The College Board website promotes AP classes as “a way to broaden opportunity”. Buying into this nonsense, I signed myself up for as many AP classes as possible. I soon learned this was a grave mistake. Stressed out, my grades slipped and my gpa fell drastically. The biggest offender was AP Calculus. I was unable to comprehend the high level material, which left me feeling stranded. At the end of the semester, my grade rose from a 76 to an 88 mysteriously. I did not earn that grade, and to make matters worse, I was made aware that we had only learned a fraction of the material. In order to prepare for the exam, I would have to learn how to do all of the material I did not understand and all the material that I was not taught. This would bring …show more content…
Course rigor takes precedence over test scores, so adding a good calculus score would be a bonus, but not necessary. All of the people who took Calculus last year were seniors, so the real reason the Calculus exam did not affect their admission was because the scores did not come back until July, long after admission had been finalized. As a junior, what I make on the calculus exam (should I choose to send the score) would be available for every college to see and scrutinize. A poor score on the calculus exam would reflect poorly on my academic ability as I apply for premedical programs. Therefore, not having a score at all would be …show more content…
This means that I would theoretically only be able to complete two thirds of the problems, putting my maximum score further down than a five. My friend Nathaniel went on to Calculus BC and is currently struggling with the material as he was not taught all of the material expected of him in Calculus AB. Apparently one of the biggest topics on the test, volume, was only briefly touched on and did not go in depth enough to make us able to solve the problems on the exam. I do not have enough command of the material to successfully complete the AP Calculus
I was taking AP World History, my first AP class. Keeping up my grades in the class was one of my biggest concerns, but surprisingly, it turned out to be a relatively laid-back class without much homework. Throughout the year, the class was mainly notes and document analysis. The only difficult part of the class was the tests. They were long and arduous with several vague questions based on specific parts of the curriculum that we had only gone over lightly. The course became more vigorous as the exam date drew closer; we began writing more essays, the tests we took grew longer, there were after school study sessions, and even a mock
““Well, they had a point. You are fat and disgusting!” The therapist announced. Patricia was sobbing, eyes red and nose runny...“Come on… Let’s go. We aren’t putting up with that!” her father...opened the door and ushered the family through. The therapist just observed and no more was heard from him…[Her nervous breakdown] was a result of long term bullying leading to an episode of being run out of school by a gang of boys. They threatened to kill her with a crowbar, sticks and wooden planks. She felt like a hunted fox” (shazwellyn.hubpages.com). No matter how hard a parent might try to help their child, whether they’re being bullied or are the bully, the consequences should not fall on the people who raise them because the victims have to do what they can to make up for what they’ve done or what they’ve suffered. The city of Monona, Wisconsin has proposed a new law that tickets and fines the parents for failing to respond properly to their child’s poor behavior. A behavioral and personal change consulting specialist, Mr. Michael Harmann, hypothesized that bullying behavior is typically an effort to cover up the bully's own vulnerability. It's a primitive mindset that wants to make you pay when you show vulnerability and since bullying mostly occurs under the legal age, that’s enough to say that higher levels of authority don’t have control over the thoughts and actions that bullies use as an outlet for their own pain because it goes against the Constitution. The key to helping the children we feel so sorry for is to heal the bully before he turns into a monster and the only way to help the perpetrator is to make him face his motivation to bully. “If you think about it, a great strategy to avoid being rejected is to reject everyon...
Recently the guidance department of Boston Latin School has instituted a new policy that limits the number of Advanced Placement classes students can enroll in during junior year. Previously students after being granted a waiver could take a maximum of four AP classes. However under the new guidelines all juniors are restricted to three. This is unfair to students who seek to reach their full academic potential.
Thousands of students around the country and around the world will be preparing for the SAT and ACT tests while trying to maintain a high GPA. These tests will potentially have a significant impact on students' lives. Some will be taking these tests for the second or even third time to get that 1500 out of 1600 or that 33 out of 36, that they long desire. These flawed tests are not truly able to measure how well students will perform in college as they are supposedly used to predict. A single test that students have to wake up for at six, seven in the morning on a Saturday and travel to some random location to take a difficult test should not impact the student's chance of getting into college, let alone predict how well they will do in college.
“Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded where magic failed: because it has looked for no spell to cast over nature”. From the beginning of time man and nature has been in conflict with one another because, as a whole, there is no cooperating. Each one tirelessly wants its way. The Man is fighting for dominance and nature w never yielding its authority. In American Literature, many authors illustrate this theme in their writing. Specifically the writers Jack London in The Law Of Life, Stephen Crane The Open Boat and Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Fin. Each explores the relationship between humans and nature but with slightly different methods. Mark Twain uses nature in a realistic way, Jack London in a naturalistic way and Stephen Crane constitutes a combination of both.
In high school, I have taken both AP and IB classes. Along with rigorous school work, I
Furthermore, my most challenging courses throughout my Junior year were Ap US history and Ap English Language. As for Ap US history time management
Let me take you back to being a sophomore in high school: fifteen-about-to-turn-sixteen-year-olds, beginning thoughts of college just blooming in their minds, and they are taking more challenging classes than ever before. Every year, classes are changed in schools in order to fulfill new requirements and the difficulty is increased in order to challenge the new students. These new classes and the amount of choices students now have between the different classes available now put new pressures on students that the older generations may not understand. Not only do students have the choice of electives, but now they have the choice of different mathematics, sciences, and English courses on a range of sometimes four different levels. With all these choices, students may have a hard time deciding which is the proper course and level to take. Unfortunately, there is one more pressure in the mix of this decision: the pressure to take advanced placement (AP) courses. More students are taking AP classes every year but the number of students who “bomb the AP exams is growing even more rapidly” (Simon). This leads into the idea that students are not getting more intelligent than the previous classes, but simply that there is too much pressure on them to take these AP courses. Students in high school are being pressured too much to take advanced placement courses whether or not they are academically qualified for them.
However, the difficulties I was experiencing during my first year of high school made me realize that it was imperative to meticulously scrutinize the way I studied in order to ameliorate and become the student I used to be. Additionally, I became aware that my ability to speak English was affecting me, but later I came to the conclusion that if this was a determining factor in my performance in class, I had to challenge myself by engaging in more rigorous courses. As time went on, however, due to the fact that I was surrounded by students I considered to be far ahead, I felt very intimidated by my advanced classes. Furthermore, I became aware that some of my teachers from the advanced placement classes seemed to doubt my ability to perform at the level expected, just by hearing my accent. To be condemned to failure simply because I did not speak English the same way my fellow classmates did, was a terrible sinking feeling. Nonetheless, this circumstance made me very diligent in all my classes, for it made me very attentive to the topics discussed, and it made me evaluate the extent to which I studied. As a result, with my grades and work ethics throughout the year, I proved those teachers wrong and received an apology from the one I came to admire
Every day, more and more attempts of banning books and taking away the rights of our First Amendment get violated. The challenging of a book is the attempt to remove or restrict materials, and the banning is the removal of these materials. I believe that books should not be banned for these reasons.
The College Board created advanced placement, aka AP, courses in 1952 to close the learning gap between high school and college. (Tierney, John) They initially began with only eleven courses, but have matured to around thirty-four different courses. The courses were created by a committee of college professors, high school teachers and College Board members to ensure that the material was rigorous and difficult as a college class. The increased difficulty and rigor of the course would grant the student a college credit if they passed the exam. In the early years, the courses were available to the advanced students of large high schools; as time has passed,
At the heart of philosophy is philosophical argument. Arguments are different from assertions. Assertions are simply stated; arguments always involve giving reasons. An argument is a reasoned inference from one set of claims – the premises – to another claim – the conclusion. The premises provide reasons to believe that the conclusion is true. If the premises are true, the conclusion is more likely to be true. Arguments seek to ‘preserve truth’ – true premises will lead to a true conclusion. It is worth knowing a little bit more about arguments straightaway.
Less than 10 percent of the students taking the exam will receive a score of 5. Around 50 percent of students will receive credit for their scores. Students should elect to take this exam to “compare themselves with other students across the nation, [and] to receive college credit..at their colleges,”(Rankin). Even if credit is not earned, the AP exam is still helpful. Colleges look favorably upon applicants who have elected to challenge themselves and take AP courses.
Stress, hard work, better education just three words to descried how it feels like to take an academically challenging class although it sound like hard work it’s worth it. Taking academically challenging classes is hard but after you get the hang of it it’s easy and can help you go a long way in life. It can help raise your GPA if you pass the classes, looks good when applying for colleges and can also earn you scholarships and save you money in the future. Therefore AP and Honor classes are important because it gives a person’s success, education and gives better opportunities for that person.
Unfortunately, I took on two math courses and one of the hardest computer science courses in the department. The weight of these courses caught