I feel like an intellectual failure

@boobagins Said

I remember that being the case to my physics I class. Very very very math intensive and I ended up bombing the first test. But once I figured out what the teacher wanted, I was better able to handle the class and went from there to taking Physics II and III.

My Bio AP class in high school was the same. Got recommend for it by another teacher, went in there and got flabbergasted by the amount of math that was involved. I dropped that class mainly because it was my senior year, I didn't need any more sciences and I wanted my senior year to be breeze for the most part. Ending up switching that class for like rec games or something, I just needed an elective.

But...usually professors often times scare you the first day of class. They thrust you in there just what the general student population's knowledge is like coming into it.

It's what most of my "tough" professors always seem to do. They do it to find out who is a serious student and who isn't. They want to squeeze out the "drop outs" quickly, but don't' lat it be a discouragement.

Go talk to your professor, see how other students felt in the class. I don't think you should give up on it until you have a few more classes to see if it eases up and your questions clear up.