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I'm a first year student for a math degree. I'm very curious on how good students overcome their bad teachers in the journey of learning and grasping the courses material fully, all in the pressure of the semester.

Assuming many of you went through this roud - how did you overcome this obstacle, while still getting good grades and good understanding of the course material?

What do you think is the importance of good guidance?

I personally feel very discouraged by this fact; Maybe bad teachers are a good thing in the sense that it will filter only the best students who are truly gifted? Maybe only the brightest students should succeed in their journey at understanding the mystery of math at the academic level?

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    Today at least there are tons of resources as an alternative, assuming you are self-motivated. If a teacher is not good, it really brings down the confidence of a student (Personally from what I noticed in my Son's case).2012-05-06
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    Is your question **specifically about mathematics**? Or are you asking sort of **in general**? For the latter this is off topic and should be asked at http://academia.stackexchange.com instead. For the former, please edit to clarify.2012-05-07
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    Converting to Wiki as this is basically asking for a bunch of anecdotes.2012-05-07
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    @WillieWong my question was specifically about mathematics.2012-05-07

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