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Okay, so I know when I need to give up. Short of getting a mercy C, I will most likely be retaking diff eq, probably this summer. I've just resigned myself to this fact. I have put in far more time preparing for this class than my other one, and so far, my grade really sucks. I think I'm looking at a borderline D. I wish I was on the C end of that high to mid D grade.
I really wish I knew what to do. Apparently studying and reworking problems for hours before a test on top of doing all the #&$@ homework and spending quite a bit of time in my instructor's office does not mean I have a decent grade. I have no idea how to readjust what I'm doing, since I'm supposedly doing "what I should". I can't fault the tests and quizzes. I have to admit that they're fair. I can't vouch for the quality of the teaching, though. I spend a lot of time trying to get the idea in plain english. Why he thinks explaining the theory tells me how this stuff is supposed to work is the best way to teach is beyond me.
I'm sick and tired of beating my head against the wall. I have the worst case of burnout that I've ever fought. And that says a lot. The fact that I managed to spend several hours studying for my test last Wednesday was a huge victory, since I have no inclination whatsoever to do any more diff eq homework at all.
And I knew I was in trouble when the burnout fell to me skipping a long run on Thursday. I love to run. But the wall that I usually hit full force the week after finals are over hit early this semester. I had a whole day off (minus a 100 minute class period that I couldn't justify skipping), and the only thing I did was lay on the couch watching TV. I didn't work out, I didn't cook anything, I literally did nothing. And now I want to do more of that and less of what I am doing now. Or more specifically, what I'll do in 3 hours when I am home and have eaten dinner. (That would be homework.)
The only high point of my day is that Stormchasers is on at 10pm. Unfortunately, that is also my bedtime. And I work the next 3 days in a row, so there goes time to do much of anything. I will be lucky to catch up on TV Thursday or Friday if I haven't collapsed in a puddle or been crushed by the homework happy diff eq instructor.
I really wish I knew what to do. Apparently studying and reworking problems for hours before a test on top of doing all the #&$@ homework and spending quite a bit of time in my instructor's office does not mean I have a decent grade. I have no idea how to readjust what I'm doing, since I'm supposedly doing "what I should". I can't fault the tests and quizzes. I have to admit that they're fair. I can't vouch for the quality of the teaching, though. I spend a lot of time trying to get the idea in plain english. Why he thinks explaining the theory tells me how this stuff is supposed to work is the best way to teach is beyond me.
I'm sick and tired of beating my head against the wall. I have the worst case of burnout that I've ever fought. And that says a lot. The fact that I managed to spend several hours studying for my test last Wednesday was a huge victory, since I have no inclination whatsoever to do any more diff eq homework at all.
And I knew I was in trouble when the burnout fell to me skipping a long run on Thursday. I love to run. But the wall that I usually hit full force the week after finals are over hit early this semester. I had a whole day off (minus a 100 minute class period that I couldn't justify skipping), and the only thing I did was lay on the couch watching TV. I didn't work out, I didn't cook anything, I literally did nothing. And now I want to do more of that and less of what I am doing now. Or more specifically, what I'll do in 3 hours when I am home and have eaten dinner. (That would be homework.)
The only high point of my day is that Stormchasers is on at 10pm. Unfortunately, that is also my bedtime. And I work the next 3 days in a row, so there goes time to do much of anything. I will be lucky to catch up on TV Thursday or Friday if I haven't collapsed in a puddle or been crushed by the homework happy diff eq instructor.