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avatarlinda
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how can i learn in school if the teacher really dont explain it well??

i need help, some teachers arent teaching well. it gets me mad that it makes me skips school. thats why i hate school but im a 12th grader and want to graduate and go to college i have senior credits but dont know if i can complete and get im credits for this semeter. im scared and need help!!!

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avatarryandoom
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School Policy and Education Issues # of Thumbs Up Received (4)		 I've had classes before where I was not able to relate to the teachers style or comprehend their explanations. The good news is that there are some other options but it takes some courage to seek it out. There are probably a couple geeks in your class that seem to 'get it' no matter how the teacher explains it. I would try to approach one of your classmates to see if they could spend an hour or two with you a week to review some of the homework and assignments with you. It will help them learn the content as well too.

My Freshman year at college I had a teacher that was Russian, his English was terrible. The only way I made it through that math class was from getting help from a couple classmates who for some reason or another just 'got it.' I didn't know them very well, but they were getting good grades so I asked them for help and they said sure.
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avatarBryan.EduGuide
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Top 5 in: Choosing College, Family Activities, School Policy and Education IssuesTop 5 in 3 Topics		 Ask questions. Lots of them. The more you ask the more:

1. You'll get more specific explenations from the teacher about the areas that don't make sense.

2. Your teacher will understand that she needs to adjust how she's teaching because not everyone understands.

3. You'll succeed in life. Even if you don't get good answers, the more you ask questions and the better you get at sharpening them to get the information you want, the stronger you'll be at learning and doing anything you want to in life. Read anyone from Plato to Einstein and you'll find that it was the secret to their success.
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avatarThogek
# of Thumbs Up Received (2)		 The other answers so far make some perfectly good suggestions, and I'd only add to them a bit...

As Bryan says, ask your teacher specifically about whatever is it that you're not clearly understanding from his/her class. Any halfway-decent teacher will respond to any honestly-asked question with an attempt to help, and you should at least give that option a chance. (If your teacher isn't so receptive to questions, that's a sad state, but... see below.) The act of formulating and asking questions also often helps you to clarify some of concepts (or, at least, your awareness of what you're missing) in your own mind, and is a useful exercise in and of itself. :-)

As ryandoom says, ask your fellow students in the class. Hopefully at least some of 'em are getting what's going on, and maybe someone in there won't mind spending a little time helping a fellow student zero in on the same. One of the most valuable skills you will ever learn in school and in life is when to ask for help. There's nothing wrong with asking, and everything wrong with letting the opportunity go by without trying...

If all that doesn't work, keep in mind that you are a high school senior (i.e., not a helpless child) perfectly capable of launching your own information search. Use whatever Internet/Web searches or local libraries or books or tutors or other resources you can get your hands on and look the stuff up and figure it out yourself. Just because the teacher isn't teaching it well enough doesn't mean that you can't go out and get it yourself. Anyone who can learn to looks things up and teach him/herself something can learn anything regardless of the qualities of the teacher running the classroom.

Consider a quote I ran across in a recent article somewhere (wish I could recall where), reflecting on why so many Asian schools and students are seriously surpassing their American counterparts: "In America, teachers are expected to teach. In Asian, students are expected to learn." Learn to learn, and you won't be as dependent on whether the teacher has learned to teach.

Hope some of that helps...

References:
Parents of an eleventh-grader and an eighth-grader.
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avatarEmily
# of Thumbs Up Received (0)		 I had a TERRIBLE teacher last year. She didn't explain what she was doing, then if someone asked a question she said they should have been paying attention, and if they said they were she told them that they probably shouldn't be in that grade, then, because clearly they couldn't follow their grade level's basics. It was pretty awful. Mostly, what you've got to do is follow the book. Ask questions if your teachers will answer them, and if not, see if they'll stay after to help you (that way they'll see that you're really putting in the effort, not just not paying attention). Use the textbook (I would never have survived last year without it!). See if one of your friends understands it. Or, if you can't do any of this you can--gasp!--ask your parents. I know, it sounds almost silly, between the fact that it's been years since they were there, and maybe you don't think they'll be willing to help. But, on the other hand, it's worth a try if the alternative is failing. You may be surprised. Best of luck!
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