Why can't I understand my accounting teacher in class?
Classroom lessons often fail to click in real-time, leaving beginners lost and quickly falling behind. While concepts remain confusing during the actual lecture, studying the exact same topics through outside videos later makes them make sense. This disconnect prevents students from keeping up with the course pace and figuring out where to improve.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Searching for external study resources, YouTube channels, and alternative notes
- 2Watching YouTube lectures at home to relearn topics after class
- 3Watching YouTube videos to learn the material yourself before teaching it
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I genuinely struggle to understand what my teachers are saying during class.”source ↗
“somehow the information just doesn't click while I'm actually sitting in the classroom.”source ↗
“When I get home, I can watch YouTube lectures on the exact same topic and understand it much better.”source ↗
“I am not that strong in the curriculum that I am teaching at all it is not my strong suit at all. I barely understand it.”source ↗
“I exist in a depression spiral in my way to work, panic teach all day, and I know it’s not going well, and then have a total mental breakdown”source ↗
“I feel like I can't grasp what my teacher teaches in lessons too well and I keep falling behind.”source ↗
“I'm also new to accounting so I'm really lost and confused about where to improve :(”source ↗
“I have been doing this but I can only do so much when I have such little understanding I can’t then teach someone who has no understanding I can barely teach the material in the class”source ↗
Where this came up
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