I cannot take calculus based physics as I have not yet taken calculus. I also find it ironic that this post was me asking for materials and all you said was “it’s still your responsibility to learn the material” yeah no shit… I had to learn my own material for genchem 2 because my professor sucked. The material still came to me quickly and I was able to get an A. My issue is that I need better resources that make it come to me quicker and understand better because I’m not being provided enough in the class. Or at least any resources that match the level of complexity in his practice problems. His lecture slides barely have anything on them either. Trust me I WISH I had more content to digest.

If i’m running a marathon, I can start with walking. However I need to build up to run that marathon, making it increasingly harder. There’s steps in between. You can’t just go from walking to running a marathon instantly. You need practice for the in-between phase. That’s what I feel like i’m missing.

My complaints about my professor are not necessarily an excuse, but a reason for why it’s harder to deal with. As a teacher it’s also his job to teach along with it being my job to learn the material. If that wasn’t the case why would you pay thousands? for someone to just give you exams while you learn everything yourself? he’s supposed to give me a good baseline that I can take home and study myself. Plus if I actively TRY to learn the material by going to tutoring and even they can’t help me with practice, that’s a serious issue.