I've always been good at math. Not awesome, but at like a higher-than-average level. Then my freshman year of high school I got horrible anxiety, missed a ton of math, and had to come after school to make it all up. I still somehow got a B.
The next year I got a C and just slept through class because the teacher was so non-engaging (we're talking old man with a monotone that let me sit in the back and doodle). The next year I got this teacher that seriously disliked me. I'm not just saying that, even my classmates agreed- he CONSTANTLY picked on me. No matter how hard I tried to focus, I felt like everyone else in the class got it, while I just couldn't for the life of me grasp his teaching style.
Fast forward to Winter semester earlier this year- I enrolled in college algebra and also statistics. I dropped algebra because it didn't fit in my schedule, then totally FAILED my first stat midterm and dropped it because the first midterm was over stuff I learned in high school, and I knew I'd be worse at the new material.
This semester, I re-enrolled in the algebra class (online). I'm doing...okay? But I'm so paranoid. If I don't take it and get a C, I can't take MATH 245 this summer. And if I don't pass stat in the fall, I can't take the next level in the winter that I NEED for my psych degree. I was also in bio online this semester but I just withdrew....I was so screwed. I joined the class two weeks in, missed a bunch of labs, and realized my computer didn't have the plug-in necessary for online lab modules. I was FREAKING OUT.
Now, I'm just desperately trying to pass math...and dreading next semester, or the one after that...or the one after when I have to take my one and only required bio class. I'm so scared. I'm on track to graduate at the end of spring term next year, but these pesky math and science classes are paralyzing me with fear and stressing me out. GAH!!!
What classes drive you insane?
I feel like everything else is cake compared to this...Including wedding planning! (Well, most days)