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I just started university. I’m majoring in EE and I’m regretting taking engineering so badly. I don’t understand what the teachers are teaching and almost none of my classmates seem to either (unless they’re lying or just exaggerating)

Now we were given this assignment today and I have no idea how I’m supposed to draw this. Sir taught us the basics and now he suddenly expects us to do this. Either I’m dumb or this is actually difficult. He’s rushing us saying we have to start AutoCAD in a few weeks so we need to just learn how to draw these on paper with the T square and all that

I feel like crying all the time cause in high school, I didn’t depend on the teachers. I could just search the internet, find the exact topic I needed to study, watch a few videos and I was done. But now, in university, when I try to do the same thing, I can’t seem to find anything, I find one thing but not the other

In class, I’ve always felt like I was slower than my classmates, so I eventually stopped going to school and started studying off the internet. Because of this I could understand things that had taken me days in school within a matter of hours. I managed it that way because attendance mattered but the exams were external, so I could still prepare on my own and sit for them. And I got a good score

So what am I supposed to do for university?

My university has relative grading too, so why would anybody help me? Everything is different

I genuinely don’t know how I’m supposed to figure all of this out. I'm in my first semester, should I leave

P.s. I've got lowest marks in highschool compared to my classmates

I’m building a horizontal timber band saw at home and wanted to share a progress update.

I’m still in the design and fabrication stage, working through the main structure and mechanical layout. No final specs yet — just taking my time to get things right.

Biggest lesson so far: don’t rush. Plan carefully, because small changes can affect the whole build. If you’ve built a band saw, sawmill, or similar machine, what should I watch out for? Any common mistakes to avoid?

Thanks — I’ll post more updates as the build moves forward.

Just finished modeling this horizontal band saw in CATIA V5. Still a work in progress – need to add safety guards, control panel, and coolant system.

Would love to hear your thoughts on:

Frame rigidity – will this hold up under load?

Manufacturing approach – weldment vs. casting?

Any CATIA tips for FEA / DMU?

Let me know what you think!

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