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I'm getting my first taste of what college will be like from one of the AP courses I'm taking at my school.
Yes, I'm on your lawn. Deal with it.
My AP Environmental Science professor is pretty nuts. I've never done so much work in my life. The labs are impossible and no one knows what to do, and she refuses to explain "because in college, the teacher isn't going to tell you what to do". Her homework assignments are also scary. She gives 4 questions and you're supposed to answer in like 8 pages handwritten (double spaced, but still).

Despite this, I'm actually have the 2nd best grades in the class. Somehow, I got 100 on my first exam, I was absolutely shocked when I received my test back. On our first project of the year, a PowerPoint presentation, I believe I got the highest in the class, an 88. I worked really hard on that, but after I finished, she literally told me something wrong with every single slide.

Once I get my report card, it's just going to be a letter for the first marking period. It's either E, G, S, N, or U. I know I have an E (excellent), but that's because she said the first marking period grade would be completely based on the test. However, we also get a grade for lab, which I know I failed (I only did like 2 labs, they're so goddamn hard).

It's just more work than I've done ever, and I'm a Junior so I have a ton of stuff to be worrying about. I'm also taking English, Math, AP US History, Chem, and Japanese. Plus the SATs, applying for college, I'm in a club where we go to walks for diseases like breast cancer or Alzheimer. Then there's the two AP Exams I have to take in May.

What do I do?

Edit: Oh, forgot to mention, according to the syllabus we all have to tutor Earth Science to kids at least one period a week. She has never mentioned this in class so I haven't done it, but I don't even remember Earth Science. I took it 3 years ago.
We need to participate in Earth Day things as well.
 
Keep doing what you're doing. Second highest grade in class means you're doing alright AND that everyone else is overwhelmed too.
 
Don't worry about it for now, for the rest of your life you'll just have dreams about it that'll make you wake up in a cold sweat.
 
Stet said:
Don't worry about it for now, for the rest of your life you'll just have dreams about it that'll make you wake up in a cold sweat.
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To be honest, some professors are like that in college. Most are a lot more helpful though. In this case you don't even have grad students to go to for help though. I don't envy you right now. And yeah, the workload in college is unreal.

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So goddamn true.
 
Back in my day, APES was something you took, when you wanted an AP class but were too lazy to take something like bio, chem, or physics. Fun class, the perfect senior year science class.
 
cashman said:
Back in my day, APES was something you took, when you wanted an AP class but were too lazy to take something like bio, chem, or physics. Fun class, the perfect senior year science class.
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Not here.

In our school APES is about the second or third hardest AP class. No one wants to take it.

But, did you take it? If you did, halp.
 
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god this..I'm now bout 50 years out of school (yeah I'm old, sue me) and still dream about that horrible place (and besides homework and tests I had a pretty fun time)

Back in my day, APES was something you took, when you wanted an AP class but were too lazy to take something like bio, chem, or physics. Fun class, the perfect senior year science class.
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Back in my day I had to walk to school. Without shoes on. In winter. 50km. School was on a montain. In the rockies.
 
Crayons said:
I'm getting my first taste of what college will be like from one of the AP courses I'm taking at my school.
Yes, I'm on your lawn. Deal with it.
My AP Environmental Science professor is pretty nuts. I've never done so much work in my life. The labs are impossible and no one knows what to do, and she refuses to explain "because in college, the teacher isn't going to tell you what to do". Her homework assignments are also scary. She gives 4 questions and you're supposed to answer in like 8 pages handwritten (double spaced, but still).

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With the exception of physics lab (where none of our TAs spoke English very well), this isn't really the case. A well designed (and well explained) lab experiment is key to make sure your students don't waste tons of time and reagents.
 
For my latest lab I have to calculate how much money it took to build the school.

I was outside measuring bricks and windows.
 
Crayons said:
The labs are impossible and no one knows what to do, and she refuses to explain "because in college, the teacher isn't going to tell you what to do".
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Well, this is bullshit. I don't know what shitty professors your professor has had, but all of mine make their expectations relatively clear when asked.
 
Seguin said:
Oh stop being such a whiny bitch. God forbid you have to work hard and learn something.
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I love you types of elitist people. How dare anyone complain about their work. You types are honestly the worst people around because you come into threads and ruin it with your elitism.
 
With all this work time will pass quickly, don't worry too much about it. I took 5 AP courses in one year (lol, sort of a bad idea) and it wasn't too bad.

Why did you choose APES anyway?
I went with AP Physics C, failed electricity and magnetism so hard
 
Crayons said:
Lab 4 and assignment 4 due tomorrow.
Not to mention I haven't done assignment 3 yet.

Assignments are very long, and the labs are very hard. That's the problem.
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Well, in all honesty, you need to man up. I had a teacher like this in HS, got me somewhat ready for college, and especially the later college classes. Get ready, it only gets worse :P
 
AlimNassor said:
I love you types of elitist people. How dare anyone complain about their work. You types are honestly the worst people around because you come into threads and ruin it with your elitism.
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I'm sorry, but them's the ropes when you sign up for an AP class or go to a real college/major. If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen.
 
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I had this dream for the first time six months back, and I'm in my fourth year of college. It was terrifying though, I woke up literally thinking "oh god that semester long project is due this week"

Crayons said:
Lab 4 and assignment 4 due tomorrow.
Not to mention I haven't done assignment 3 yet.

Assignments are very long, and the labs are very hard. That's the problem.
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That, at least, sounds like college.
 
Seguin said:
So you're complaining about the fact that you put off work until the day before it's due.
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I'm complaining about the workload. It's insane.

dramatis said:
With all this work time will pass quickly, don't worry too much about it. I took 5 AP courses in one year (lol, sort of a bad idea) and it wasn't too bad.

Why did you choose APES anyway?
I went with AP Physics C, failed electricity and magnetism so hard
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Yikes, I'm taking 2, can't imagine 5. I'm taking APES because I can't take AP Bio until after I take Chem.

krameriffic said:
I'm sorry, but them's the ropes when you sign up for an AP class or go to a real college/major. If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen.
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Specifically this class is really hard though. APUSH is doable but APES is so stressful.
 
Crayons said:
I'm complaining about the workload. It's insane.



Yikes, I'm taking 2, can't imagine 5. I'm taking APES because I can't take AP Bio until after I take Chem.



Specifically this class is really hard though. APUSH is doable but APES is so stressful.
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Excuses.
 
Lkr said:
APES was the easy science as of 4 years ago
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Well it really isn't here. It's notorious, in fact. When I was applying for the class, my guidance counselor told me I shouldn't take it, the kids who were taking the class last year told me I shouldn't take it, and the professor herself told me I shouldn't take it.

Me being all "Oh no, I can do this!" applied for the class anyway.
 
Crayons said:
Well it really isn't here. It's notorious, in fact. When I was applying for the class, my guidance counselor told me I shouldn't take it, the kids who were taking the class last year told me I shouldn't take it, and the professor herself told me I shouldn't take it.
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and yet you took it

like a badass
 
Keep at it, you're doing great.

Also try to get over it, because college is this times ~3-6 more classes.

Make sure AP Environmental Science is actually something you want credit for and will use in college for your degree or you're wasting your time taking it instead of something else.
 
AP courses in high school are normally watered down college courses, you have nothing to worry about.

As long as you actually study and do your work you'll be more than fine.
 
Her logic of "in college the teacher isn't going to tell you what to do" is incorrect. In-class lab projects do, in fact, come with instructions in college and are designed to, yknow, teach you things.
 
Crayons said:
Well it really isn't here. It's notorious, in fact. When I was applying for the class, my guidance counselor told me I shouldn't take it, the kids who were taking the class last year told me I shouldn't take it, and the professor herself told me I shouldn't take it.

Me being all "Oh no, I can do this!" applied for the class anyway.
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No, APES is still the easy AP of choice. It sounds like this particular instructor has gone out of their way to increase the "rigor" of the course (to combat that perception), leading to it being unnecessarily difficult for no good reason.
 
krameriffic said:
I'm sorry, but them's the ropes when you sign up for an AP class or go to a real college/major. If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen.
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I love how elitist you people are. I'm assuming you are all master engineers who made straight A's in college and anyone who complains about the work being hard is "entitled".
 
Crayons said:
I'm getting my first taste of what college will be like from one of the AP courses I'm taking at my school.
Yes, I'm on your lawn. Deal with it.
My AP Environmental Science professor is pretty nuts. I've never done so much work in my life. The labs are impossible and no one knows what to do, and she refuses to explain "because in college, the teacher isn't going to tell you what to do". Her homework assignments are also scary. She gives 4 questions and you're supposed to answer in like 8 pages handwritten (double spaced, but still).

Despite this, I'm actually have the 2nd best grades in the class. Somehow, I got 100 on my first exam, I was absolutely shocked when I received my test back. On our first project of the year, a PowerPoint presentation, I believe I got the highest in the class, an 88. I worked really hard on that, but after I finished, she literally told me something wrong with every single slide.

Once I get my report card, it's just going to be a letter for the first marking period. It's either E, G, S, N, or U. I know I have an E (excellent), but that's because she said the first marking period grade would be completely based on the test. However, we also get a grade for lab, which I know I failed (I only did like 2 labs, they're so goddamn hard).

It's just more work than I've done ever, and I'm a Junior so I have a ton of stuff to be worrying about. I'm also taking English, Math, AP US History, Chem, and Japanese. Plus the SATs, applying for college, I'm in a club where we go to walks for diseases like breast cancer or Alzheimer. Then there's the two AP Exams I have to take in May.

What do I do?

Edit: Oh, forgot to mention, according to the syllabus we all have to tutor Earth Science to kids at least one period a week. She has never mentioned this in class so I haven't done it, but I don't even remember Earth Science. I took it 3 years ago.
We need to participate in Earth Day things as well.
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bwuahaha. thats such a lie
 
Crayons said:
Not here.

In our school APES is about the second or third hardest AP class. No one wants to take it.

But, did you take it? If you did, halp.
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Really? yikes. Sucks that such a useless class is needlessly difficult, at least you'll ace the AP test for sure! The hardest AP classes at my school were Physics C, Chem, and Calc BC. If you are considering do a premed major, take AP chem. My friends thought that class you torture, but it made college chemistry a breeze for them.
 
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