either a single professor ruined my 2 year plan (or maybe I'm just stupid and made a huge mistake)
I'm working on getting an associates in mathematics and I just failed my pre-cal course. I need this class for 3 other math classes required for my degree. My professor is extremely strict and not very helpful. He assigns a shit ton of homework but doing all of it is mostly meaningless because tests + quizzes make up 50% our grade. The tests he assigns us allow us about 2 minutes per question, which I personally think is a little unreasonable given how much math is required (and given that some questions explicitly state to not use a calculator and the tests are proctored so there's no way around it). But apparently ACCORDING TO HIM most people passed with As and Bs (I talked to my classmates and from what they say this is simply not true). He makes me feel like I'm dumb as fuck and not trying hard enough for not finding the answer in 2 minutes to a question that HE HIMSELF SPENDS 6 FUCKING MINUTES ON. I'm beginning to feel like I made a mistake. I chose math as my degree because it has ALWAYS been my strong suit, ever since I was a kid, and up through high school. I want to say the pacing of the class was too much for me but I took a college algebra winter course with a different professor which was far more work at a much faster pace and managed to pull together a B+ final grade (which I think is impressive given the circumstances) I know college algebra and pre-cal are different types of math for the most part but we were given at least 5-6 minutes per question on our tests and my grades were significantly better because I COULD TAKE MY TIME ON QUESTIONS AND DO EVERYTHING RIGHT. I thought I was just going crazy but after checking RMP (which i should have done before registering) and talking with my classmates, it seems that most people also find him to be really unreasonable. I know math is different from other subjects, but for reference my second lowest final grade this semester was a 95 in philosophy. Anyway, I'm just starting to wonder if I made a mistake. No matter how hard I studied (within my time frame) I never got above a 77 on any of his tests. And given that this is the ENTRY LEVEL COURSE REQUIRED FOR MY DEGREE I'm starting to think I should have picked something else. I'm also really freaking out about the idea of suddenly being shit at something I've excelled at my entire life. It feels like something actually just died inside me. I'm also really annoyed by the prospect of having to retake this class when I already barely qualify for FAFSA, work a shit paying job, and the economy is in the 9th circle. Anyway I'm going to end this here purely because one of the rules states to keep things coherent and I fear I'm going to stray from that path very soon if I continue any further.