Turns out, it's not all my fault. Two years ago, CCV changed the pre-requisites for taking physics, from pre-calculus to intermediate algebra, because there weren't enough students taking it. They did this despite the fact that we still need trigonometry to understand the curriculum, which isn't taught until midway through pre-calculus.
On top of that, there are two physics teachers, one with a reputation for being pretty easy, and the other.. not so much. Guess which one I got. It's weird, because he's really nice, and says he considers himself lenient, and yet gives me failing grades for not getting my lab reports perfect. Despite getting it all right, I didn't show enough of my work? 5/10
I figure I'll catch up eventually, but that will still average out to a terrible grade, below the 70% I need to qualify for financial aid. So I feel the school pretty much screwed me, and I'm not sure how that plays out. Will financial aid refuse to grant me anything ever again? Will I just have to pay for this one class? Will I be too demoralized to keep going? Can a person's entire academic future be fucked over this sort of thing? What the hell, no wonder CCV has trouble filling their more advanced classes, and has an abysmal 11.5% graduation rate.
If possible, I'll just take it again, surely breezing through the second time, but I don't even know if that will be an option. In the meantime, I've been studying my ass off, and it just never seems to be enough. Forming new neural connections is taking much longer than I'd hoped.
I had to stop at Rite-aid for a few things after math class yesterday, and they needed my phone number for my discount card.. and wtf was it again, the square root of my area code, divided by cosine and sine squared of a • t / ∆d.. I couldn't even remember my phone number.
At least I know what trigonometry is now.
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Failing has to be one of the crappiest feelings on earth. It cost me 6 grand to fail biochem as a post-grad. The only way I was able to pass physics as an undergrad (I had to take Physics II for physics majors) was to threaten to take the class again, so if he wanted to be rid of me, best let me pass. I didn't know I'd passed until after graduation. Don't let $$ worries get into the mix. I'll help how I can and eventually it'll all get paid off. There is a point where stress is unhelpful. There is also a place where pot is unhelpful. So far it has only been physics and chemistry. Good luck.
I didn't even consider this a possibility. I thought I might have some issues with discipline, but that I'd study my ass off and still fail? Yeah, this is miserable :(
Thank you again, Sue.
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