Telefunker
December 14th, 2009, 12:12 PM
Hey there.
I'm in a bit of a predicament here, you see. I'm a transfer into the Illinois Institute of Art in Schaumburg. This is my first quarter here and many know as well as I do how hard it is to pick up and move to a new place, much less transfer into a new college. I've learned a great deal so far this quarter and I do think I made a good move on that part, but it seems that's all that I've gained by transferring.
Don't get me wrong, the area is nice. But you see, I work at the beloved Wally World. The store I used to work at was really good with co-operating with me when I needed help and in turn I'd put fourth 100 percent. But I trasfered into a new store where my manager rules the store with an iron fist. She looks for (simple) reasons to fire employees. And even then she sometimes doesn't need one. She simply doesn't like you? She'll fire you for unproductivity. I put in a change for my hours of availability when I first got here. So for the first eight weeks I was here, they had me working 32+ hour shifts. I got way past behind with my school work. I got about 3 hours of sleep per day for that period. It got so bad that about a month ago, my body totally gave out due to lack of sleep. I couldn't stomach food, couldn't breathe and definitely couldn't make it down from my apartment to my car to get my prof's number. My days off consisted (and still do) of me playing catch-up and even still I never really got caught up. (I'm still not caught up) I have little to no time for personal work or studies. Little to no time to prepare meals as simple as a PB-and-J slapped between two pieces of wheat. I had (and still have) no freakin' social life whatsoever. I only know about 4 or 5 people in this area and that's pretty much all I have the time to get to know.
So you're probably saying by now... "Well, Why haven't you tried looking for a new job?" I have, and in fact; I still am searching for a new job. You might also be asking something along the lines of "Well why can't you rough it for just a bit till you find a new job?" And my answer to that would be, I would if I could but cars and sustenance don't pay for themselves. "Can't you get your parent's to help?" Oh believe me when I say that getting them to co-sign my student slavery sheet is probably the most help I'll be getting from them. "You haven't had any calls for interviews yet?" No, I haven't. I've applied for two jobs at my college and went specifically to the head honcho, turned in my application directly to them, and then asked when I could schedule an interview. I had interviews with the both of them, and got turned down. Neither of them gave me an explanation but I know there's a social hierarchy at my college. I'm not making excuses for my performance. I'm just saying there's a lot of bullshit going on. If that's saying anything.
I'm here to study and expand my creative repertoire. I'm not here to play tea party at Starbucks with the local hipsters and their overpriced macs. I'm not here to play pet robot with Wal-Mart. I'm here (light years away from home) to establish myself as an individual and learn essential skills that I'll need for tasks in my future.
So I have to ask you CA. What would you do? This entire tirade is by no means a pity party. I seriously don't know what to do. I mean seriously. I'm here taking 16 credit hours of classes which require a lot of time and dedication per quarter. And there are so many things that I need to teach myself outside of class. I mean pretty much my life looks like this. Schoolwork,Work-work, homework and if I get lucky, I can sleep. So what would you do? Or what have you done in the past in a simmilar situation? Does anyone have any helpful tips? I think actually... Pretty much any feedback would be helpful.
I'm in a bit of a predicament here, you see. I'm a transfer into the Illinois Institute of Art in Schaumburg. This is my first quarter here and many know as well as I do how hard it is to pick up and move to a new place, much less transfer into a new college. I've learned a great deal so far this quarter and I do think I made a good move on that part, but it seems that's all that I've gained by transferring.
Don't get me wrong, the area is nice. But you see, I work at the beloved Wally World. The store I used to work at was really good with co-operating with me when I needed help and in turn I'd put fourth 100 percent. But I trasfered into a new store where my manager rules the store with an iron fist. She looks for (simple) reasons to fire employees. And even then she sometimes doesn't need one. She simply doesn't like you? She'll fire you for unproductivity. I put in a change for my hours of availability when I first got here. So for the first eight weeks I was here, they had me working 32+ hour shifts. I got way past behind with my school work. I got about 3 hours of sleep per day for that period. It got so bad that about a month ago, my body totally gave out due to lack of sleep. I couldn't stomach food, couldn't breathe and definitely couldn't make it down from my apartment to my car to get my prof's number. My days off consisted (and still do) of me playing catch-up and even still I never really got caught up. (I'm still not caught up) I have little to no time for personal work or studies. Little to no time to prepare meals as simple as a PB-and-J slapped between two pieces of wheat. I had (and still have) no freakin' social life whatsoever. I only know about 4 or 5 people in this area and that's pretty much all I have the time to get to know.
So you're probably saying by now... "Well, Why haven't you tried looking for a new job?" I have, and in fact; I still am searching for a new job. You might also be asking something along the lines of "Well why can't you rough it for just a bit till you find a new job?" And my answer to that would be, I would if I could but cars and sustenance don't pay for themselves. "Can't you get your parent's to help?" Oh believe me when I say that getting them to co-sign my student slavery sheet is probably the most help I'll be getting from them. "You haven't had any calls for interviews yet?" No, I haven't. I've applied for two jobs at my college and went specifically to the head honcho, turned in my application directly to them, and then asked when I could schedule an interview. I had interviews with the both of them, and got turned down. Neither of them gave me an explanation but I know there's a social hierarchy at my college. I'm not making excuses for my performance. I'm just saying there's a lot of bullshit going on. If that's saying anything.
I'm here to study and expand my creative repertoire. I'm not here to play tea party at Starbucks with the local hipsters and their overpriced macs. I'm not here to play pet robot with Wal-Mart. I'm here (light years away from home) to establish myself as an individual and learn essential skills that I'll need for tasks in my future.
So I have to ask you CA. What would you do? This entire tirade is by no means a pity party. I seriously don't know what to do. I mean seriously. I'm here taking 16 credit hours of classes which require a lot of time and dedication per quarter. And there are so many things that I need to teach myself outside of class. I mean pretty much my life looks like this. Schoolwork,Work-work, homework and if I get lucky, I can sleep. So what would you do? Or what have you done in the past in a simmilar situation? Does anyone have any helpful tips? I think actually... Pretty much any feedback would be helpful.