obeygiant Posted July 31, 2006 Posted July 31, 2006 August 14th...My orientation is this Thursday (wow that shows how close it is)...This topic is really depressing, knowing I start 9th grade in 2 weeks!
obeygiant Posted July 31, 2006 Posted July 31, 2006 ^Really? Even with an AP class (yay college level), Algebra 2 honors, Spanish 3, and every other class is honors?? Oh yeah, should be a piece of cake!
TheArchfiend Posted July 31, 2006 Posted July 31, 2006 ^Really? Even with an AP class (yay college level), Algebra 2 honors, Spanish 3, and every other class is honors?? Oh yeah, should be a piece of cake! I would also like to add that those classes will do nothing to prepare you for college. Feel any better now?
Teddymonster Posted July 31, 2006 Posted July 31, 2006 My semester starts on August 28th, which is WAY late!
BiCoastal Kid Posted July 31, 2006 Posted July 31, 2006 ^Really? Even with an AP class (yay college level), Algebra 2 honors, Spanish 3, and every other class is honors?? Oh yeah, should be a piece of cake! When you're taking 5 AP classes and and advanced photography/printing class, then talk to me. ^Really? Even with an AP class (yay college level), Algebra 2 honors, Spanish 3, and every other class is honors?? Oh yeah, should be a piece of cake! I would also like to add that those classes will do nothing to prepare you for college. Feel any better now? Actually, here, many colleges accept your AP classes as college credit if you make a good enough score on the AP exam.
TheArchfiend Posted July 31, 2006 Posted July 31, 2006 ^ Counting as credit and preparing you for college are two whole different things my good man. AP classes at my school counted towards your college credits as well. It just basically buys your way out of taking 101 courses that are really moot in the grand scheme of things. I've never come across someone who ever said, "Wow! Those AP classes really helped to prepare me for my college courses!" Many college professors will tell you to "unlearn" what you have been taught in AP or whichever high school class you took. Trust me, I've seen it first hand. Sorry to be a downer bro' but if I could go back in time I'd have spent alot less time busting my butt with AP courses in high school.
Blazen_AZN Posted July 31, 2006 Posted July 31, 2006 September 5th, i still have over a month left! woot!
odene497 Posted July 31, 2006 Posted July 31, 2006 Not really sure but somewhere in that first week of September
coasterdude5 Posted July 31, 2006 Posted July 31, 2006 Just curious, people who are going back in Setember, when did you get out? The only good thing about a short summer is that we get alot of breaks.
BiCoastal Kid Posted July 31, 2006 Posted July 31, 2006 ^Counting as credit and preparing you for college are two whole different things my good man. AP classes at my school counted towards your college credits as well. It just basically buys your way out of taking 101 courses that are really moot in the grand scheme of things. I've never come across someone who ever said, "Wow! Those AP classes really helped to prepare me for my college courses!" Many college professors will tell you to "unlearn" what you have been taught in AP or whichever high school class you took. Trust me, I've seen it first hand. Sorry to be a downer bro' but if I could go back in time I'd have spent alot less time busting my butt with AP courses in high school. IDK, maybe it has changed or is just different here, because my teachers have told me that a lot of what their curriculum and course guides deal with come straight from college and professor recommendations. At least that's what I was told.
odene497 Posted July 31, 2006 Posted July 31, 2006 Just curious, people who are going back in Setember, when did you get out? The only good thing about a short summer is that we get alot of breaks. I got out on June 9th
kk_slider11290 Posted July 31, 2006 Posted July 31, 2006 I've been in school all summer, but am graduating in october!
obeygiant Posted July 31, 2006 Posted July 31, 2006 Sorry to be a downer bro' but if I could go back in time I'd have spent alot less time busting my butt with AP courses in high school. WOW...that really cheers me up!
SonOfBeastSucks Posted July 31, 2006 Posted July 31, 2006 Friday, August 18. I have started school on a Friday as far back as I can remember.
trustkill22 Posted July 31, 2006 Posted July 31, 2006 Here in Hamilton I start I think on September 4th.
What Now Posted August 1, 2006 Posted August 1, 2006 Classes at both Pierce and Valley Colleges start September 5.
QuakerOaties Posted August 1, 2006 Posted August 1, 2006 I leave for college August 18. Orientation doesn't start until the 24th but I'm doing pre-orientation. 20 kids and I are doing community service and lots of fun summer camp like activities. I think we get to go canoeing one day. Mark "I'm absurdly excited" Luskus
Teddymonster Posted August 1, 2006 Posted August 1, 2006 ^Counting as credit and preparing you for college are two whole different things my good man. AP classes at my school counted towards your college credits as well. It just basically buys your way out of taking 101 courses that are really moot in the grand scheme of things. I've never come across someone who ever said, "Wow! Those AP classes really helped to prepare me for my college courses!" Many college professors will tell you to "unlearn" what you have been taught in AP or whichever high school class you took. Trust me, I've seen it first hand. Sorry to be a downer bro' but if I could go back in time I'd have spent alot less time busting my butt with AP courses in high school. I happen to disagree with your view on AP classes. My AP Languange and Literature classes greatly prepared me for what to expect for college-level work. Granted, it also depends on other factors like the school system, the program within the school, the teacher, and most importantly, the student. A lot of people seem to think that just because you take an AP course in HS and pass it that it equates to automatic college credits. I don't know how it works in other states, but in VA, in order to receive credit in college for AP, you either had to earn a 4 or a 5 on the AP exams. I know a lot of people who are in their senior year of college, who don't know how to write at all. The one thing I've noticed in many people's papers is a lack of voice, or personal sense of style. I could go on and on about this, but I'm done with my rebuttal.
YoshiFan Posted August 1, 2006 Posted August 1, 2006 August 31st. It seems like this summer went by way too quickly but I really can't complain because I have been off from school since May 10th. This is my last summer vacation too
DarkStitch626 Posted August 1, 2006 Posted August 1, 2006 Never! lol. Not unless you count the University of Phoenix's Marine Mechanics Institute lol. Not sure when I start that.
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