I think I am going to skip my last test in my math class today. Why? Last week, I approached my instructor & asked her what I needed to do to pass & after she told me my heart sank.
Basically, I have to get a 90% on the last test & bust an 80% on the final. So when she said that, I was like I can do it so I studied hard like always (with it never really paying off) & now I am like fuck it. I know I am not going to get a 90%, sit I could barley get a 70% on the other tests & the final is a fucking pipe dream.
I feel like an idiot because, I never give up & always find a way to make it through. This class will be a serious blow to my GPA, not to mention the fact that I have to pay my employer back for the tuition advance that I received. I guess since I am making this decision, this will give me time to prepare for my Poli Sci final next Monday, which I am going to pass. I do now know what to do from hear about making up the math class.
I am really trippin’ on this so help me out (show me that I am not alone & a total loser); have you had to drop because you knew the situation was bleak or have to make up a fail class? If yes to either, don’t be shamed. Am I contributing tot the plight of the Black man???
***Note to self: Suite Suzy is going to be pissed & turned off when I tell her of my decision! End Note***
To celebrate my decision, I will be hanging @ The Bosco after some Thai food with Cousin Dee tomorrow night following my volunteer shift at my favorite radio station in the whole wide world; WDET FM. I hope I get a chance to see Ed Love because he is the man & his show is the bomb. If you are a jazz fan, then his program is for you. The show can be streamed online, s bring some of Detroit to your town, bedroom, living room, or where ever you are reading this.
I think I am getting over my decision as I continue to type. See how I went from trippin’ to Jazz. My it’s just me Euphoric Dependent Narcissistic Schizophrenic disorder.
Confessions of a Math Dummy,
Bygbaby
brunsli / April 26, 2006
Dear Math Dummy — Not!
I refuse to believe you’re a math dummy. You’re quite the clever guy.
Right now you have so much going on that’s more important than math — your family, business, job, red boot… and I’m sure the list goes on. But, there’s a math class out there with your A on it, at a better time, with a professor that reaches you. You should get yourself one of these shirts…http://www.dangerousnegrostore.com/
and give yourself a break right now.
And, to answer your question, no, you’re not alone. I dropped biochemistry when I was an undergrad. I refused to memorize the structure and pKa’s of the DNA bases and amino acids. I got a D+ on the first hourly, so whoosh, I dropped it. Now I have a Ph.D. in biochemistry. True story.
i like liquor and tv / April 26, 2006
Math is one of those subjects that require you to stop, think and concentrate. So I agree, you’re not a Dummy, you just aren’t able to concentrate right now.
I’ve never dropped a class, but that was just out of pure laziness.
Bygbaby / April 27, 2006
Brunsli, & Ill&TV,
Thx for your kind words. After letting SS know my plans to not take the test, she reacted as expected & was very supportive in terms of getting me excited to take the test & not give in just yet. Bottom line is, I took the test & bombed it, but I did feel better afterward. I discussed my results with my instructor & she believes that I can make it out with a C-. If so then I think I will be good to move on to the next class in my math series. I am hoping that an advisor will see things my way & let me do it.
I am studying for the final all weekend so things will be on lock down for me pretty much, but I am not going to through in the towel. SS pointed out that I spent like too much time trying to pass to walk away. I should know my result by Tuesday hopefully & will keep you posted.
@ Brunsli, thanks for the link on the shirts!!! I am buying a few tomorrow. They have some really good designs & you know their theme is my thing! Also you got it going on & you sound like a Dangerous Negro. You are a triple threat with; brain blog, beauty….
@ Ill&TV, if I have to take it over then it will only be one class that semester. I am limiting myself to 2 fuck ups with this being one until I graduate.
BTW, I am working on a BA with a concentration in HR,
Peace,
B
i like liquor and tv / April 27, 2006
“you can do it!” – Deuce on Water Boy