We’re halfway through the semester but I really want to drop out of a course because I get so anxious while doing hands on class work. I’m also not performing well academically like I have in their class from previous years because I’m focusing more on this other class which I’m also doing bad in. I honestly don’t need the class I’m planning to drop as it won’t be needed for my future major.

First off, I did something really bad this year that offended my teacher. They’ve had to confront me how I’m just not performing as well. Next, a reoccurring problem that my teacher talks to me a lot is about how I look like how I don’t know what I’m doing during these hands on activities. The first time they’ve talked to me I’ve told them that I’m too tense when it comes to these types of things but they didn’t really acknowledge that. 

Now, if I email my teacher I feel like they’re going to phone my parents and tell them how bad my performance has been and how I wasn’t like this in previous years. I’ve also had the fear that my teacher won’t let me drop out.

I’m composing an email informing my teacher that I will drop out but I don’t know what to say. It’s making me shake so badly because I feel like whatever I say, I feel like it’s making it sound like they’ll be pissed at me.