That sucks man. It sucks worse when you're really trying your hardest, and the feedback you're getting is "nope, do better".
Now maybe they're right, maybe your work isn't of the standard that is expected for the course. But if you're doing your best then that's not your fault. That's their fault for not teaching you better. You're paying big bucks for them to teach you how to be a graphic designer, and if they're not teaching you in a way that you can turn into skills then that's a problem. Too often I see teachers blaming students for being bad, when the truth is really that they're just bad teachers.
FWIW, I moved from Physics to Chemistry at uni (admittedly some time ago now) purely because the teachers sucked. It cost me about 6 months, but it was ultimately worth it for me because the staff were so much better. So yeah, moving on is an option. If you want to be a graphic designer, then keep that dream with you but it doesn't mean that you necessarily need to do it with these particular people.
But maybe you do decide that you want to stay in this course, and you just want to address these issues so that you can be the best you can be. Maybe try and find a teacher or senior student you feel comfortable talking to and ask them for advice. Tell them you're working hard and doing your best, but it's just not working and you're not quite sure what's going wrong.
If you don't have someone like that in the department or that's just not comfortable then RMIT seems like they have some student support services available, like counselling. I'd imagine that problems like this are not uncommon, and you will be far from the first person to ask for help. Maybe they could give you some insight into what's going on and what you might want to do about it. You don't have to have actual mental health problems or anything, you can just be having a tough time figuring out how to deal with some life BS which sounds more or less like your situation.
https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/support-and-facilities/student-support/counselling/about-us
To be clear, I don't know anything about graphic design as an industry specifically, but I do know that every university graduate in every field that I've ever talked to has said that when you get your first job it's never
anything like university. The running joke is that all the stuff that you learn at uni is just like background information, and you then have to learn even more stuff to be useful at your job. It's not entirely true, but a lot of it is. To some extent, uni is just practising learning so that you're quicker at picking stuff up when you get into the "real world". But the point is that real jobs are generally very little like university where they're just focused on dumping as much relevant information into you as possible.
I barely scraped through uni because I have legit problems with the standardised sit-down-and-study-from-this-book style of teaching, but then when I got a real job I did really well because I pick up stuff quickly, I work hard and I get 🤬 done. It might be the same for you, uni may not be your thing but you may need to get through it in order to get to being a real graphic designer. It turns out that unless you're going for a PhD or some higher education, marks generally don't matter that much as long as you pass and get the qualification.
Am I right in thinking that even despite all the BS you've been through you still really want to be a graphic designer? Don't worry about if you're good enough or if it's too hard or whatever, is this something that you're excited about and you wish you could spend more time doing? I mean, you kinda sound like you still want it.
Of course not the shelter. I'll bring them to the vet to help with their diarrhea and then I'll try to find a good place for them.
