<p>That’s not what mathela meant. It’s not self-studying in that sense, but in the sense that a student is working outside of class and not blindly expecting that the teacher will adequately prepare them for the exam. This turnout of scores is not entirely the teacher’s fault. It’s just that none of these students took the initiative to study a review book and take practice tests outside of class. I took Euro as a sophomore, and my teacher didn’t prepare us at all - the class was hell too. It was essentially self-study for me because I was so horrible at history that I couldn’t absorb any instance of useful information he gave us. But, I still got through it and got a 4.</p>