So I'm failing like I thought I would

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muslimmetalhead
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20 Nov 2014, 5:48 pm

I've been too late for class a few dozen times, 6-8pm tues-Thursday, biology 120, 3 times class was not held, don't understand when I try studying, don't understand the stuff and Im just not ready for this. I'm failing and I'll have to pay back financial aid.
Class ends I dec and I haven't done a thing
One day since September I came to class, and I have a test


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20 Nov 2014, 9:39 pm

woody allen said that 80% of success is just showing up. i majored in biology. there's not tons to understand. it's a matter of memorizing unless you're talking physiology or genetics. if you have questions, i'd be happy to take a stab at them. feel free to PM me. new material can seem like gibberish until you start to become familiar with it. how soon is the test?



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21 Nov 2014, 9:26 am

إن شاء الله


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24 Nov 2014, 9:46 pm

cathylynn wrote:
woody allen said that 80% of success is just showing up. i majored in biology. there's not tons to understand. it's a matter of memorizing unless you're talking physiology or genetics. if you have questions, i'd be happy to take a stab at them. feel free to PM me. new material can seem like gibberish until you start to become familiar with it. how soon is the test?


The test was about 10 minutes after the post. It turned out to be open book.
The issue is mostly not in the actual material, just a matter of the "presence" in class, typical as issue. Eventually I got sick of dysfunction in the lab, one day we were a microscope short and I stopped functioning right there. Panic attack. It's been about two months since going to the lab. Lectures are fine, I enjoyed and gained from the practicals aside from the issues in class. The first problem I had was learning the nomenclature and organic chemistry in General.
It's been awhile so Im probably rusty on the subject, but after a few weeks I'd grasped it. But I'm nowabout 10 chapters behind and countless lab reports and tests behind. I have They always say that 3 hours of studying is necessary per credit hour, that is another thing I did not take into account


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