Friday, May 17, 2013

A Recap of the Year

Well, since this year is coming to a close, I guess it's time to recap. I'm thinking I'll go class period by class period, ending with AP Lang.
First off, History class! Although I began the year dreading history class, having no friends in it, and being pretty oblivious about History, this class was better than I had hoped. My teacher is a joy to wake up to, and she always has something nice to say. A few times this year, I came to that class with no motivation, and on those days I didn't want to do anything. It seemed like those days were the ones that my teacher have my genuine compliments and had great lesson plans; I always left feeling better. The lessons were very interesting for the most part, and we always laughed in that period. I will definitely miss that class.
Second period: French. Since it's a blog, I'll be honest. I have been dreading French class since day one, and that hasn't changed. Although the class isn't difficult, it is just not an enjoyable thing for me to learn. However, I will say that class has taught me things that I wouldn't have learned in any other class. The friends I made in that class were unforgettable, and remembering the struggle to conjugate verbs will always make me smile.
Of course, Advanced Drama. Those who know me will probably assume I loved this class. However, those who know me WELL will know I actually didn't enjoy it that much. The class shows we did were not fun, and although they had powerful messages, I didn't necessarily enjoy the rehearsals, and sometimes I was genuinely disappointed with what we did in that class. Now, I am comparing this experience to last year, which may be biased because last year I was new to the class so everything seemed awesome. In the end, I love the class for the majority of the time, the shows are always incredible, and the department is my home.
B-Days:
AP Stats. All I have to say is wow. This class has such a great system to it. You always know what to expect when you arrive; it is like clockwork. The teacher is lovely, if you're on his good side, and if you're on his bad side he cracks jokes about you during class. Not bad ones... Although the material is not covered well all the time, I felt really prepared for the AP test...
Psychology: If you can take this class, take it. The material is fascinating, the class goes by too fast, and you don't even realize when you are taking notes. This class was probably the best class I took this year because of how incredibly interesting it was. I look forward to AP Gov next year so I can spend more time with this wonderful teacher. It's so hard to express how much I loved this class, so I'll stop there....
AP Lang: this class was not what I was expecting.... But I doubt it is what anyone was expecting. Day one was so scary, I had no idea what to expect. I was afraid the whole year would be like day one, but as the year progressed I enjoyed it more and more. Having been one of the few people to do the homework, I understood most of the material and by the time the AP test came around and actually thought the test was pretty easy (whether or not that's a good thing is anybody's guess).
Overall, I wouldn't have wanted to do this year any differently. Junior year was perfect, and now I can't wait for senior year and college!

1 comment:

  1. Being that our two schedules were so similar this year, I'm not surprised that our thoughts on the year were so similar as well! I agree with your analysis on drama this year and I can tell you that you are not biased; I had the same view and I am new to the class this year. I think we are the only two who kind of enjoyed stats class---oh well---it was definitely a big struggle for me but I was happy to overcome! The one thing I oppose you on was history... I absolutely love Jgard but towards the end of the year this class has kind of been a snooze. Oh well. And yes, how glad are you to be done with French finally?!?! Adieu Madame!!!!

    Eden

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