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Yeah, I failed calculus three times because I was working two jobs to support a failing business, and I just had no time to do the assignments. Finally I found

Yeah, I failed calculus three times because I was working two jobs to support a failing business, and I just had no time to do the assignments. Finally I found a class that graded only on the tests and got my A.

Tade0 4y ago
I failed it twice: first because I got too cocky when the previous semester ended without incident. Second was due to the fact that I already had a part time job. On the third attempt I had a different lecturer - an old guy who favoured attendance over anything else and gave the same problems each year. I knew most of the material already, so I got 80% out of that. I learned nothing from that experience though and went on to fail 22 courses over the seven years I spent in college.
- knicholes 4y ago
  Holy cow, that's a lot of dedication and endurance! What kept you going despite the unusually high amount of failures?
  - Tade0 4y ago
    It was actually youth, arrogance and stupidity. The same things also kept me going. After my junior year I found a job through a school friend whom I helped preparing for his exams and from that point on I started weighing whether on a given day I should go to lectures or make money. My family was in a precarious situation financially and I only needed two full days to finance repeating a course, so the choice was obvious at the time. I almost dropped out after two semesters because I failed too many courses (four - two was the limit after the first year), but I talked the dean out of deciding to kick me out - we had that option back in the day. I spent the remainder of my time on what you could consider a Performance Improvement Plan - took 14 courses for the third semester, failed three, but thanks to that I was just three short starting the fourth, which was acceptable. Four years of winging it like that and after a total of five years(instead of the planned four) I had my Bachelor of Engineering degree. In hindsight I should have not went to do a Master's Degree because I never finished my thesis due to not being satisfied with the scope(or the lack of it).
- pmarreck 4y ago
  I hesitate to ask this and have zero judgment implied when I ask it- Did you realize later that you may have had ADHD?
  - Tade0 4y ago
    I never went for an assessment but it's possible, considering I was fired multiple times throughout my career - also a common sign.
    - pmarreck 3y ago
      I'd suggest doing so. Also a sleep study to see if you have sleep apnea, because it also results in frequent job changes. I unfortunately have both (although both are now being managed and my stability has hugely improved). There was a lot of drama before the diagnoses, and I'm still working through having taken it personally...

Tade0 4y ago

I failed it twice: first because I got too cocky when the previous semester ended without incident. Second was due to the fact that I already had a part time job. On the third attempt I had a different lecturer - an old guy who favoured attendance over anything else and gave the same problems each year. I knew most of the material already, so I got 80% out of that. I learned nothing from that experience though and went on to fail 22 courses over the seven years I spent in college.

knicholes 4y ago
Holy cow, that's a lot of dedication and endurance! What kept you going despite the unusually high amount of failures?
- Tade0 4y ago
  It was actually youth, arrogance and stupidity. The same things also kept me going. After my junior year I found a job through a school friend whom I helped preparing for his exams and from that point on I started weighing whether on a given day I should go to lectures or make money. My family was in a precarious situation financially and I only needed two full days to finance repeating a course, so the choice was obvious at the time. I almost dropped out after two semesters because I failed too many courses (four - two was the limit after the first year), but I talked the dean out of deciding to kick me out - we had that option back in the day. I spent the remainder of my time on what you could consider a Performance Improvement Plan - took 14 courses for the third semester, failed three, but thanks to that I was just three short starting the fourth, which was acceptable. Four years of winging it like that and after a total of five years(instead of the planned four) I had my Bachelor of Engineering degree. In hindsight I should have not went to do a Master's Degree because I never finished my thesis due to not being satisfied with the scope(or the lack of it).
pmarreck 4y ago
I hesitate to ask this and have zero judgment implied when I ask it- Did you realize later that you may have had ADHD?
- Tade0 4y ago
  I never went for an assessment but it's possible, considering I was fired multiple times throughout my career - also a common sign.
  - pmarreck 3y ago
    I'd suggest doing so. Also a sleep study to see if you have sleep apnea, because it also results in frequent job changes. I unfortunately have both (although both are now being managed and my stability has hugely improved). There was a lot of drama before the diagnoses, and I'm still working through having taken it personally...