This makes no sense whatsoever. Not the assignment, that's easy, but rather asking for such elementary help outside of class. I realize it's been a few decades since I was in school, but surely things haven't changed that much for a teacher to make an assignment without having first gone over the subject matter. If your "squat level" is so low as you put it, why are you even in the class? Are your classmates having equal difficulty? "Approved Workmen Are Not Ashamed" - 2 Timothy 2:15 "Judge not by the eye but by the heart." - Native American Proverb