I am having so much trouble in my introdocutory algebra class. Not that I don't understand the work or that I have a bad instructor, but that I can't do the homework. I ended up getting behind on my homework and because I got behind I feel I have to do it all that was assigned and catch it up. It is the OCD I guess making me want to do this. I am working on homework from February 8th. And to top it off, since I am behind on homework, I don't want to go to class.

I have no idea on how to catch it up and I am wondering if I should just drop the class. But I hate to waste the money because my company reimburses me 100% of books and tutiton which will in turn pay for my next semester, and if I drop the class I don't get reimbursed.

And if drop the class, I feel like a failure

When I was failing math last semester, I ended up dropping it before it would effect my GPA. I didn't feel like a failure, like I thought I would. Instead, I felt relieved, because I didn't have to worry about it and I knew I'd have a higher GPA since I could no longer flunk it.

I need to start going through my math book to get a head start, before next semester. :wacko:

I hope whatever you choose to do, works out for you.

Cyndi (neuroangel)

Have you talked to the instructor or somebody at the school?

I know in the past I thought about dropping classes because thought I could just pull up my grades on my own. Then the anxiety became too much and I ended up not going at all in the grades turned to F's.

My anxiety was too much for me to talk to the instructors. I know now that in most cases they will help students work something out. Most instructors don't want to see students fail.

Yes I have talked to her and she just shurgged her shoulders. I have until April 12th to drop. I am just going to hang in there until then. I am trying to catch up on my homework right now, if I can do that I CAN GET THROUGH THIS.

I don't know if this will help you but I did exactly the samething in probably the exact same course. How I caught up was I did every fifth problem a day until I was caught up. I know this sound's funny but it turned out to be a review of sort's as well only bennefiting me on my exams.

What i mean by this is
1.
2.
3.
4.
5. done
6.
7.
8.
9.
10. done

Just kept going thru all chapters and then going back to were I fell behind WHILE keeping up with current work until I had them all completed. But, I didn't feel the stress of trying to get them all done in one week.

Futs, I don't understand what you mean. Do I do 5 problems a day?

Our next exam is March 31. And the hard thing for me is OCD, so I have to do everything in order and not skip and I can't got to the next chapter until the one before is completed. I am working on Chapter 3, and they are on Chapter 5

Are there any tutoring services at the school you can take advantage of?

Well I'm ADHD I'm used to skipping around. guess I'm of little help. Sorry bunny I still love ya though

hugss bunny
i don't know what advice to give, probably because i'm in the same boat. i'm supposed to write my finals in the middle of april and i have 2 more english assignemnts and 3 more research psychology asssignemnts and 4 child psych assignments........... i'm going to try to get an extension. is that on option for you?? hang in there

Aww futs, trying to help makes you a big help.

Yes, there is tutoring and a math lab, an online site for help and tutoring on line as well, and I even bought the solutions manual. Now I find that on my two class days, if I go to the library, that works great for me, but the time there is limited. It is very comfortable and quiet and other students are there, so that is motivational. But then, I end up being exhausted the following day after my class and don't want to go to the library. But I think that is what I am going to have to force myself to do. I am hoping that once I get up there, it will put me in the right mode.

Wow, aqua, all those papers. I just have one to write and it is due April 19th and is in my history class.

Just think of how great you will feel after you get this class out of the way and don't have to take it again.

i love math. sick statement huh. :)
i aced up to calc.
tutoring is tough in math over phone,...
quadratic formula=x=plus or minus square root ...etc
crazy whats in my head still...i dont use it ...well, not today.:)
find a tutor. and you can do it one math problem at a time.
i am a V I S U A L person too.
go for it.
Paul :)

{{{{ your name here}}} <----a hug for the star math pupil.

when i did not get a math problem i asked the best student in class to explain it,...then i got it.
math problems can be tediuos too.
but your solving a problem...think how exciting that could be. or not :)
solve for x now! :) :)
paul
{{{star math student}}}} <---internet hug

Boy I understand becuase once I fall behind it's SOOO hard to catch up!!! And I have such a hard time going to teachers about stuff like that too.

Also i know how you feel about the library.... I've been spending so much time at those! And if I spend a really long day there then I cna't get myself to go back. My solution was to switch my study spots ALL the time (we have a lot of libraries, but also I look for open classrooms, and often I go to the math lab or the mechanical engineering help room... or the grad student lounge even though I'm not a grad student ;) (it makes me feel defiant - hee hee)
But the thing is that when I go to the help room I will be sitting there for hours and hours and eventually everyone else will be gone and I am still sitting there... now THAT is a motivation damper. But on the other hand, being able to talk to other students really helps a lot, and watching them work too.

Last year when I got way behind in math I printed up a list of all the math problems I had to do and posted it to the wall next to my bed- then I crossed out each one as I did it. At first it was motivational, but after a while I realized that I would never finish it and it was only depressing. I don't know if that is really a good idea or not... lol

well good luck!!!

Well I had planned on going to the library after work today. But I did not work yesterday because of allergies and asthma and that awful cough I had. So what did I do yesterday? Sleep. So I woke up about 2:30am and thought about doing math but said nah, and ended up going into work early.


Well I was going to go to the library.........then it looked like rain.........then I decided I was tired.........

But the good thing is.......I came home and got my table cleared off, which is by my computer desk, so I can at least try sitting there and doing the math without sitting here and looking at the computer and getting distracted.

Well now I am sleepy.....

Am I ADHD or what?

Energizer Bunny-don't give up your course,you might regret it later or start wondering about what grades you might have got.
I got out of a GCSE(english certificate) maths exam because I couldn't cope with it at all about less than half way through the course(year long) and regret it now,regret not demanding help.

Oh Emma, thank you so much.....................Thank you thank you thank you.............

And welcome to forums

DEMAND HELP! Go see the tutor Bunny! These are your grades and this is your future we're talking about! You can catch up! They are paid to help you! Don't give up! DON'T GIVE UP!

I must confess I may have to drop, but if I do, there is next semester.

Bunny - If you do decide to drop the class there IS always next semester (like you said)

but dont' forget that you are trying!! if you dont' succeed that's ok.

I dunno... this may seem kinda negative, but right now I'm almost wishing I HAD dropped some of the courses I've taken in past semesters - I passed them by close margins but now they are coming back to bite me becuase I didn't really learn the material well enough. (or really... at all...) It would have been pretty discouraging, but at least I wouldn't have to keep wondering what grades i COULD have gotten if I had only tried harder. It's sort of eating away at me now :(

Well, I dropped the class. My GPA is a 3.20 and with history I know I will get an A in the class which will up my GPA. If I would not have dropped the math, my GPA would have stayed the same or even dropped. I hated to do it and I thank everyone for the support and trying to get me to hang in there.

I just feel that if I am going to learn something, I can't half way learn it and I have to learn it in full and I feel like I was not even putting in 50%.

Again, thank you everyone. I will let you know how it goes next semester.

8 months ago, I was attending my first practical nursing program and I was very excited because I really wanted to be a Practical Nurse. I completed 10 out of the 20 courses without assitance and my average was in the 80 percentile. This practical nurse program was distance and we could take 1 course at a time but the rule was that you had to complete the program in 2 years. Since I was a nursing attendant I recieved advanced credit for my work. My experience came from homecare where I was employed.
Well anyway, I went to this mandatory practicum for 3 weeks without any experience in the hospital and I discovered I was having trouble. I told my Nursing instructor that it would take me a while to become familiar with the environment. I never I told her about my learning disability (which was not diagnosed yet).
I worked very hard to keep up with the pace of the class, however the teacher never acknowledged my presence but always preferred to put the stronger and smarter students first. When it came for her to see my nursing skills she put me off to another day. I remembering having to ask her to help me for 10 minutes but when she tried you can see her frustration level increase. One day on the nursing practicum she gave me my midterm evaluation, and I thought I was doing ok and she said that I would have to meet with college officals the next day. She never gave me any exact details but I became very upset and frustrated. You see I was taking care of my client and the midterm evaluation was given before lunch and I broke down in tears. I tried to wash my face of tears and tried maintain composure and focus, but it never worked. As I was going to see my client, I saw a lady was crying and I decided sit on the bed with her and calm her down. I had the door closed half way and when my instructor came, I was told to leave the nursing floor because she thought I was unprofessional. I could remember being escorted out the front door of the hospital and having no where to go in a city that I was not familar with. Two months later I was tested by a psychologist and was finally diagnosed with adhd. Following the diagnoses of ADHD, I was told to withdraw from my nursing program because I was not suited for their standards. I can say they never really gave me a chance if I could be treated with medication. I have been a lifeguard for 15 years and have dealt with life threatening emergencies when I was not diagnosed with ADHD but I had epilepsy (very mild and controlled). I must admit I have lived with ADHD all my life, and have become a strong lifeguard. I must say the nursing faculity missed the opportunity to train a wonderful nurse that the health care system really needed. I have no hard worries I am determined to inspire those who want swimming as a lifeskill.
When door close a window opens.
Galexica

Hey, first post!

This has been the subject of my girlfriends anger for the past...2 1/2 years of my college life. Every semester since the first I have dropped at least 1 class either in the beginning or very close to the end.

I know I should have stuck it out and worked at it, but I never think I would be capable of taking care of whats needs to be done in class. This has set me back a bit. Last semester I only passed 1 class, let 2 get behind so severly I couldn't pass them, and 1 I gave up on during the second week. I couldn't drop the classes because they were not fully paid for. So I have 1 class I did alright in and 3 I really messed up in.

My schooling has gotten my very school orientated girlfriend very angry. And it wasn't until a week ago ADD came out as what my problem was...to me anyway. I was diagnosed when I was 5, stopped taking ritilin in 7th grade and spent the rest of my school life in the dumps.

I'm 21 now and trying to get myself turned around so I can get our of school with a good feeling.

But yeah, my ADD has been very bad for my school life.

Ken

Hi Ken

Welcome to forums and I am glad you found out what was going on with you and I hope that your girlfriend is now more understanding. When I first got diagnosed, my doctor suggested I sit out of college for a bit until I got settled. The main reason is I was going through a heck of a time with my medication and some other personal problems as well.

However, I am settled now and I do pretty well in college. I just finished this semester which is my second semester back, but only with one class. It is tough working and going to college at the same time. One tip for you though is make sure you sit at the front of the class. It has helped me so much. If I sit at the back, I am paying attention to everyone else and not the professor.

Motivation is also tough for me as far as doing my homework. This problem I have not figured out yet. I am such a procrastinator.

But keep up the good work and don't give up.