“I'm screwed...”

Kim Garam, a second-year math major at K University, sighed deeply.

This semester, she was taking a total of seven courses:

• Missed three classes for three subjects.
• Submitted blank papers for midterms in two courses.
• Failed to submit assignments in one course.

Academic probation was now inevitable.

“Ugh...”

Garam rolled off the bed and lay down on the floor.

She had been good at math as a child, but ever since entering university, everything felt like an alien language.

She was falling behind, unable to adjust to college life—a pretty typical situation for a student.

The …