Ap Chemistry Reflection

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There was a significant increase in the AP classes that I decided to take on from sophomore year over to junior year. Overall, the most challenging courses that I decided to tackle on, were AP Chemistry and AP U.S. History. When I was in 10th grade chemistry was fairly easy for me and so I therefore, thought that AP Chemistry would have a quite similar resemblance. I however, was wrong, as I realized that AP Chemistry goes deeper into formulas and truly understanding the components of a reaction and really just what makes up elements and their characteristics. Taking this course was my overall challenge as I battled to maintain at least a B. There was a point in which I had a C, in the course, which was difficult for me to accept as I had …show more content…

History, mostly due to its rigorous workload. Homework is mandatory of course, however I found it kind of difficult accomplishing the tasks given at night since there was multiple pages that had to be read, and have notes taken on. The quizzes given were about twice a week in which most of the notes taken did not help much. The teacher was great overall, as he know what he was teaching, it is really just the homework, but it is understandable as it is an AP course. All in all, I know that I am doing the best to my abilities which makes me happy because slowly I am progressing and striving for what I think I deserve, which are my high grades. I would mostly argue that the project that I am most fond of, would be in chemistry which was an explosion of chemicals. The project, which was done within a group showcases our ability to create such an explosion without the constant guidance of Ms. Siddall, my chemistry teacher. The project really gives all the students the liberty of choosing something of their own and learning from their own mistakes. On the other hand, an assignment that could have had more work done to it were unit posters for AP U.S.

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