Feeling scared and nervous

Hi everyone

This is my second semester of college and everything is working out great so far but I’m worried that it may end up being bad in the end and heres why.

First Im now taking secondary level courses which means its basically the same class but now they are going to amp it up a bit and they are going to teach me new things this is good because I will learn more but Im scared that my grades for those courses may not be as strong as the classes before them. Since these next level courses are a bit tougher and I also have a new professor who is teaching one of those courses and he is not as leanient as the previous one in the other course since the previous course from last semester the professor was very understanding and knew I didn’t learn as quickly as the other students in the class. So he was more than happy to work with me to get my grade up. Thanks to his patience and endless help I was able to pass the first level class sucessfully

But now since this is a new semester a new class and a new professor its sometimes hard to meet the new professors expectations. I feel like hes pressuring me to get things done a little bit quicker but I can’t help that I’m a slow learner. Luckily he tends to work with me on most occasions and does give me a little more time but I don’t think he will do to much as far as giving me more options to improve my grade I think that whatever grade I got on any unit test its set done deal cannot be changed whereas the previous professor allowed test corrections in last semesters course.

Anyway my point being is that right now I have a B- in that class which is good but I have a test tommorow that Im studying hard for but Im scared if I do poorly my grade is going to take a nosedive since they aren’t that many tests and those unit tests are worth quite a bit of points. Im honestly not sure what to do. I feel like there is something severley wrong with me that I’m unable to learn the material like everyone else and this makes me sad and depressed a lot. I was sad today also because the pressure was on me to get things done quicker and I felt like I haven’t done much meanwhile everyone else seems like a saint and does everything perfectly without any mistakes it seems like Im the only idiot who can’t do anything right. I really really really wish I wasn’t so freakin slow makes me mad sometimes.

Im sorry if I was a little mean while writing this but I feel like I can’t take this anymore…

Get off the Internet now and go back to studying. Report back tomorrow. I’ll be watching.

It’s not a race. Try not to worry about what others are doing, how they are learning, etc. It has no bearing on how you learn. Keep working hard and keep working with you professors. There’s no way around it, if you want to do well you are going to have to work with what you have and you are going to have to work hard.

  1. A B- is okay

  2. Do you have a documented learning disability? If not, can you get tested? It would be better if you could get official accomodations through the disabilty office.

  3. You are better off than many a sad post I have read here on CC about people appealing their academic dismissal…you realize you have an issue and are working on it.

  4. Read this:
    http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-life/1920853-college-is-a-step-up-from-hs-16-tips-on-doing-well-in-college.html

  5. Use all the resources of your college!! you pay for them!!! Tutors! TAs! Professor Office hours!

  6. Use outside resources too…Khan Academy! Google the topic you are learning about! Books with extra problems!

  7. There are tons of people who are not doing well…you just don’t know about them