r/UCalgary • u/benm441 • 1d ago

Math 211

To the people sitting in front of, behind me, and in the same row as me in the 5pm math 211 lecture with dr. Shahada, kindly shut the fuck up. I’m paying to take this class and all you’re doing is distracting me from the lecture content that I paid for with a professor I love. The class is genuinely hard and I’m already working my ass off to be barely passing the first midterm with 53% (thanks anxiety disorder) despite my accommodations. The webwork and the written assignments went decently but after practing my butt off and paying for a tutor multiple times, I’m annoyed. I’ve put a lot of time and energy into this course along with the rest of the draining energy from my other two courses. I genuinely don’t understand why people are talking about math in the math lecture to your seat partner instead of listening to the lecture. It’s infuriating. I have ADHD and am easily distracted by outside stimulus and this is just a cruel joke. Paying attention to the lecture and writing notes was already hard enough and you put this on top.

Not to mention the tedious matrix calculations we have to do entirely by hand, that are prone to mistakes and mean one missed negative sign or a transcription error means you get the entire question wrong and half a page of work is useless.

The math concepts are genuinely beautiful but it’s infuriating that I like math but have trouble with it already and then there’s people in the lecture making it even more difficult despite my trying really hard to just pass the class.

I love the professor. The content is fun when I get it, but I want to cry every time I make a silly mistake because I’ve gone too fast on the question. Like okay but I know that from high school and got feedback like that from past teachers but this university math is a degree of difficulty higher than I’ve ever had and with other circumstances in life, this has been some of the most draining experience ever for me.

Just please shut up and listen to the prof.

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u/TheWoolenPen 1d ago

The chance of them seeing this are super minimal, tell them in person next time, or even better call them out loudly in front of everyone 🥸

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u/Theplumbuss 1d ago

Don’t even have to call them out loudly. But chances are if you say something. Other people around you may be thankful and praise you. Maybe even a potential mate will be woo’ed by your selfless act of heroism.

Godspeed soldier, keep up the good fight.

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u/SprayNo4171 1d ago

lol in my first year i tried channeling to my prof by eye contact and irritated face and it worked😂😂😂he called them out

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u/Unique_Tower3855 1d ago

Shoutout Dr Shahada they don’t love us like you do queen 💔

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u/Unusual_Attorney5346 1d ago

also bit of a side note if you want to save on a tutor go to the math help center! some of the most brilient students I know tutor there for free for students! they saved me when I was doing math 211, it's one of the many reason I sorta miss the class even though it was painful xD

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u/GreatBucephalus 1d ago

Man these two idiots were whispering behind me the whole class, i turned around twice to tell them to shutup. the third time i turned around and stared at the kid and he just looked at me and kept giggling. I could tell his friend was visibly uncomfortable. who the fuck is paying for their tuition

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u/HydrophobicDucks 1d ago

If it's the same two I'm thinking of, istg they're like that every single lecture. Like why even show up at that point if all you're gonna do is yap?