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Burn out-senior in college (School of Business). Any advice?


I'm 33, a single female and I am so bored with reading, reading, reading my textbooks. I will graduate with a B.S. In Business with an emphasis in Information Systems in May 2009. (My last class ends March 5th).

I am currently in a database Management/Spacial Analysis class and I am having a hard time understanding the book called Database Concepts (3rd Edition) by David M. Kroenke.

We just went over SQL (for access) in class last week and since I know nothing about SQL-I am getting fusterated just thinking about it. We will be tested on one or two SQL statements. Reading the book is fine if I really understood what I was reading.

My instructor knows that I am having a difficult time with grasping the concepts in this class. I'm more of a doer and I am practicing designing my own database of films in Access 2007. (I am not using SQL to retrive any queries). I find myself spending more time in Access building own personal database of films and less time reading my textbook.

(Mind you, this is the University of Redlands School of Business and each class is 6 weeks long-one night a week). I know that in each class our instructors wants us to get the concepts-if we get the concepts, we can get the meat.

I was told from someone that I should be very careful in my senior year since that is the time that many student flake off and become tired. It seems that the same is happening to me. I love the school that I am in and stopping school is not an option for me. I only have 4 more classes and then I walk/graduate.

Any advice on what I can do to help myself get back into the mood of reading? (We have a break once every 12 weeks. We have one 6 week class, then the next 6 week class, then a one week break. My next break will be in late August. The last class I had was E-Business and Security and the book on Security (for systems and physical) was great! )

I'd love to "get away", however, without a car-it does make me feel like a teenager all over again with no where to go. I just stay home everyday, looking for work from home on my computer...and doing this school work.

Any advice?

Practical advice please. I'm not gong to find a guy with a car.

Never mind the spammer - you see a lot of them here where their 'answer' is just a link to some website they're drumming up visitors for.

Developing your own database isn't a bad way to learn, since you'll obviously be working with data that has meaning for you. However, taking the time to learn SQL sooner or later will pay off in the long run. The query painters in Access, et al are all well and good for very simple queries, but the real power of a RDBMS is getting down to native SQL (it's like driving a car - an automatic transmission will get you around town, but in a race a car with a manual transmission will probably leave it eating dust.)

Probably the best way to help avoid burnout is take it in small bites - concentrate on understanding a column function or two or simple joins. Then once you've grasped the idea, let it sit for a while. Read a book for pleasure, take in a movie, go for a walk, surf the web - anything to take your mind off tables and SQL. Then return to it later with a fresh mind and take the next small bite, working your way up to more complex things gradually. There's a lot to SQL, but probably at least half of it you won't use more than once in a blue moon (if ever).

Good luck! (And if you have a specific question about SQL, drop me a line)

find a guy with a car.

Just take a break and life will be ok.................again

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