My time here at UAB has been a constant challenge. It seems that no matter how hard I tried to reach the top, I come up short. My first semester here came as a shock; I had never failed anything in my life, and now I was facing failing an entire course. The second semester was like the first. I decided to seek help during my third; I was determined not to fail. I went to academic coaching and they told me to just keep doing what I was doing. I studied over eight hours a day, from flash cards to quizlets, from PowerPoints to jeopardy games, from reading the chapters assigned to writing stories to show I comprehended the information. I went to tutoring and they told me, I did not need it, that I clearly understood the information and that I knew
