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Phoenixx

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I just received my midterm grades. They're okay, around the range I expected them to be. I received my first ever D though. I'm a little down about it, but at the same time I find it pretty amusing. There must be something wrong with me.

What does an S mean? Is that a good thing or a bad thing? :confused:
 
DeadmanWalking

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Phoenixx said:
I just received my midterm grades. They're okay, around the range I expected them to be. I received my first ever D though. I'm a little down about it, but at the same time I find it pretty amusing. There must be something wrong with me.

What does an S mean? Is that a good thing or a bad thing? :confused:
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I would imagine S to mean "satisfactory." Nothing's wrong with you; sometimes people have a bit of a slip. You can bring that grade up, if your grade history is anything to judge you by. I know you can do it!
 
Phoenixx

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DeadmanWalking said:
I would imagine S to mean "satisfactory." Nothing's wrong with you; sometimes people have a bit of a slip. You can bring that grade up, if your grade history is anything to judge you by. I know you can do it!
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^ That's what I thought it meant at first, but it was for lab, so I thought it must've meant something else. I really don't see myself satisfactory in chemistry lab, although I did manage to use a bunsen burner for the first time the other day without setting myself on fire, so I guess I'm not a complete failure. ::p:

I hope I can bring the grade up, but I really don't know.
 
DeadmanWalking

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Phoenixx said:
^ That's what I thought it meant at first, but it was for lab, so I thought it must've meant something else. I really don't see myself satisfactory in chemistry lab, although I did manage to use a bunsen burner for the first time the other day without setting myself on fire, so I guess I'm not a complete failure. ::p:

I hope I can bring the grade up, but I really don't know.
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Well, maybe you're doing better than you think. Ask your teacher for feedback; they know better than me. Also, congrats on not becoming a literal firebird::p:!

Of course you can! Just do your best, don't give up, study, and always ask for help if you need it. You'll be fine!
 
Phoenixx

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DeadmanWalking said:
Well, maybe you're doing better than you think. Ask your teacher for feedback; they know better than me. Also, congrats on not becoming a literal firebird::p:!

Of course you can! Just do your best, don't give up, study, and always ask for help if you need it. You'll be fine!
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^ Heh, ask my teacher for feedback and help. Sorry, my teacher is quite the.... how should I put this not so rudely?... jerk. He doesn't really offer help, nor does he thoroughly teach the material. He sort of sees it as study/read the book/work it out yourself, get help from tutors if you need it, and you either sink or swim. I'm pretty screwed as far as getting help goes. All the tutor times are when I have classes. I used to have my roommate to help me, but she withdrew from the course, so I don't really have anyone. My technique lately has been taking notes in class, retyping those notes to help me memorize, and while retyping, go through the chapter and add anything else to my notes. It helps a bit, but of course it's still difficult. I think the reason why he doesn't really explain it thoroughly because he already figures everyone's learned most of this (or at least the basics of it) in high school chemistry. I never had a high school chemistry course in my life. This is a completely new thing for me. I always aced whatever little chemistry we had in biology in high school, so I just figured how much harder could it be? Man, I was SO wrong on that one! Duh! *face palm*
 
DeadmanWalking

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Phoenixx said:
^ Heh, ask my teacher for feedback and help. Sorry, my teacher is quite the.... how should I put this not so rudely?... jerk. He doesn't really offer help, nor does he thoroughly teach the material. He sort of sees it as study/read the book/work it out yourself, get help from tutors if you need it, and you either sink or swim. I'm pretty screwed as far as getting help goes. All the tutor times are when I have classes. I used to have my roommate to help me, but she withdrew from the course, so I don't really have anyone. My technique lately has been taking notes in class, retyping those notes to help me memorize, and while retyping, go through the chapter and add anything else to my notes. It helps a bit, but of course it's still difficult. I think the reason why he doesn't really explain it thoroughly because he already figures everyone's learned most of this (or at least the basics of it) in high school chemistry. I never had a high school chemistry course in my life. This is a completely new thing for me. I always aced whatever little chemistry we had in biology in high school, so I just figured how much harder could it be? Man, I was SO wrong on that one! Duh! *face palm*
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Well, is there anyone you can talk to about your teacher? Or maybe ask him to reiterate some of the notes while he's giving them. Contact your tutors and see if you can make an appointment that works with your schedule. If things really get bad, you can just drop out as well, can't you? But, it's nice that you're trying new things, though. You're learning about yourself and new things(even if it hurts::p:).
 
Phoenixx

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DeadmanWalking said:
Well, is there anyone you can talk to about your teacher? Or maybe ask him to reiterate some of the notes while he's giving them. Contact your tutors and see if you can make an appointment that works with your schedule. If things really get bad, you can just drop out as well, can't you? But, it's nice that you're trying new things, though. You're learning about yourself and new things(even if it hurts::p:).
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^ I believe I could talk to counseling about it. I actually thought about it, but what would they do exactly?

My chemistry class intimidates me, with there being 75 people in the class. Talking in class in front of 75 people? :eek: I'm nervous enough sitting in the class. I don't think I could speak, even if I tried. And I can't drop out of the course, since it's required for my major. :/ I'm going to try my best not to fail though, that's for sure.
 
DeadmanWalking

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Phoenixx said:
^ I believe I could talk to counseling about it. I actually thought about it, but what would they do exactly?

My chemistry class intimidates me, with there being 75 people in the class. Talking in class in front of 75 people? :eek: I'm nervous enough sitting in the class. I don't think I could speak, even if I tried. And I can't drop out of the course, since it's required for my major. :/ I'm going to try my best not to fail though, that's for sure.
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Well, you'll never know unless you ask. Maybe they could give you better note-taking tips or give you some of their notes. I'm more than positive that you're not the only one confused, so focus on that. You can always talk to him after class though. Send him an e-mail or something.
 
Kathryn.fr

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I feel okay.. a bit lost, sometimes very down I can't help that. It irritates people when that happens, like... it's my fault that I go from happy, to pretty much suicidal in less than 10 minutes. Sometimes I'm just down, and someone asks if I'm okay, how am I and I say I'm a bit down and they flip like I have the choice not to be. Some people can't help it right? Other times people bombard me with questions because I haven't talked to anyone in a while and I tell them I'm down and then they stop talking to ME.
 
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