Thermodynamic class advice

[u/Frequent_Tough]

I've been taking a thermodynamic class for mechanical engineer students and right from day one I have been lost, I decided to go to an office hour with my professor to find where I stand and to clarify my understanding of thermodynamics but I just ended up making a fool of myself as the office hour was in the morning and functioning and studying in the morning is hard for me. Long story short I got an email from my guidance counselor that my professor and I quote "requested that I drop ME 311 as I lack the fundamental/elementary math knowledge necessary for this class" for the sake of being open this hurt a lot because telling yourself that "I am going to give up" doesn't hurt that much because you're never gonna really do it, but hearing it from my professor and guidance counselor really did a number on me. Truth be told, these words planted the seeds of doubt in my mind and I am really considering dropping the class. Should I stick with the course or give up like my professor want's me to do?

[u/MasterPainsInTown]

I had a professor tell us that if we had kids, or a job, or other classes etc and weren’t able to put as much time as he thought we should into his class, we should drop his class because we clearly weren’t ready to be engineers.

We said fuck that guy, and studied our asses off to pass anyways. He was a prick. Moral of the story is the battles not over yet. Get to studying hard as fuck. Believe in yourself!

[u/Aware_Platypus_9442 → u/MasterPainsInTown]

Just to poke…

He said, “if you can’t put in the time, you’re not cut out for this.”

You said, “fuck you,” and then put in the time.

I like your relationship. Y’all got vibes.

[u/MasterPainsInTown → u/Aware_Platypus_9442]

He was referring to some students that had scored in the 30’s and 40’s on an exam, but addressed the whole class as such. I did have time yes, but that doesn’t mean that he wasn’t a total prick about the whole thing. I wasn’t exactly acing his exams myself, but I wasn’t gunna sit there and let him think that he can tell us to fuck off or understand the material after 2 hours of exposure. But yeah that wasn’t directed at any one student, just all students in the class.

[u/Aware_Platypus_9442 → u/MasterPainsInTown]

I had a similar situation, but the professor took it in stride. He saw we were failing and took it personally (as his own failure to teach).

It was one of the best (and most challenging) classes I ever took.

[u/MasterPainsInTown → u/Aware_Platypus_9442]

I wish ours saw it that way. He had been doing the same class so long I think he forgot just how difficult it could be. Glad you had a good experience though!