Ask Anything on Sidechat | I’ve always been a good student in terms of grades. Hardly ever get C’s, only once got a D. Now I’m in college and I currently have a professor with a thick Indian accent that’s currently failing me. It’s too late to switch out. How do I get around this?

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I’ve always been a good student in terms of grades. Hardly ever get C’s, only once got a D. Now I’m in college and I currently have a professor with a thick Indian accent that’s currently failing me. It’s too late to switch out. How do I get around this?

Anonymous 13w

I’m sorry but if you’ve ever gotten Cs or Ds you are not a good student. And tens of thousands of students learn from people with Indian accents every year. You just buckle down and deal with it. I do understand it’s harder to learn from someone with a thick accent, but you aren’t being failed because of his accent. If that were the case everyone would be failing and he’d get canned. Just take the class.

Anonymous 13w

The more you’re exposed to the accent, the more you’ll understand it. I had a lab assistant last semester with a really thick accent, a month in I could understand him perfectly. If they teach lecture, there’s a good chance the info is online something and video lectures from other professors are on YouTube.

Anonymous 13w

I’ve never heard a good student who’s gotten a D even once.

Anonymous

#1 13w

The first sentence of your comment is one of the dumbest fucking things ive ever read

Anonymous

#5 13w

Chill out that’s not the point of the post

Anonymous

#6 13w

She’s doing something incorrectly if he’s failing her

Anonymous

#5 12w

Sure, which is why he’s asking for help/advice!

Anonymous

#5 12w

The D I got was from a computer typing class. I suffer from dyspraxia. Typing on a computer keyboard like normal people do is physically impossible for me. I guess that makes me a bad student for getting a D once in middle school.

Anonymous

#1 12w

Ah, so I’m a bad student if I’ve ever gotten a C? Understood. Thanks for the ‘just deal with it’ advice. That’s exactly what I wanted to hear.

Anonymous

#4 12w

Thank you for offering actual advice.

Anonymous

OP 12w

I don’t care if you got a D or not.

Anonymous

#5 12w

Clearly you do if you’re replying to me. :)

Anonymous

OP 12w

I’m just being nice replying. That’s it. Doesn’t affect my life

Anonymous

#5 12w

You call that being nice? Yikes. Maybe next time consider actually offering advice.

Anonymous

OP 12w

Anonymous

OP 12w

Maybe try not to guilt trip people. There’s your advice.

Anonymous

#5 12w

How am I guilt tripping you? No one is forcing you to respond lol.

Anonymous

#2 12w

It’s true? I didn’t say it means you’re stupid. But getting a D and occasional C’s is like the definition of being an average student

Anonymous

#1 12w

Girl if you only ever got As that means you never tried/were challenged. You live an extremely sad life if you think someone being challenged and trying harder is a sign of weakness, and i shudder to think what youll think when you start struggling at something.

Anonymous

#2 12w

That’s an extreme reach lol

Anonymous

#1 12w

And you dont think calling someones entire academic career bad because they got one C or D isnt? Girl.

Anonymous

#2 12w

You’re still reaching! Idk why you are so up in arms. All I said is that Cs and Ds are average grades and do not make a good student. I didn’t suggest anything about it being a sign of weakness or bad. Lots of people are very smart and make average grades and are very successful. It is not a big deal.

Anonymous

#1 12w

Girl your whole argument is proof enough that you were never properly challenged lmao… good god i cant wait for life to actually make you try for once. Have fun being a failure !

Anonymous

#1 12w

If youve ever made mistakes youre a bad person. If youve ever gotten a C youre a bad student. If youve ever done anything remotely imperfect youre a lost cause. Ah yes a very healthy, normal mindset.

Anonymous

#2 12w

I feel that you are projecting something bc I didn’t say any of these things ur claiming, and not that I need to prove it but I’m doing fine lol that doesn’t really make any sense. Ur placing a lot more weight on my comment than what was intended or reasonable... I hope you’re all good

Anonymous

#1 12w

Please say this is just ragebait. If youre really too dense to understand your own argument. I dont know who tf gave you a passing grade in english but they need to be banned from teaching LMAO

Anonymous

#2 12w

Again I literally didn’t say any of those things, nothing in my comment said they’re a bad person or a bad student or lost cause? I don’t know what ur issue is but it’s not with me

Anonymous

#2 8w

I don’t know why they’re acting as if you’re just creating lies against them when they literally said ‘if you’ve ever gotten Cs or D’s you’re not a good student’. Which is the equivalent of saying ‘if you’ve ever gotten anything other than a B or A, you’re a bad student’. But I appreciate you pointing out the redundancy in their replies.

Anonymous

OP 8w

That is not equivalent to me and not what I meant. Not everything is good or bad