Dilemma - the more "important" subject, or the passion?

<p>thanks for the feedback..
in response to Marian - community colleges do offer Calc, and this was one of the options. But the two setbacks of this would be a. I'd have to pay to take a class there, and b. the class would be accredited, but it would not count towards my GPA... and with my school being so competitive, and the next kid having a GPA of .07 lower than mine, I want to keep my #3 rank until the very end... or at least until I get apps out.
MikeMac - I'm not really sure if it's for the teacher's own benefit or what. I don't really talk to him that much, so he doesn't know me very well. He definitely loves math, so I couldn't tell you. But I think the bigger concern is the fact that VHS has not had a good reputation at our school. And it is kind of required that we take the AP test if we take VHS AP courses... even though originally I wasn't even sure if I wanted to take the AP Calc test.
Also... I used to be a math person until I hit this year in Pre-Calc. I skipped a year in math, and took Algebra I in 7th grade, Honors Geometry in 8th (98), Algebra II as a Freshmen (95), and AP Stats (96) as a sophmore. This year, I'm still getting an A but I've never gotten so many C's, D's, and B's in a math class in my life. So... I really don't know how I'll do in AP Calc.
Any more feedback would be greatly appreciated.</p>