Should I become a &quot;nerd&quot;?

well if you really want to go for the double starred firsts :smile:

buy the thickest books and eat and sleep with it and hope the stuff sinks in. What course are you doing btw?

And people that appear to do no work - they usually do

Wangers

Reply 22

Why bother living if you don't have a life?

Reply 23

Flank Runner

dude with all due respect to the scholars out there, but being book smart only gets you so far in life, you need to live, make mistakes and learn from them, by isolating yourself like that, all your achieveing is learning how to be square to fit a square hole, whereas going out, forming relationships, playing sports your learning creativity, adaptability and flexibility, LIFE SKILLS, so for your own 'inner calm' learn to balance work and life or you'll set yourself up for a major fall

Reply 24

supernova2

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go to LSE, ive heard theyre all like that there

Reply 25

Why exactly did you neg me alkaeda, for that youtube link? Go and try to get a ray of sunshine put into your life lmao

Reply 26

I watched that video! Cracked me up!

Weird Al, if I'm not mistaken? Not one of his I'm familiar with, but definitely his style!

Reply 27

Cheers edu but this guys rep was worth -19. lol :/

Yeah it's weird AL, great artist.

ouch.

I pos repped you, but then realised that I only have a power of +4... oh well, -15 is still better than -19!

Reply 30

katrin_tara

I pos repped you, but then realised that I only have a power of +4... oh well, -15 is still better than -19!

haha + mine however much it was that i gave, something pitiful no doubt Ive always recieved the same amount of -ve and +ve reps so ive never really gone anywhere haha

Reply 31

Thanks for the rep guys, does help. :smile:

Edu, you've still got a power of 0 but it'll go up in time. Not long ago I had 0 rep power.

Reply 32

A) Why does anybody care about reps anyway, and B) how do you even know what your rep power is, and how much you gain or lose from each person?

Reply 33

<3 in that case im gona go rep more people :wink:

Reply 34

Those bums only allow you one per day? I want a refund.

Reply 35

lol yeah once a day.

You need to pay to be a Sub to see your rep power. 3.50 a month.

Reply 36

is it coz I is latino :\

Reply 37

Anonymous #1

OP

(lol... last night I went out... that was the last time... I promise)

Balance is a very relative word.
Balance between what? Between what others want me to do and what I want to do? Or between my own needs?
If it was between my own needs, wouldn't becoming a "nerd" (not the stereotype nerd obviously... I simply mean full appreciation of my objectives, and "incorporation") be the best solution for balance?

Aren't you overcategorizing/stereotyping "Work" and "Fun"?
I don't know many other nerds, but what if they are actually enjoying their lives as they have it?
Why should the definition of "social life" be limited to clubbing and partying?

Flank Runner, maybe I didn't express myself correctly. I didn't say "book-smart". I said that I want to "specialize" in my field.
I'm studying Economics and would aim at working in non-profit/NGO. I already do lot of voluntary work, was elected class representative and to the student board after just a few weeks at university (I'm not in the U.K. by the way), and am in the management team of MUN-style stuff... but I consider all these to be part of my immediate studies.
They actually help me to be involved in what I study and associate my studies with fun rather than with the stress of hard work.

But hanging around 5-6 hours every night dancing and drinking, being led to random romances here and there, useless jealousies, etc. - which I did so far since university started - sometimes makes me feel distant from my goal of giving my best at the exams...

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