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So today has pretty much been one of the worst days of my life.
I am in college (I just finished my freshman year) and I had to take a precalc class over this summer to continue on my track in school. I have been working diligently with my brother tutoring me and today I finally finished the work load of the week. However, when I refreshed the page, it said I had 46 more topics to learn in ~20 hours or I would not get credit.
Evidently the professor randomly moved the schedule by one week within 2 hours today, which I am pretty sure isn't even legal. Now I am doomed and there is actually no way I can catch up, and I cannot continue taking the class. The consequence of this bad luck of mine is that now I would be a year behind at my university.
I informed my parents of what happened, and they are hell-bent on me finishing in 4 years OR ELSE. My parents are extremely conservative and everything with them seems like an ultimatum. My mom basically said I am screwed and they aren't going to pay for my college anymore unless I resort to going to college for an associates and move out ASAP.
This has left me in quite the uncomfortable position. As if it isn't bad enough that this happened to me, and that I can no longer continue college at the same rate as my friends that I have grown close to over the past year, I have my parents yelling at me for situations that are quite literally out of my hands.
This is more or less a plea than anything.. I need advice..anything.
I don't know what to do, I have been pretty sheltered my whole life and my mom thinks I just throw away my time on the computer, when really I am trying to learn crap and make her and my father proud of me.
I really don't want just a 2 year degree, and I have been rejected by my school that I asked to give me precalc credit since I passed precalc and calc in high school with a B+ or better, and I got a C+ in discrete math in college.
Everything has basically crumbled and I have been forced to make some of the hardest decisions of my life today, and over this weekend.
If you guys have any advice on what I should do, please help me.. I cannot afford to live on my own at 19 with no job at the moment. I also want to be with my brother until he moves off to college in about two years. I have protected him my whole life, but it seems us older brothers always get the crap end of things.
Note that continuing the class is literally unreasonable and I cannot do so, so please do not suggest that in advice.
Thanks and I hope to hear from you guys...
- InseKt
TLDR; 19, fucked in college, and idk what to do with my future.
 
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um i think you should just check with the professor first if the schedule just randomly changed might be just a mistake.
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On May 25 2012 11:12 iamperfection wrote:
um i think you should just check with the professor first if the schedule just randomly changed might be just a mistake.
i did and she basically said in a polite way "youre fucked"
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On May 25 2012 11:12 InseKtSC2 wrote:Show nested quote +On May 25 2012 11:12 iamperfection wrote:
um i think you should just check with the professor first if the schedule just randomly changed might be just a mistake. i did and she basically said in a polite way "youre fucked"
why unless you were reading the schedue wrong all along teacher cant and usally dont do that. If the teacher did it to everyone in the class get your class mates to bitch 2 the teacher will lesson. last resort go over the teachers head.
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On May 25 2012 11:15 iamperfection wrote:Show nested quote +On May 25 2012 11:12 InseKtSC2 wrote:On May 25 2012 11:12 iamperfection wrote:
um i think you should just check with the professor first if the schedule just randomly changed might be just a mistake. i did and she basically said in a polite way "youre fucked" why unless you were reading the schedue wrong all along teacher cant and usally dont do that. If the teacher did it to everyone in the class get your class mates to bitch 2 the teacher will lesson. last resort go over the teachers head.
Trying this, calling the university tomorrow.
There is basically 0 communication between other classmates and I because we don't really get to see who else is taking the course.
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On May 25 2012 11:16 InseKtSC2 wrote:Show nested quote +On May 25 2012 11:15 iamperfection wrote:On May 25 2012 11:12 InseKtSC2 wrote:On May 25 2012 11:12 iamperfection wrote:
um i think you should just check with the professor first if the schedule just randomly changed might be just a mistake. i did and she basically said in a polite way "youre fucked" why unless you were reading the schedue wrong all along teacher cant and usally dont do that. If the teacher did it to everyone in the class get your class mates to bitch 2 the teacher will lesson. last resort go over the teachers head. Trying this, calling the university tomorrow. There is basically 0 communication between other classmates and I because we don't really get to see who else is taking the course.
If your taking te class online through blackboard or something you can definatly contact them.
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Korea (South)11586 Posts
You can probably take a precalc class at a community college and transfer it for credit. If you're from the states, most universities don't start fall semester until mid/late august so you should be able to get a 5-6 week precalc class and finish it in time.
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How were you behind 46 lessons period? Seems a bit like your fault for being behind imo.
I would plea the teacher, not TL at this point. Admit your fault and talk about how you're having difficulty with the subject and trying hard. Tell her about your college plans and home situation. Then beg for the lowest passing grade, so you can move onto your next curriculum.
Unless the teacher is mental in moving up the schedule (doubt it for some reason here), there is no point of going over her head. That will just piss her off. Plus her explanation to the dean will easily go over yours.
Go to her and beg son. Pride out the window for now. Get your passing grade. Never take a class with her again.
(Or maybe you can promise her you will retake the class after receiving the passing grade. Try to be flexible in the solution. But you've got to do it all face to face with the prof. Phone call and email shenanigans accomplish nothing.)
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Canada13389 Posts
You know, you could get your brother to get you passing grade and then you work on the 46 topics yourself.
Also, I doubt that the prof would add 46 topics out of the blue. This would effect the whole class and the whole class would ostensibly fail. Something is up and you definitely either missed something or are not telling us the truth.
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46 topics? In one week? That alone sounds fishy. Are you sure that you didn't slack off and not do the hw all semester? I highly doubt the book even has 46 chapters. You may need to post more details. The one thing I've learned in college is this: never fall behind in your work. Time management is definitely a major key toward finishing your degree. I'm in my 5th year of college and I'm only a junior. I have an AA and an AS, but don't sweat it. Be diligent and set a schedule next time. It's not going to be the end of the world of you don't finish on time. Since it appears that you don't have a job, I highly recommend taking 5 or 6 classes instead of the typical 4.
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On May 25 2012 11:29 PassionFruit wrote:
How were you behind 46 lessons period? Seems a bit like your fault for being behind imo.
I would plea the teacher, not TL at this point. Admit your fault and talk about how you're having difficulty with the subject and trying hard. Tell her about your college plans and home situation. Then beg for the lowest passing grade, so you can move onto your next curriculum.
Unless the teacher is mental in moving up the schedule (doubt it for some reason here), there is no point of going over her head. That will just piss her off. Plus her explanation to the dean will easily go over yours.
Go to her and beg son. Pride out the window for now. Get your passing grade. Never take a class with her again.
(Or maybe you can promise her you will retake the class after receiving the passing grade. Try to be flexible in the solution. But you've got to do it all face to face with the prof. Phone call and email shenanigans accomplish nothing.)
the 46 topics are what we should have been doing after friday, its 30-50 topics a week
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On May 25 2012 11:39 ranshaked wrote:
46 topics? In one week? That alone sounds fishy. Are you sure that you didn't slack off and not do the hw all semester? I highly doubt the book even has 46 chapters. You may need to post more details. The one thing I've learned in college is this: never fall behind in your work. Time management is definitely a major key toward finishing your degree. I'm in my 5th year of college and I'm only a junior. I have an AA and an AS, but don't sweat it. Be diligent and set a schedule next time. It's not going to be the end of the world of you don't finish on time. Since it appears that you don't have a job, I highly recommend taking 5 or 6 classes instead of the typical 4.
positive. its 6 chapters and there are about 400 topics they teach
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Change your major into something else. You're a goddamn freshman, soon to be sophomore, you SHOULD have absolute shitloads of extra elective space... Just overload other semesters.
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Talk to the professor, talk to your advisor at your college anyone in a position of authority. And demand answers.
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Do as many of the 46 topics you can right now, until the supposed due date locks you out or whatever. Then send an email to your teacher detailing your actions. Tell her you made an honest mistake and only recently figured out that there were an additional 46 topics to learn, and that you are working through them as quickly as you can. Ask her if you can have three extra days to finish learning the rest of them, and tell her you will begin working on the supposed next 46 in days 4-6 after your three day extension.
If you've been working so hard, your teacher will notice that. If she doesn't give you extra time you have to bite the bullet and take the loss for making a mistake. I don't think failing 10% of the topics automatically guarantees that you get a failing grade for the entire course. Be reasonable and work hard. If you have to suck it up, take it as a lesson that simple mistakes often have huge consequences.
People are people. If now is the time that you learn how to manipulate others for your own benefit, so be it.
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I think you definitely need to talk to your teacher. If you haven't asked for an extension all quarter and have doing the work I'm sure she will give it to you. Listen to what the people above have said.
On another note, you need to sit down and talk to your parents. There is nothing wrong with taking 5 years to finish college and your parents need to realize that. Also why would failing one class set you behind a whole year. The only thing that has a pre-req for precalc is calc. If you really need to just take one class during the summer next year to catch up. Unless your taking classes in the summer as well.
Honestly, sit your parents down, there giving you uneeded stress which is hurting your progress. Tell them your trying to make them proud, and give them some statistics about college students. Only half of college students that start graduate or something. If you can show them your grades provided their good and prove your point I don't think they will be to mad.
GOOD LUCK
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Wait a minute, the professor randomly increases the # of topics you need 2 learn in one week by an insane amount?
By not passing one class you will be behind one year?
Am I missing something here?
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Korea (South)11586 Posts
On May 25 2012 15:47 tests wrote:
Wait a minute, the professor randomly increases the # of topics you need 2 learn in one week by an insane amount?
By not passing one class you will be behind one year?
Am I missing something here?
This.
If I'm not mistaken, the majority of my freshman / sophomore year was taking random classes that didn't do anything for my major (Finance). I took 3 sciences, american literature, creative writing, english gen eds, history, psychology, sociology, political science, etc... My first 2 years was filled with intro classes. My mathematics (precalc/business calc) just had to be done by the end of my sophomore year.
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What is this... I don't even...
Online course? Is it an exam? Why would you not get credit?
If its an exam... just skim the topics? How can they tell you haven't "learned" the other 46 topics?
If you've taken calc and precalc before shouldn't you know most of it?
...what??
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One week's worth of online homework definitely won't kill you in a class unless you were on the border of being fucked to begin with. Just push a little harder to catch up on the current rushed material and move on to the newer stuff. You said you've taken this before, you should be just fine powering through. If you don't make it through all the topics that just got added, so what, sac them and move on to the next shit and do well on exams to make up for it. I really can't see how missing 46ish/400 topics could ruin you.
What are you taking next year that's taught so infrequently that failing this one precalc puts you behind a year? I thought it was common that lower level classes get taught pretty much every quarter/semester, seems like at worst you'd be pushed back just a little bit, then you just do as other people said and overload a little bit one term to make up for it at some point.
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I'll give you an example of shit going majorly bad, that might make you feel better.
A guy I used to know back in 2005, was about to hand in his final dissertation in Oxford University. His whole work, which took almost a year to do, was on the computer which was shared by his trusted friend.
The night before the hand-in deadline, his friends' girlfriend completely fucked the computer and the whole dissertation was lost. The guy noticed it the next morning and pleaded the professors to show mercy as this essentially fucks his whole grade. As you would expect that didn't happen and so 3 years in Oxford which would guarantee him jobs for the rest of his life, were gone. He graduated with the lowest mark and was forced to do a Masters (out of his own pocket) to cover it up.
Talk about fuck-up huh.
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precalc affects my calculus course and if i dont have precalc i also cant take my one SE class. now usually one would think that puts me only a semester behind, but the way my retarded school scheduled it, the courses that i would have taken in the fall, they do not have available for the spring. = i have to wait until the next year (fall) to do them = i will be 2 semesters behind in my major courses.
I am majoring in SE for those that asked.
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On May 25 2012 22:44 Psychobabas wrote:
I'll give you an example of shit going majorly bad, that might make you feel better.
A guy I used to know back in 2005, was about to hand in his final dissertation in Oxford University. His whole work, which took almost a year to do, was on the computer which was shared by his trusted friend.
The night before the hand-in deadline, his friends' girlfriend completely fucked the computer and the whole dissertation was lost. The guy noticed it the next morning and pleaded the professors to show mercy as this essentially fucks his whole grade. As you would expect that didn't happen and so 3 years in Oxford which would guarantee him jobs for the rest of his life, were gone. He graduated with the lowest mark and was forced to do a Masters (out of his own pocket) to cover it up.
Talk about fuck-up huh.
.... Why not just recover the data? You'd have to completely format or zero fill the disc to make it unrecoverable, there are places that will do it for a few hundred bucks. I'm guessing being a few days late wouldn't be that big of a deal.
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Dude what kind of response are you hoping to get? Try your best and if its literally impossible maybe other students are havin the same problem? I find it hard to believe your professor would screw over hundreds of students, parents would complain and students would complain. If its just you thats in trouble then clearly you're doing something wrong. Plead with your professor, make a strong case with a few friends, get a sick note, do something.
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Something tells me you're not giving us all the details...
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