keeptryin

Is anyone else strugling with statistics?? I am a reasonably intelligent woman, but wow, I'm so lost! Our professor has a unique way of lecturing...He doesn't. From day one, he started class by asking us questions about the text. For instance, something like..." what is meant by standard deviation?" Then he takes a few guesses, and when no one answers correctly he yells, "Come on people! Haven't you ever heard of this stuff? That's scary. Well,I'm not going to tell you, you need to research this. I promise it will be on the test!" And then the next topic is presented in the same way. He yells and calls us all morons! ( I'm starting to think he might be right... I just don't get this stuff). I had an A untill this last test, ( I do ALOT of independent study, and research, trying to learn it) which was a 70! I have met with him a few times, and he's been good about that, but I really am having a hard time grasping the concepts. However,I can handle the math part. So, I guess what I want to know (after that long rant...) is , Any one else feel my pain? Any tips to get me through the last test? And does any one actually retain the info they learned once the class is over? I can't tell you what I learned last week...