Posted on 09/19/2002 10:43:03 AM PDT by Nataku X
Hello Freepers, I am a new, full-time graduate student in a masters' computer science student.
Due to the nature of my disability, I cannot keep up at all during lecture. This school does not provide the same services I used to get through undergraduate school (and no school that I know of offering a MS in Computer Science provides this service).
Homework and projects have not been a problem, and book material has not been a problem. However, in 3 out of my 4 classes, roughly 1/3 of the grade comes from the midterm, 1/3 of the grade comes from the final, and only 1/3 comes from the programming projects/homework.
In short, I am very scared about my grades. There are no quizzes and no other tests, so I have no idea what to expect from the professor until midterm day--and I am guessing that a good portion of the midterms/finals depend on what is being said in lecture.
In short, all these fears of being forced to drop out has came on the top of sometimes-overwhelming depression, and I'm not doing so great these days. Just please pray for me, I don't know who else to turn...
Let go and let God.
I can't see why a professor couldn't give you the 'notes' for lecture class or use an overhead projector more as a visual for you... something like that.
Good luck really with speaking to the disability service at your school. I'm sure they can work this out for you, it's one of those problems that is definitely solveable if people take the necessary steps and time to work it out.
It's certainly worth it, and I can't see why it won't work out!
Prayers said for you, that God will show you the way to succeed! :)
Best Wishes
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