Attn: Everyone doing poorly in classes.

• Shanghai wrote on 2011-01-21 06:30
  Chemistry was easy for me, and I took it as a summer class to complete my chemical science requirement. Not sure how I got an A in both "semesters" considering how much I suck at math. XD
• Ithiliel wrote on 2011-01-21 07:16
  I'm so glad to see I'm not the only one who bombs at math :( Give me anything dealing with Geology and I've got that no problem. Throw a math problem in front of me and I'll be pulling out my hair. Chemistry I've never been any good at either, since it involves math.
• Tokiko wrote on 2011-01-21 16:34
  I used to fail because I use to sleep a lot and wake up 2-3 hours late to class.
  Still passed. :P
• Oizen wrote on 2011-01-21 16:38
  I lol'd cause I'm posting from school.
• chaolin wrote on 2011-01-23 07:05
  I could say some pretty mean things to the OP but he probably doesn't know that he's over-generalizing. If you go to a hard enough university, you'll find that even if you're working as hard as you can, you can still end up with C's if you're just not fit for the material. Furthermore, the teachers honestly don't have the time to help you out. Yeah you can meet with them privately or for office hours to get a few questions in but all in all they're not going to do much in terms of helping you understand the material. You are responsible for teaching yourself 50% of the time and unless you can figure that out, all the effort in the world isn't going to do jack for you.
  
  I do agree with the failing part though; there's really no excuse for that even at the college level. Failing indicates that there's really a serious underlying problem granted that the person isn't just plain lazy and doesn't care.
• Chillax wrote on 2011-01-23 07:38

  Quote from chaolin;301467:

  I could say some pretty mean things to the OP but he probably doesn't know that he's over-generalizing. If you go to a hard enough university, you'll find that even if you're working as hard as you can, you can still end up with C's if you're just not fit for the material. Furthermore, the teachers honestly don't have the time to help you out. Yeah you can meet with them privately or for office hours to get a few questions in but all in all they're not going to do much in terms of helping you understand the material. You are responsible for teaching yourself 50% of the time and unless you can figure that out, all the effort in the world isn't going to do jack for you.
  
  I do agree with the failing part though; there's really no excuse for that even at the college level. Failing indicates that there's really a serious underlying problem granted that the person isn't just plain lazy and doesn't care.

  
  
  

  If you're failing a class, you're either mentally handicapped in some way and/or shouldn't be in that class in the first place, or you're not trying hard enough.

  
  
  He did say that in his post.
• chaolin wrote on 2011-01-23 07:46

  Quote from Chillax;301507:

  He did say that in his post.

  
  
  That's so vague... So you're saying that if you're a art history major than you absolutely know that you're not going to be good at math?
  
  A cookie for you if you knew all the classes you were going to take before arriving to college.
• Chillax wrote on 2011-01-23 07:51

  Quote from chaolin;301515:

  That's so vague... So you're saying that if you're a art history major than you absolutely know that you're not going to be good at math?
  
  A cookie for you if you knew all the classes you were going to take before arriving to college.

  
  
  Well, that's what minors and auditing classes are for. Plus, you probably have been doing a math for several years from elementary school to high school. If you don't like math in high school, what makes you think you're going to like it in college?
  
  You know, you can just read a course catalog before enrolling in a major.