After not doing that well on a chemistry quiz last week, I have been rethinking the whole majoring in geology scenario. Maybe I don't have the aptitude I thought I had for the natural sciences.
The only other fields of study that I have any interest in that aren't as math/science-intensive are IT or architecture, but they will take longer to finish than the geology degree. Yet if I continue my geology degree, I am worried that I will keep struggling.
Tim
Tim,
Get used to it. College is about struggling. If you were top of your high school class, so were they. College is a different gene pool entirely. Can't tell you how many quizzes I did poorly on and I still ended up with a fairly respectable end cum. That is just the nature of it. If you like Geology, continue to go for it. Don't go feeling you need to change your whole life's direction over one quiz, or two or three for that matter. If you fail in some required courses come end of semester, THEN reassess. Study groups are a decent way to make friends, or at least friendly acquaintances, by the way. I'm guessing you are not the only one who did poorly on that quiz. Mom
Worse yet, my lab session is on Monday nights and everything got thrown off because of the Labor Day holiday.
And every Monday, there is a pre-lab assignment, and I had to study for three other classes as well, and I couldn't get everything done in a timely manner. And my pre-lab assignment is late, and my instructor does not accept late work.
On the quiz, there were some things that were on there that I was supposed to have learned in Chemistry 1, but I took Chemistry 1 at another college and they didn't teach me the material in question. So I am being cheated out of a good grade because I took Chem 1 at another institution.
I contacted the Disability Support Services at my college to see if they can help me.
Tim
The people in disability support services said that they couldn't give extra time for assignments, only tests. So I AM going to get a zero for at least one assignment.
Tim
My only options for my chemistry course are: drop or fail. And I can't do either because I am trying to graduate at a certain time, so I can (a) be a geologist, (b) live in Seattle, and © make a lot of money to meet an single NT woman's criteria, because it's easier than trying to find another Aspie to date.
Tim
And my instructor even admitted that he doesn't teach his evening classes normally, like he does with his daytime courses.
Yet this was the only time that General Chemistry 2 was even offered.
Tim
Tim, talk to a counselor at school. If you changed majors, what new ajor would most efficiently incorporate the classes you've already taken?
That I don't know.
Tim
I ended up dropping the course. It turned out that many people had problems with that particular professor. If I still want to do geology, I would defer Chem II until the spring, and see if I can get a better professor.
Tim
Good thinking. It is very common for tests to be marked hard at the beginning to "weed out" a lot of people. I don't think it is particularly ethical and believe it is better to have somewhat more stringent entry criteria to begin with. The damage this kind of thing must due to vulnerable students is incalculable.
It's better to do a course that you really love than continually struggle on with one that you don't. Given how much you have to pay in Uni Fees, it is pointless to do something you hate because then you get to my age (which I won't say) and then regret not doing what you really wanted.
Sounds as if there isn't much disability support at your college. Another option is studying by correspondence but I don't know how feasible it would be for you.
Mate you have just been emotionally knocked but this new move so hard that you don't know up from down. Change is not easy add harder when things don't magically work for you. You are going to have to make this thing work by yourself because no teacher, friend or room-mate has the investment in it that you have. Get on with it and don't focus on how you could fail or not get things right. Focus on how you can succeed. Even if succeeding is just passing and settling in because at present you are unfocused and stressing about everything. Find a focus and don't try and set the world on fire. One step at a time you will get there Tim. I have faith in you to make the right choices for you.
Yes, and maybe geology isn't it or maybe it is. At least if others have had trouble with the same professor, it means it's no reflection on yourself (not that it would have been anyway). I'd also suggest not thinking too far into the future (because who knows what's going to happen then) and just take a day at a time (or even an hour at a time).
After not doing that well on a chemistry quiz last week, I have been rethinking the whole majoring in geology scenario. Maybe I don't have the aptitude I thought I had for the natural sciences.
The only other fields of study that I have any interest in that aren't as math/science-intensive are IT or architecture, but they will take longer to finish than the geology degree. Yet if I continue my geology degree, I am worried that I will keep struggling.
Surprised no-one else has mentioned this yet, but IT and architecture are math-intensive, and might require you take chem II or otherwise physics I & II. They're both probably more math-intensive than geology, although at some colleges IT perhaps isn't.
Talk to your advisor. Your tuition is paying for their salaries, so might as well use them. Btw, sometimes an introductory class can be hard, but once you get the hang of the subject, later classes can be relatively easy.
I think only computer science requires Calculus 1-2. MIS usually requires business math. Architecture requires Calculus 1, and physics 1, not sure about physics 2.
Tim
Tim, does your university offer a forensics or anthropology degree? You might enjoy something like that and they both use science but might not be as difficult as your current degree.
Tim, does your university offer a forensics or anthropology degree? You might enjoy something like that and they both use science but might not be as difficult as your current degree.
No, I don't think my college offers those degrees.
Tim
Aw, that's a bummer. Well, do they offer anything more in the humanities side of things?
Psychology and sociology are the only two things in that category. The nearest larger schools are the University of North Texas, UT Arlington, and the University of Oklahoma.
Tim