sailor

Im in a bit of an interesting position at school. Ive always had a huge thirst for knowledge, and for most of my life, have read at least one book, many of them nonfiction, a week. The problem is, I cant seem to motivate myself at school, to learn/study things not necessarily of my choosing. Im a sophomore at Chapel Hill, and despite my being an excellent test taker, very good at writing, and an excellent reader, my GPA is only a 3.0--and its directly because I never study, and I know it. In fact, those test taking, writing, and reading skills are probably the only thing keeping me afloat. Its not for any lack of desire to learn; I just cant seem to make myself study, or write that paper, or read those chapters. When it comes down to it, I always end up goofing off, or writing some code, or reading something of my own.

Can anyone think of anything to get me motivated? I realize its something that I must figure out largely on my own, but any books or anything that could help me would be greatly appreciated. I know I have to ability to do very well in school, I just need to make myself do the work.

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