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NicolaiTheDane
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So I'm at a point with my education, where I'm considering whether I'm actually smart enough to do this.
I'm taking Electromagnetism (using Griffiths 4.) and its just kicking my butt, in ways it has never been kicked before. The expected fluidity with the maths involved, some of which I have never encountered before, while at the same time treating it as trivial, is frustrating beyond belief. Not even mentioning the lack of steps between equation evaluations (not sure what its calling english. I mean where you show the steps you are taking, as you manipulate equations), makes reading pages or examples take several hours.
Its simply to abstract, and expects too much. I don't know what to do. I feel like I'm a haze from I wake till I go to sleep. I cannot think about anything else, yet I can't absorb new information, even in other classes which are relatively easy atm. I feel something like indifferent and terrified at the same time.
Have you guys ever experienced anything like this. Taking a class that got you to the point, where you weren't just afraid you won't understand/pass it, you know it. Did you get over it, or is this the time to quit physics?
I'm taking Electromagnetism (using Griffiths 4.) and its just kicking my butt, in ways it has never been kicked before. The expected fluidity with the maths involved, some of which I have never encountered before, while at the same time treating it as trivial, is frustrating beyond belief. Not even mentioning the lack of steps between equation evaluations (not sure what its calling english. I mean where you show the steps you are taking, as you manipulate equations), makes reading pages or examples take several hours.
Its simply to abstract, and expects too much. I don't know what to do. I feel like I'm a haze from I wake till I go to sleep. I cannot think about anything else, yet I can't absorb new information, even in other classes which are relatively easy atm. I feel something like indifferent and terrified at the same time.
Have you guys ever experienced anything like this. Taking a class that got you to the point, where you weren't just afraid you won't understand/pass it, you know it. Did you get over it, or is this the time to quit physics?
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