CP to AP

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>I've had straight As in history my entire life. Its the easiest course in the world to me. I should have moved up freshman year, I didn't. I should have moved up this year, well I didn't. But currently in USI I'm finished entire history tests between 9-15 minutes, and getting perfect scores. I've started a pursuit to try and convince three people to let me move up to US history AP for my junior year. I really love history, and I really want to, for once, be challenged in the subject. </p>

<p>The three people I need to convince are: my current history teacher, my guidance counselor, and the social studies department head. At this point I've convinced my current history teacher, and my guidance counselor. They both agreed I'm qualified enough to move up, however; two things stand in my way. First off, the prerequisite for AP US history, is USI honors. Second I have to somehow convince the social studies department head to let me take AP US history despite not having met this requirement for the course. </p>

<p>I really want this, so I took the extra step, and went to my history teacher (who also teaches USI honors) and asked if I could borrow an American Pageant textbook, outline a chapter, and then take a test to see how I do on an honors level test. He agreed, and today I spent practically the entire day, with decent breaks, completing the outline, and on tuesday I will take the honors test.</p>

<p>Does anybody have any advice, using the information I've given, on how to confront the department head with this idea? I've yet to talk to her, mainly cause I'm almost certain I'll be rejected, but if I don't try, I won't ever know. Hopefully I'll do well on this test and I can show her it, but otherwise, please give me advice on what to say!</p>

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<p>wow, an Honors history class. I say wow not to condescend but to say that using an American Pageant book means that the Honors class is an AP class. It doesn’t matter how the teacher teaches or what kind of tests the teacher gives. The American Pageant is an AP book and pretty much if you read the whole thing, you can get a passing score on the AP exam.</p>

<p>I don’t know about convincing the department head. Just beg her or show her the work you did.</p>

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<p>American Pageant is the bane of my existence. I will jump off a bridge if I ever have to read that book again. It is SO boring.</p>

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<p>^Lmao. It is too. I like the amount of information, but the metaphors just kill the book.</p>

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<p>LOL baltimoron. It is an insanely boring textbook, but trust me compared to the CP class its like a harry potter novel. no joke.</p>

<p>And jerrry4445, I did volutarily read chapter 12 and do outline, and quite frankly if she says no, I might just throw it at her. I was given the weekend to do the outline, with two musicals on top of it, and the chapter has so much stuff in it, the two honors teachers didn’t even make the kids in their classes outline it. Its about a twelve page outline. Painful, painful outline…</p>