I hate how ACS 168 has become a microcosm of my life as a whole.

A grossly exaggerated parody microcosm, but a microcosm nonetheless.

Basically: I'm drowning, and I'm too proud to ask help. I don't want to bother the professor too much, I'm actively frightened of my TA, and the book is not helping me get constructors (an element of object-oriented C++). And things just get worse and worse every week, I don't know what to do.