The class is laid out like a job. Your teacher, Mr Jaeggle, is your boss. Your job is to learn all the ins and outs of Electronics and work and develop a working circuit board. Your Grade is determined directly from effort, the effort you put into something the higher your grade will go. Being timely efficient and undistracted is recommended in this class. He treats your grade like if you're an employee asking you before the marks are handed out, "Do you deserve: A raise, stay the same, get fired" your mark roughly relates to the question and you'll have a discussion telling the teacher why you think you deserve the mark. It's an enjoyable course and success on building a working product is only a bonus, in fact if it doesn't work you learn more and your grade reflects that, increasing. Of course this is a very hands on class and can be annoying when things don't work so some sense of patients and persistence will be of value. The class feels very homely and "chill. " The only way to fail is to do nothing, that or loose a finger because you didn't listen to the safety instructions. It's very very fun class but you need persistence and being ok with many many many mistakes. You could spend hours figuring out why a project doesn't work, you'll find out why and the feeling that you get when it works is outstanding. If you think you might like this class, do it, it will teach you much more about how real jobs work than almost any other class. If you're around, there's no harm in giving it a try.