It has been a long time since I have had to study. I never liked it before and I can verify that I continue to have the same feeling toward it. It does feel different to study now knowing the direct implication of the exam on my class that is connected to my job. Having an actual view of why the work i am doing in this class is important to me on a day to day basis and potentially on my salary makes the time spent valuable. I have not felt that way before when I was in college and studying a subject that had no significance to me. Perhaps that meant I picked the wrong major (most likely) or perhaps I was to young to care (again most likely) but the value of the liberal arts classes I took always felt unimportant. Getting an A or F was not affecting how i lived my life, after the test I would be doing the same thing as always.
I have heard that you get what you put into something, and I did not put much into college. At least not in the classes at college So maybe having an attainable goal that will directly benefit me was what I was missing. Or, all the studying I did today will not pay off and I will fail tomorrow and I will remember that I am just bad at tests.
I guess we can never know.
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