Ughhh....Microbiology!!

[SmetRN2008]

I'm halfway through the nursing program. The only pre-req I had left was micro. I'm taking it this summer and just started my class last week. I'm an A student, always gotten A's in my biology classes, but this one seems to be overwhelming! I wasn't worried about it until I actually started. To top it all off my instructor is (I think) from India and has a VERY strong accent and I cannot understand half of what he says. Any tips or advice about getting through this? There is SO much reading and to me it's extremely boring. I love reading my nursing books, but this is just not my thing! It takes me hours to read just 10 pages of this stuff and actually understand it. Please help!!

[Nurse-One]

When I started Micro this summer, I came to class thinking I would have THE hardest time in this class since the terms were very different and the professors I had for Lecture and Lab are both difficult. Like one of the earlier post wrote think "I Can do this".

This is the same concept that I had, I took the challenge as something that I would over come and so far its working. I'm doing better in this class then anyother biology class (to my suprise). As far as the professor with the accent, I'm not sure if he uses power point or give notes. But you should ask him to give at least an outline stating the terms that the class should know. Also I usually try to get an idea of what the professor might be like by going to RATEMYPROFESSOR.COM Ounce at the site pick your state and the college and (hopefully) the professor is listed there with comments from students that he had previously. If you feel like the professor will not be your 'type' then you can try to avoid taking there class. Of couse sometimes courses overload quickly and all the difficult professors are left to chose from.

Good luck

[evbella]

I too feel your pain!!! I am takimg micro now, only a few weeks left. I was able to manage A's on the tests taken so far- but this next one is going to be loaded with details, so we'll see.

I dislike this class more than any other I have taken. I am bored/ simply not interested in the material.The professor is not a very good "teacher", super unorganized, and went from presenting material in super slow motion to 100mph in an effort to catch up I guess.

Anyway- I keep telling myself it will be over before I know it.

Best of luck to you

[kafene]

Man, I feel for you. That was one of the classes I really struggled in. I don't think it would have been so bad if I was a full time student, but I was working at the beginning portion of the class and it was a struggle after starting off badly...

Good luck ! I'm sure you'll make it at the end

kafene.