So, I know everyone expected my first blog in almost 2 months to be positive and I was expecting it to be. But today I got my grade back for my most recent assignment in Introduction to Programming Logic and it dropped my grade in that class from a 99 to an 81. It shocked me because I thought I was starting to understand what the teacher was teaching. I had a 4.0 GPA up until this last grade and now I'm worried about losing focus and motivation because of one bad grade. School is everything to me right now but I'm so scared of this Computer Programming class that my brain has shut off and won't allow anything that has to do with programming to enter it. How do I fix this?
This is supposed to be an intro class but because our semesters are only 5 and a half weeks long we have a lot of information to cover. Because of this they try to shove it inside our brains quickly and don't give us much time to actually learn it. For people like me, people who have never done any computer programming in their life this stuff is hard. My instructor is teaching the class as if we already understand the logic behind programming. It's just stressing me out that's all. There are 4 weeks left in the semester and it looks like I'll be spending most of my days researching and teaching myself how to program because I'm not learning a thing in this class. I've watched the live chat session archives over and over again trying to pick up on my instructor's hints but I guess I'm just oblivious to them.
All I'm looking for is a little positive support and a push in the right direction so I can get my grades back on track. I won't allow myself to give up don't worry. I'm just worried that's all but with a little motivation, focus, and support I can get this back on track. It's not the end of the world. I can come back from this.
