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Apparently I spoke too soon when I said I was happy about calculus…

That first post was written after only the first day. I am still excited by the passion my instructor has, and I still think I have the chance to do reasonably well in the course, but I’m starting to get pretty scared. As the course continues, it’s becoming painfully obvious that the majority of my classmates (and perhaps all of them) have some basic knowledge that I just don’t have. I’m going to spend as much time as I can today with my calculus book and workbook in the hopes of improving that situation, but it’s scaring me. I’m afraid I’m more behind than I realize and that I won’t be able to catch up. I’ve already decided that I’ll give myself this week of studying with the book/workbook to see how I do on my own, and then if I don’t see significant improvement I’ll talk to the professor.

I know I’m not going to be automatically good at everything, and I know there will be plenty of other courses I struggle with, but it’s freaking me out that this first semester (I can’t help thinking of these classes as easier) is already causing me a problem. Here’s hoping some hard work on my part catches me up enough to make this work.