Cranberry wrote:I have the highest grade in the class, but I still don't think I'm "good," because I have so much trouble speaking and understanding.
Reading is easiest, but speaking and understanding are more difficult. They take longer, particularly if you're not around people who speak the language.
Students often try to evaluate their progress from the perspective of the final goal, rather than from the immediate goal. That is, they look at how far they still have to go and that diminishes their accomplishments.
What's important is where you are NOW. Week 1, you should have learned what was on for week 1. Week 2, you learn week 2. Week 3, week 3. And so on. As long as you learned that, you're ok.
Everyone starts out slowly. Everybody learns a little bit at a time. Nobody expects you to sound like a native speaker in just a half a semester--all you can possibly do is learn the material that's appropriate for that half a semester. If you do that, you're doing good.
Congratulations. It's an accomplishment.
Even if you do get F's in the rest of your classes, just ignore it and focus on the classes next week and the next. If you have to get tutoring, do so. It is possible to overcome a slump. I don't think you'll get F's, though.
Aren't you going to thank me for doing all that research for you on why you had to refrain from liquids after taking your iodine pill? I went to a lot of trouble to do that, you know.
And, I should mention, I didn't always have that ability, nor did I develop it in half a semester. Far from it. That skill took YEARS. Literally, I have been practicing, oh, ages and ages to get to the point that I could do research like that. I like to keep in practice so that my skills don't get rusty. Anytime you need medical research and data analysis services like that, just let me know. I'm more than happy to assist.
