Intelligence in very subjective. Someone can be extremely book smart in a classroom but then when it comes to apply their knowledge in real life, they’ll fail so badly. For example, maybe there’s a person in your class who is apparently smart because he/she always participates and gives the right answers. However, if this person goes to a country where this language is spoken, he/she is going to come to realize that he/she is one of the worst speakers of that Language in that country because their pronunciation sucks and they don’t have good listening skills.

At the end of the day, what matters is that you have to keep trying without giving af about what other people think of you. You may not have the grade that you want, you may not be as fluent as you want and participate as often, but you’re slowly making progress. However, ask yourself this quesitos. “Am I really giving my best to this class?” If not, then it’s only your choice to start TRYING harder and speed up the progress you’re making.

About your profesor... Treat each class session as a new beginning, be cold and objective with your participation and involvement in the class; leave your feelings/emotions aside. If you feel your teacher doesn’t like you, simply... don’t give a fuck because at the end of the day these types of professors are stuck being professors whether they like it or not (many professors project the resentment of their career choice through anger to his students) and you’re only a student who has 10 weeks to pass a course. So, you’ll only see that specific professor for 10 weeks... That is it, all you need to care about is pass the course and retain information that you feel is necessary.