<p>I’m a combination of both. In English, history, etc. I can churn out essays and answer questions, and still get As (usually with positive teacher comments!) But in Calculus…hoo boy, a whole different story. I have to work hard and study, just to earn a semi-decent grade…while other students can skip all of that and still earn an A</p>
<p>Wow, RootBeerCaesar hates me and my kind. I wasn’t expecting that kind of vitriol.</p>
<p>What’s mose interesting is I feel exactly the opposite. Nothing irks me as much as when people with comparably less natural ability outperform those with comparably more but a weaker work ethic. Excessive studying, to me, smacks of cheating at its best and a perversion of the natural order at its worst.</p>
<p>I suppose it’s a sort of elitist sentiment - “I received this grade using only the mental resources God gave me, whereas you slaved away and came away with the same result, you cheater” - and for that I feel guilty sometimes. I really do get irritated, though, when someone who is by no means a brilliant writer manages to succeed in a course like AP English because he/she did the homework. Doing better than them on the exam is but a small consolation.</p>
<p>I’m the sort of kid who is hurt by the “filler” assignments, and often wishes that classes consisted entirely of tests and essays.</p>
<p>I feel exactly the same way melancholyDane</p>
<p>There are so many girls in my schools who have tried so hard since freshmen year and are ranked in front of me right now. I got the last laugh thanks to the sat. Without all the time in the world to do homework and study, the playing field is leveled out and they sunk. </p>
<p>Even though i realize that i could study too, i dont have time to. Thats kind of why i hate high school, you get the grade you worked for rather than the one you deserve</p>
<p>Granted, there are people who work very hard whom I still respect, if I am a little envious. I’m mostly talking about a small, infinitely annoying subset.</p>
<p>I also see the SAT (and ACT) as the great equalizer. The trouble is, though, they co-opted that too with their prep classes and study books and third tries. They pour enough money in to feed a small nation and as a result their scores nearly match mine, whereas my principles prevent me from studying or taking it more than once.</p>
<p>Lol I’m in eighth grade and I’m like that. Except none of my friends study either. =D but my school is ridiculously… simple…
The accelerated classes are 9th grade honors classes for eighth graders.</p>
<p>EDIT: But some of my friends, you know, get 80’s and they’re quite satisfied…</p>
<p>I used to be like that until I took a full plate of AP courses this year.
Then I woke up and smelled the textbooks.</p>
<p>I’m kind of like that.</p>
<p>I always BS all my work, especially essays (I had one of the hardest teachers in the school last year for English, wrote an essay on 1984 which I didn’t read at all, and got like a B+), I always do things at the last minute, I absolutely never study. I get in the B to A- range in grades.</p>
<p>yeah, im that type of person. i find ways to manage my time and do all my work at school and sleep in classes and i get straight As in all my AP classes. im sure ill adjust to whatever college demands of me.</p>