Grades

[HandyAndy]

Yeah, im kinda ****ing up in school right now, i have 2 fails and possibly another one on they way, i do all my work in one class but i still have a poor grade, chemistry is the hardest for me and i have NO IDEA how to do ANYTHING she throws at me, and to top it all off she made a personal desk for me, 5 feet away from the rest of the class, like thats gonna help.:cuss: anyone have any suggestions, Im way smarter than this..

 

[Tyron]

It's all about how much you study. Unless you have mental learning disorder, there's nothing before university that's too hard mentally. You just have to read and be consistent. Even in university, there are only few areas that would be too hard for someone with normal IQ. Trust me, hard work will overcome any obstacle.

When I started high school, 7th year in school, I basically sucked. I was hardly a nerd. Quess what, I got tired of it and knew I can do better. When I graduated 9th grade I was among the best students in our school. What did I do? Studied hard.

"Nothing worhtwhile comes without great effort" -Julius Caesar

 

[HandyAndy]

My problem is getting the work done, in this case completing it is more important to me than understanding it, because when the hell am i going to need chemistry in life? I just want to pass my classes and get my lousy ass 5 credits so i can move on to the next grade.

 

[SmoothTalker]

And that attitude is exactly the reason you're bombing the class. Look man, chemistry (at that level) is NOT hard. I got 99% overall in both grade 11 and 12 chem, and missed about 1/3 of the classes at that. You know how I did that? Because chemistry is an awesome science in that it is extremely logical. This means that there is little that you need to memorize, you just need to understand it. Once you understand, it's very straight forward. (As opposed to say, biology which requires a lot of memorization, or physics, where even though the concepts are straight forward, you can apply them in an extremely complex manner.

Besides, it really isn't as useless as you think, because trust me, odds are very good that at your age you don't really yet know what you're going to do in the future. For all you know, you'll turn around one day and decide you want to pursue a career, and while it probably wont be as a chemist, odds are not too bad that you'll need a chemistry course or two.

Is there anything specific giving you trouble?