Telling a teacher “I don’t get it yet” gets you help. Saying nothing just gets you graded.

Teachers cannot see confusion, only output, so silence reads to them as fine. The gap stays open while the class moves on, and it reappears weeks later as a mark that looks like ability rather than one missed step. Saying so is not an admission of being slow, it is the only way to turn a problem into help while help is still cheap. That little word yet is doing real work.

Pick the thing you understand least this week and say exactly that, naming the specific step that lost you. Do it after class if asking in front of people is too much. Email counts.