D for Effort in Honors Physics

hyunsook
Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:38:12 +0000

So I’ve failed a quarter essentially. By failing I mean <65 if grading is out of a 100. I’ve found out my teacher curves just yesterday. I have no idea at this point what my grade will be. I would like suggestions for how to do better. My parents are convinced I somehow ****ed off the teacher and didn’t listen to him. I know they’re wrong. In fact today I attended two physics classes (another section with the same teacher).

I’m doing damage analysis and here’s what I have so far:

1. I feel that rewriting a day’s worth of classnotes in bigger text with color and drawings is easier. I can more easily identify which parts of the lesson are not very intrinsic or intuitive for me.

2. I do the HW, but I’m never sure if I’m right. I guess the remedy is to do more problems. Perhaps I don’t really have a firm grasp on the topics? To help this I read the entire textbook before my class and did the textbook problems, I still have questions. I guess going to my teacher/TAs would be the only solution.

3. I freak out on tests. I have no idea what to do here. The only thing I can think of is lack of sleep. When I do my test corrections, I can do them without any help. I don’t really know how to fix this problem.