Pressure

Fladian

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Before anything else (I tend to use that sentence a lot at serious moments :p) I'd like to say that I am intending a serious discussion here, so no random chatter. Or I'll make you regret somehow ;)

After a recent discussion with my mother about several subjects - where music seemed to take quite long, which is a bit unexpected - we got to the point how well someone can act under a lot of pressure. As some amy know, I am hoping for a study course related to writing, talking and more of such. At the moment, I have other things to worry about, like my current study, but that will not stop me from discussing subjects about possible future studies. But back ontopic - pressure.

I was wondering how people here would react on it. Take the example of eh... well, I guess there are more students here than anything else, so take the example of finishing a very important school assignment. Important as in that it will have a lot of influence, or will decide if you and others, like classmates or friends, graduates/pass'/whatever. Now think of this, they say you have to finish it in one month of time. We take the example of a month having 31 days and you haven't done a thing - because of any possible reason, such as family business or just laziness, I am familiar with both and most excuses don't work so well for me anymore :p - for the last 30 days, meaning you only have one day and one night to finish the assignment.
How would you react? Will you try it, but it won't go right because you just can't concentrate well under such heavy pressure? Would you don't even start about it because you know it will go wrong? Will you work on it as if there is no pressure at all? Would your concentration be more intensive than before because of the pressure? Would you try to share the work with others because you know you can't handle it on your own? Or would such a thing never happen to you (bit of a non-possible option though, otherwise the thread's subject is of no use)? Well, those are all just examples of what you could do, not necessarily there is one which will be a description of yourself.

Know that most people will break after getting a lot of pressure on their shoulders. They don't know what to do, sometimes they try to work on it, but halfway, they break down and they just give up. A lot of variations of happenings could occur because of it.
Now I am wondering how you guys would handle it. Consider it a small 'research' of the like, I might be using this in a possible future, if necessary =) or I just keep it around to motivate myself or so :p

Oh yes, I'll post my description a little later because of several reasons. =)
- Fladian
 
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Undead_Lives

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Personally, I would never get into that situation in the first place. But if it did happen...
I would keep calm, or try too. When I would get too panicked, I would step back, take a break, and resume my work when I was calm again. I would work as hard as I could to FINISH it, not trying to make it perfect, but just meeting all of the criteria. I would also realize, that if I did not finish, I would take the blame on myself, and try to get a little leway with my teacher. That's how I would do it..
Although, you can't really know until you are in that situation.
 

ragingspeedhorn

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I have been in this sort of situation many times, most of the times I have been able to get the deadline pushed a week or so forward but a few times I have gotten myself in some pretty deep *beep* because of my lazyness when it comes to school work...
 
I'm in this situation with probably every project. I usually start 2 or 1 day before the assignment is due. At first I work really well on it, making it perfect, but then I look at the time and get nervous and I'm put into a rush making others things less perfect. At one point I just stop, start the morning it's due again. Stop. Then I come in in the morning and say I foregot it at home and I will have it in by tommorow, I do, but I usually get a C or B- at that point. But that's just me. (I only start a project on time if I feel like it or I'm interested in it, which isn't often)

~Dest
 

Raiju

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i would finish the "task" in the most incredible rush you have ever saw

this may have something to do with the fact that i act a LOT better when im under pressure, thus, the quality of the "task" would be high and i would complete it anyway

but...

if you take this "under pressure" into ANOTHER meaning, like: How would you break with your 1 year and 2 months girlfriend, i would do everything wrong, it depends on the situation ya know? because im not the sensible guy with girls in general, in the other hand, im pretty good at "improvising"

hope you understand
 

Fladian

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In all honestly, I'm quite suprised about a more honest answer than I would have thought. I got second thoughts about the thread a little while after posting it. But I guess that those worries were never necessary.

i would finish the "task" in the most incredible rush you have ever saw

this may have something to do with the fact that i act a LOT better when im under pressure, thus, the quality of the "task" would be high and i would complete it anyway[/b]
I can relate to that, Raiju. I didn't post my own behavior when it comes to such a behavior because I expected a lot of sudden similar ones. Which really isn't unlogical on a board like this... no offense, if any is taken.

Like you, Raiju. My concentration and every other possible way of my body gets a little boost. My memory suddenly becomes extremely sharp - which is very surprising, since my memory usually works as a drain - and I (used to) ignore any pain that might appear in my arm.
Three years ago, when I was about to graduate from Junior High we had to finish one last "assignment" (this is what I used as example) which we got three months of time to fininsh and we had to work in groups of two. Three was possible as well, but two people would be easier, or so was said. Anyway, this guy and I worked on it for those three months (2 - 4 hours a day) and it went quite well. As a matter of fact, we were praised by the teacher who kept an eye on this assignment, this project. Partly because he and I used some stuff the other classmates didn't use - partly because they didn't know how, and we only found it out by coincidence.
Anyway during the last day, everyone was making their "finishing touches" except for a few guys. They didn't do much during those three months (see the example I used =)) and were falling apart mentally. The assignment would have a lot of influence over our graduating grade, which wasn't that high for them. Then again, it wasn't that high for me either :p I barely graduated for that class. Pretty funny when you think of the fact that that class I used to be one of the worst in, became one of my best classes nowadays :p Anyway, while everyone was making their "finishing touches" like I said and some already were printing the entire assignment out. The guy that was in my group and I looked at each other and decided to round it up in the next three hours as well. So we did. When an hour passed, he said that I should take a break, and he'd continue. When my break was over, we'd continue for one hour longer and then he would go home and I could print it out. Looked to me like a good idea, so I went to take a break. Perhaps not the best idea to do though when I look back at it.
When I got back from my break (about 20 - 30 minutes) I saw a few grim faces of some of my classmates, including the guy from my group. I was told that some of the computers crashed, and some of the documents where we made it in were lost. Even the teacher was looking a bit confused, despite of having a lot of experience, he probably didn't have a clue what to do. He couldn't say: "I'll give you some more time to finish it", because we only had one week of lessons after this, and then the final exams would begin. Because of several reasons - which I can't remember most of, unfortunately - it was nearly impossible to make them at home. Anyway, after standing still with our "hands in the hair" for about ten minutes, we decided to go back to work.
After a few minutes, the guy in my group said he went home. There was little he could do, while saying something like "Let the teacher find something about it. It's not like we're the only ones", though I had to admit he was right, I felt disappointed. A classmate of mine - or a friend, whichever you prefer - came sitting next to me, while he asked, "well, Ed, what are you going to do?" I looked at him, and said "I'm going to finish it" with a smile on my face. Funny when you think about the fact that he kept reminding me of those words every time we came in such a situation, especially because he has been a classmate of mine the following years as well. "When?" he asked after I said that I was going to finish it. I soflty answered with "today" while I went to work.

Raiju's "i would finish the "task" in the most incredible rush you have ever saw" would be a very accurate way to describe in how I worked. Like I said, I become better in everything I do and I typed at least three times as fast as I typed normally, which was back then, a lot faster than I am able to type now. In a little more than two hours of time, I finished the project single handed and our 'group' ended up with a 8/10, which was one of the higher grades of the class. It saved me a bit from not graduating as well. I only knew back then that I won't work that fast, or hard, again in a very long time, because my arm was killing me for the next two - three months. That really didn't speed up the healing process.

That was when I was graduating and probably the most clear moment when I noticed I worked better under pressure. I tried to work with the same speed without any pressure and clearly was unable to. When I learned I was enjoying the pressure, I kept asking and setting dead lines for stuff. The closer the dead line, the faster and more accurate I started to work. That went well for a year or so... after that, like I said in my first post, I "broke."
I guess it helped last year, when I was working at an accountance office.

When I look back at that time, I start to wonder. How on earth did I manage to do all that work with that much pain in my entire arm. But I learned, anything with big consequences made my motivated and as long as there is a (close) deadline, you could count on me.

if you take this "under pressure" into ANOTHER meaning, like: How would you break with your 1 year and 2 months girlfriend, i would do everything wrong, it depends on the situation ya know? because im not the sensible guy with girls in general, in the other hand, im pretty good at "improvising"[/b]
*looks away*
I got no experience when it comes to that. It usually goes the other way for me. -_- I'm pretty good among girls, but I never got a long termed relationship. Luckily, like you, I'm pretty good at improvising as well, in every situation. To make it even better, the "improvisation" becomes better, more accurate and useful the more "under pressure" I am... I guess that might sound a tad weird.

I get it. Pressure comes in many shapes and forms...you can't always be good under different pressure.[/b]
Exactly. I only used an example of a school assignment because I assumed that there were more students here than anything else.
 

Raiju

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That was when I was graduating and probably the most clear moment when I noticed I worked better under pressure. I tried to work with the same speed without any pressure and clearly was unable to. When I learned I was enjoying the pressure, I kept asking and setting dead lines for stuff. The closer the dead line, the faster and more accurate I started to work.[/b]

Interesting way of clearing objectives, btw, you may find a similar in myself, about "enjoying" the pressure. This may have something to do with the fact that i love challenges.

I only knew back then that I won't work that fast, or hard, again in a very long time, because my arm was killing me for the next two - three months. That really didn't speed up the healing process.
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Yes, when our "rush" ends, our working rate is generally reduced a lot, even without having an arm-in-pain

I can relate to that, Raiju. I didn't post my own behavior when it comes to such a behavior because I expected a lot of sudden similar ones. Which really isn't unlogical on a board like this... no offense, if any is taken.
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no offense, it was YOUR's expectations after all =]

I'm pretty good among girls, but I never got a long termed relationship.[/b]

jejeje, like i said about my own sensibility regarding women, im not the kind of "loyal" guy if ya know what i mean, and my longest relationship took 3 months (without betraying her)

I am... I guess that might sound a tad weird.[/b]

Nah, im pretty good to "improvise" some sorry excuses of my affairs. In the end, altough men are not all the same (like the women like to say), we all have our "instincts", from the most gentle to the very brute

I will not quote the other part of Fladian's post because it would be too big, but my educational system is diferent from the US and the Dutch like it seems. Its composed by 8 "serials" of the basic teaching, then we face 3 "serials" of the superior teaching, that maybe compared to yours High School. Im currently in the second year of my "high school", and i cant neglect that im loving to wreak havoc in the college while i have one of the best notes of the serial. Such a paraodox aint it?
 

Fladian

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Interesting way of clearing objectives, btw, you may find a similar in myself, about "enjoying" the pressure. This may have something to do with the fact that i love challenges.[/b]
Perhaps that might be the complete reason, though it would not relate to me completely. Especially because I already seemed to work well under pressure before I got rid of my shyness and my desire for "challenges."

Yes, when our "rush" ends, our working rate is generally reduced a lot, even without having an arm-in-pain[/b]
Point just is, I already was suffering from the pain in my arm before I started that "rush", it only got worse when it ended. That pain is now completely gone now though. Luckily.
But maybe it isn't necessarily "reduced" though. Only reduced compared to that "rush" perhaps, but I do not dare to say it is reduced below the average.

no offense, it was YOUR's expectations after all =][/b]
Yeah, well, it wouldn't be the first time somebody would shout at me for saying MY expectations ;)

jejeje, like i said about my own sensibility regarding women, im not the kind of "loyal" guy if ya know what i mean, and my longest relationship took 3 months (without betraying her)[/b]
Count in weeks for me :p

I will not quote the other part of Fladian's post because it would be too big, but my educational system is diferent from the US and the Dutch like it seems. [/b]
It probably is, but I might be mixing some stuff up as well. I always had a problem seperating the names of schools in the US. If I'm not mistaking, either the US or the Netherlands has a school more or less than each other, but of course, I might be mistaking.

Im currently in the second year of my "high school", and i cant neglect that im loving to wreak havoc in the college while i have one of the best notes of the serial. Such a paraodox aint it?
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Yeah, well in High School (if it is called that :p) I'm in my second year as well, and there is a mighty big chance that I'll be in the same class next year, since it is unlikely that I'll make it this year - resulting in me graduating.
*sigh* Life is cruel. :p
 
Ok I \think you guys are confused about the school thing - or not. But this is how my system works
Elementary Schools: 1-5 grade
Middle School 6-8 Grade
Highschool- 9-12 grade
This varies in the US as well a little, but anyways.

I get a "boost" too when under pressure, but if I stop for 5 minutes, this ends and I can't start again.
 

Raiju

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Count in weeks for me :p[/b]

áya Fladian, you are the kind of man that Mexican girls call "hijo de *beep* cafajeste y canalla!" :yay:

talking about girls, for those who already had a girlfirend (not one girl you catch and throw away), what was the limit of time between your's relationship?

mine like i said was 3 months

*without betraying*
 

Undead_Lives

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Looks like you've gone back to your old ways Flad..
And Hunter, up in Canada we have the same system. Although sometimes it varies...even between cities :/
 

Fladian

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áya Fladian, you are the kind of man that Mexican girls call "hijo de *beep* cafajeste y canalla!" :yay: [/b]
Meaning?

talking about girls, for those who already had a girlfirend (not one girl you catch and throw away), what was the limit of time between your's relationship?[/b]
Better if you made a whole new thread for it. =)

Looks like you've gone back to your old ways Flad..[/b]
Not really. I just posted a history lesson of my own life, Undead.
 
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Raiju

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its hard to translate its meaning Fladian, because i dunno the english words for it (if they exist)

in a longshot:

Cafajeste- when the man betrays its wife a lot of tiems and she knows it, the man is a cafajeste

Canalla - the kind of man who cheats in everything in his life

Hijo de *beep* - son of a *beep* :yay:
 
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