High school senior FAILING Calculus AB. HELP.

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@coolweather

I think this student can do well in calculus, but she may not do well at the moment. There are several factors. Confidence, age, teachers,… A good teacher can make students learning calculus without going through a lot of homework drills. My professor made my calculus class so easy for me. In college, the TAs are also very helpful.

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<p>Yeah, this seems good advice. While I hate advising students to drop classes, I think attempting to understand a course when it’s already really intimidated you, and you feel behind, isn’t productive. </p>

<p>Did you feel that first semester was hard too? If so, then it might genuinely be a bad time to try and catch up, but else, I actually think you can do it. </p>

<p>Best of luck hang in there. </p>

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@Marian

So who’s in the introductory calculus classes at college? The students with LESS mathematical aptitude. Given that, can the professors really make the classes MORE rigorous than those taught in the high schools?

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<p>They can and do make it more rigorous! And, actually this isn’t necessarily true. For instance, the intro calculus sequence at my school is popularly taken by premeds who probably already aced Calculus AB/BC in high school, and now want A’s. So it’s actually harder to do well in than some more advanced classes, at times.</p>