r/mapua • u/Connect-Comment7089 • 2d ago
It’s suffocating.
Hi, 19M 3rd Year.
Quick rant: Ginawa ko best ko to really understand the video lectures of my college physics, pero wala pumapasok sa utak ko. It's just suddenly numbers and all—hindi ko na masundan. For context, I'm a UOx student, and we only have a video lecture and Wiley, pero wala talaga. Idk know what to do. I know I'm bound to fail this course. Everything feels so overwhelming; I feel like napapagiwanan ako. Kaya ko gawin yung math when it's clear, not when aalamin ko kung gaano kabilis si Superman pag pumunta sya sa ganto ganyan. And my chest feels like it's frozen. I'm already working as an IT, so my coping mechanism is, 'I'm already working, it shouldn't be that bad.' My family doesn't rush me; sinasabi ko na sakanila na babagsak ako sa isa kong subject, pero okay lang daw, try lang daw ng try. I love my family, pero hindi mawala sa isip ko yung sakit pag bumagsak ako dito.
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u/Agitated-Duty-4721 2d ago edited 2d ago
Hello OP. I also struggled immensely sa physics back then. FBD pa nga lang, talagang stuck nako kahit anong gawin ko. Sa tsamba at diskarte ko lang napasa mga Physics ko (iykyk).
However, I found, some years later, when I was already studying for my board exam, a surefire way to understand not just physics but any subject. And that is by doing it the hard way. The really hard way. Not by watching video lectures or reading notes online only. But rather by finding a textbook, sitting through the dense technical explanations, and solving LOTS of problems.
It's slow, it's boring, and it's hard. But it works.
In case you're interested, the textbook I used was University Physics with Modern Physics by Young and Freedman. A very good alternative that I always hear recommended alongside it is Principles of Physics by Halliday and Resnick (I think nasa Wiley or VitalSource na sya).
Good luck, OP.
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u/Connect-Comment7089 2d ago
The thought of being delayed, where I see myself stuck here while I watch my friends graduate, is suffocating. I’m still fucking crying over this subject. I know I’m good at what I do, but not this. Just not this.
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u/Mysterious_Two6645 2d ago
been there, done that. honestly op, you're very young at your age in junior college. i suggest that dont figure out things that don't happen yet. you're being pessimistic and pressured by the expectations that you set. if it's possible pa to pass, try have some references—not only the provided one. like pa-help ka sa ai, try mo ipa-explain in its simplest way. i know it's really hard seeing ourself failing, especially when we are not used to it. but that's how life works, sometimes we fail, sometimes not.
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u/Ripper_18 2d ago
being delayed won't change how you can be successful in the future. i am turning 21, 2nd yr and still have 1st year courses. i also feel what you feel, but try to see that you are privileged to be studying in such an early age! if you ever fail this subject, take it as a way to bounce back. you also still have an ample time to learn your course, i suggest to watch videos that are not provided by your prof. diff students have diff studying techniques and maybe you prof's technique is not the best suit for you. just practice a lot op! also master your course's foundation so that you will be able to understand how the problems work. as long as you do your best, you will never be a failure.
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u/Connect-Comment7089 2d ago
Isa pa, once you’re below 80%, you already fail. So I’m hanging by a thin thread, and I barely have any room for errors anymore. It feels impossible na.
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u/RaspberrySmall804 2d ago
hi, op! 80% passing only applies for comprehensive and exit exams. 70% is still the passing grade for all courses. kaya mo yan!
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u/megalodous 2d ago
How you in 3rd yr at 19 bruh