your virology coursework, look at everything as being totally new and see if that helps though it may be very difficult to do!

Kim