Definitely afraid to take this class now!

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<p>Earlier this summer, I posted that I was extremely afraid to take a chemistry class in-person and that I think an online class would probably be a better option since I would be able to learn at my own pace and have a more open schedule.</p>

<p>Well in order to take chemistry with lab online, I requested to be able to have a class opened through my community college's VCT (Virtual College of Texas) coordinator, but in order to have it opened up, we had to have it approved by the lady who teaches chemistry in-person to begin with. The VCT coordinator and I both tried calling and e-mailing her and trying to go talk to her face-to-face for the last three weeks and she never once was there nor did she ever respond to any of our calls and e-mails. This instructor was supposed to be on campus and respond to e-mails anyways since she's been teaching a class all summer.</p>

<p>The VCT coordinator said the next step was to contact the college dean to deal with her and get her to respond to our frequent calls and e-mails. She called the dean to take care of this only for my request to be rejected since the VCT class doesn't offer a comprehensive final.</p>

<p>Have I totally screwed myself over with this chemistry instructor? I'm not even the one who called the dean. The VCT coordinator did. :| I know instructors are supposed to be impartial, but I'm pretty sure that she's gonna have a prejudice towards me since I got her in trouble...</p>

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<p>You really ought to find better things to worry about. Chemistry is a pretty objective subject. You get the equations or you don’t. There’s not a lot of room for interpretation the way there is in a philosophy or history class where they are grading essays. </p>

<p>BTW hundreds of thousands of kids across the country take introductory chemistry classes each year. Works out fine for them. If you really think that you can’t keep up in a regular chemistry class then perhaps you ought to reconsider your major and focus on subjects that do not require classes like that.</p>

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<p>^ I will second that. Gen Chem is a basic course. Do the reading, go to class, take notes in lectures, ask questions. You should be fine if you do that. I would not worry about the instructor. It is water under the bridge at this point.</p>

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<p>Why do you think it would be easier online? “Learning at your own pace” doesn’t always allow you to really move at your own pace. There are still usually deadlines to have homework turned in by, deadlines for testing dates etc. Having an actual lecture component is only going to make it easier, and give you more of a forum for asking questions. </p>

<p>Introductory chemistry is not a hard class, as the others have said. Sure, you have to memorize a lot, and you have to take good notes, pay attention, and study…but it’s not an insanely difficult course.</p>