everything but period 1

Mr. Soltmann is one of my favorite teachers from my entire educational experience. However, the subject he teaches makes me feel like my brain is a brick at the bottom of the ocean while everyone else is swimming around, enjoying the drifting tides. Mr. Soltmann has abided by each of my long email, after school meeting, and redundant question - however it hasn't gotten me very far. I vehemently study for each test and spend a lot of time on my homework, but it doesn't click in my brain!