{"id":10338,"date":"2019-10-01T20:26:44","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T00:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=10338"},"modified":"2019-10-02T10:24:39","modified_gmt":"2019-10-02T14:24:39","slug":"i-dropped-calc-ii-feel-like-a-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2019\/10\/01\/i-dropped-calc-ii-feel-like-a-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"I dropped calc II. &#8230; Feel like a failure."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AW10012019-2.jpg\" alt=\"I dropped calc II. It's much easier than what my Chinese peers learn back home. But I have trouble fitting it in schedule and need to protect GPA. Feel like a failure.\" class=\"wp-image-10331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AW10012019-2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AW10012019-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AW10012019-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AW10012019-2-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>I dropped calc II. It&#8217;s much easier than what my Chinese peers learn back home. But I have trouble fitting it in schedule and need to protect GPA. Feel like a failure.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> You&#8217;re not a failure!  It sounds like you made a very rational decision. I hope you got input from your advisor? Also, if you feel a burning need to learn the material covered in calc II (and you might), you can take it later;  this year, or even all your college years, are not your only opportunities. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;re not a failure! It sounds like you made a very rational decision. I hope you got input from your advisor? Also, if you feel a burning need to learn the material covered in calc II (and you might), you can take it later; this year, or even all your college years, are not your &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2019\/10\/01\/i-dropped-calc-ii-feel-like-a-failure\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;I dropped calc II. &#8230; Feel like a failure.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[335,806,558],"class_list":["post-10338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academics","tag-calculus","tag-dropping-classes","tag-failure"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10338"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10365,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10338\/revisions\/10365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}