Feeling a little down and really stupid..

[Cataholic]

Last night, my dad basically said, as mean as it seems "If you quit this you'll be a quitter for the rest of your life." He's always told us that growing up and it seems to be true. He never let us quit things when they seemed to hard for us. I guess that's a good lesson. I also realized that after this math class I only have 3 more...and they will all be at my Community College, so at the four year university I will have NO math. Just science, after science, after science Sounds fantastic to me! Also, bri, yeah I guess you can't always pass something no matter how hard you try you won't pass EVERYTHING in college, but it doesn't mean its a lost cause.

Your dad gives some good advice. It is really easy to do well at things, and keep chuggin' along. Its when faced with adversity (can we call math issues adversity?), and how you react, and plug forward that means something.
I struggle with math. Today, looking back, I think it was more of a "I can't do this, so I won't work at it" vs. "I can't do this". I encourage you to work through the math issues, with assistance, a tutor, more than 1.5 hours studying the night before the exam, to make this work.

And, just an FYI, it is totally possible to pass EVERYTHING in college. Many people do. Don't let that become your attitude.

[Alysser]

Your dad gives some good advice. It is really easy to do well at things, and keep chuggin' along. Its when faced with adversity (can we call math issues adversity?), and how you react, and plug forward that means something.
I struggle with math. Today, looking back, I think it was more of a "I can't do this, so I won't work at it" vs. "I can't do this". I encourage you to work through the math issues, with assistance, a tutor, more than 1.5 hours studying the night before the exam, to make this work.

And, just an FYI, it is totally possible to pass EVERYTHING in college. Many people do. Don't let that become your attitude.

I don't know if I'd call math issues adversity either, but it is a challenge and either way a very good point.

I think that is my way of thinking to, and I WILL keep working at it.

As for the quiz, well.. yeah I got it back today and I did really bad. I will be going to office hours Monday morning to finish my lab and I plan on talking to my teacher then. But you know the weird thing? Yesterday I looked at my grade, and it said my overall grade was a B, and this was BEFORE all the grades she gave back today were put in. I went to look at it today 'cause all the new grades were in...and I have an A? AN A?? After getting a horrible grade on a quiz. I got a good grade on the labs and HW's though, which were worth 10% of our grades just like the quizzes. I e-mailed my professor just to make sure it wasn't some sort of mistake. My only guess is that the labs some how balanced it out.