Failing a college class

[ACG]

I passed the class!!! He gave me a C even though my test scores averaged a D.

As recommended I e-mailed the teacher and told him that I knew I was getting a failing grade, would still take the final and take my licks. I told him I planned on taking the class again.

I got 29 out of 30 on the final! The homework was never collected the entire class and lucky me the teacher collected it that night. He gave me points for the homework, (15 chapters each having 6-8 pages) I got points for perfect attendance and for participating in all the demonstrations.

He invited me to sit in on his classes next semester if I want to review with him.

Thanks for your advice. All your well wishes and advice pulled me through this.

[Catrin]

Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy! Whooohoooo! Congratulations!!!!!!

[Owlie]

I passed the class!!! He gave me a C even though my test scores averaged a D.

As recommended I e-mailed the teacher and told him that I knew I was getting a failing grade, would still take the final and take my licks. I told him I planned on taking the class again.

I got 29 out of 30 on the final! The homework was never collected the entire class and lucky me the teacher collected it that night. He gave me points for the homework, (15 chapters each having 6-8 pages) I got points for perfect attendance and for participating in all the demonstrations.

He invited me to sit in on his classes next semester if I want to review with him.

Thanks for your advice. All your well wishes and advice pulled me through this.

YAY! Congratulations!

[pll]

Awesome!

[VeganBikeChick]

Nice work!

[westtexas]

Congrats!

[jusdooit]

Congratulations. Great job on the final!!!

[szsz]

ACG You are awesome! Good job!

[jyyanks]

Wonderful news! Congratulations!

[Koronin]

Congrats!

[Possegal]

What a great outcome!! Congrats.

[Blueberry]

Congrats, ACG! If you'll need the info at all in your chosen path, I would take the prof up on his offer.

[Melalvai]

This is so silly but...the happy ending brought a little tear to my eye.
I'll definitely tell my daughter this story. She's been struggling with high school physics. She's thinking about going into engineering and I think she'd be great at it, and she likes physics, and she likes the teacher, so it's a little puzzling that she's struggling. Then she was explaining that he gives a test every week but never assigns homework, and covers a new chapter every week. She & I had a talk about how in college, a lot of the time you have to assign yourself your own homework. And that college classes go at a much faster pace.

She read the chapter, worked through the problems at the end, and did much better on the next test. I am thrilled that this teacher is doing it this way because so many smart kids who never had to study in high school really struggle when they get to college.

If only I could convince her to overcome her shyness and TALK TO THE INSTRUCTOR. Maybe your story will help her!

[chosen1]

Awesome!

[jessmarimba]

This is so silly but...the happy ending brought a little tear to my eye.
I'll definitely tell my daughter this story. She's been struggling with high school physics. She's thinking about going into engineering and I think she'd be great at it, and she likes physics, and she likes the teacher, so it's a little puzzling that she's struggling. Then she was explaining that he gives a test every week but never assigns homework, and covers a new chapter every week. She & I had a talk about how in college, a lot of the time you have to assign yourself your own homework. And that college classes go at a much faster pace.

She read the chapter, worked through the problems at the end, and did much better on the next test. I am thrilled that this teacher is doing it this way because so many smart kids who never had to study in high school really struggle when they get to college.

If only I could convince her to overcome her shyness and TALK TO THE INSTRUCTOR. Maybe your story will help her!

I think a lot of the problems with physics is the combination of concepts that make sense with math that doesn't (yet). It took a lot of college calculus (as an engineering major!) and really knowing the math backwards and forwards before I could look back on high school physics concepts and really see WHY things work they way they do. It doesn't help that a lot of physics "teachers" aren't really born teachers - it's hard for them to look back and figure out how to explain things in layman's terms.

And great news, ACG!!