Well, it only took about 6 weeks, but I am already burned out on school.  I am not sure of the exact reason why, but I think it is a combination of several things.  Between spending more hours than expected on school work (I basically have next to no free time anymore), the horrible interface we are forced to use, the lack of good English skills by many of the students and bizarre deadlines, I am getting so sick of things that It is everything I can muster just to do my homework anymore.  I still greatly believe in the mission of the school but at this point, I want a break.

Like many people, I have never enjoyed school.  Whether it was middle school, high school or college, I have never enjoyed school like some do.  I love to learn but I don’t like being forced to learn in an educational environment.  I prefer to be free to learn whatever I want in as much depth as I want and find beneficial at my own pace, not that dictated by somebody else.  If I am going to retain anything that I learn, I have to be able to enjoy learning and I have never been able to do that in school.  When I was going to college at Neumont University, I enjoyed it but that was largely because of the other people that I got to interact with rather than the actual learning which I struggled with.  With University of the People, I fell very alone and disconnected despite the fact that it is supposed to be a school based around the idea of social networking.  There is no fun in something like that and it makes it very hard to get motivated.  Hopefully something will change so that I can get motivated but at this point I just want a vacation.

What do you do when you need to get motivated to work on something like school?  I am open to any suggestions I can get at this point.