<p>OMG I'm really mad right now...
I'm a sophomore right now and
I had </p>
<p>AP Economy
AP English Language
AP Bio
AP US hist.
chemistry
Algebra 2
Journalism</p>
<p>signed up for my junior year
I decided to take Algebra 2 in summer school and take trig next year, so I went to talk to the counselor today.
She tells me that the school decided to get rid of AP economy class
next year and that AP biology is full so shd would have to put me in creative writing class and some kinda computer programming class instead.
When I was planning my courses with her last time, I already had AP bio signed up and she never mentioned anything about getting rid of AP eco.</p>
<p>I'm really mad b/c there's nothing my counselor can do about it now..
If she had told me earlier, I would have signed up for other AP courses that I would have liked to take before they were all full!
Now I can't do that!!</p>
<p>Junior year is supposed to be the most important year of high school and I'm stuck with really stupid courses which I don't even want to take.
<em>sigh</em></p>
<p>I was very angry that I started crying in front of my counselor
and I still am...
am I being too childish?</p>
<p>"am I being too childish?"</p>
<p>In the sense that you view yourself as the center of the situation, yes. I doubt the counselor is out to get you. You should remember that she has to work with many students and the school's administration. In any case, you should try to keep on good terms with your GC. I doubt this is the last time you will have to work with her.</p>
<p>Have you considered taking college or online courses? You may derive more benefit from taking an economics course at a local community college than at the high school.</p>
<p>rydess, What other AP classes does your school offer?</p>
<p>oh cmon!!!! its not your counselor's fault. You should have looked into other AP's in your schools as backup. Don't hate the counselor, hate the school</p>
<p>2down22go - well we have a whole bunch I dunno if I can list them all
english lang. english litt. french lang. Eurpn hist. world hist. us hist. us Gov't. bio. chem. phys. art hist. calculus ab/bc. stat. spanish lang. german lang. latin lang.
hmmm...what else...
sorry I don't remember</p>
<p>rExRuN467 - You're right I should have. I just didn't know how this whole course planning thing worked because I came from Canada
and my Canadian school had a system quite different. What makes me more angry is the fact that I can't even blame my counselor for it.
but I hate her anyway arghghghghh</p>
<p>OK, just vent your rage here. But remember, this venting stays here. Don't take it with you the next time you go see her. Otherwise, you may not like the results...</p>
<p>You can blaim her. She dropped the ball and she is the paid person. She knew what you wanted and needed and scrambled to fix her foul-up. You talked to her in good faith and trusted her. I would be mad if you were my kid.</p>
<p>I would go back, calmly and say, What can we do now? Can I get on a waiting list for the such and such a class? Can I be squeezed in anywhere? Go in with a plan and do it tomorrow. Her job is to explain stuff to you. You did what you were supposed to do. Are you saying you already signed up for AP BIO and she later told you you couldn't take it and she decided to sigh you up for other classes without checkin with you? That was a bad call on her part. She should have contacted you right away.</p>
<p>Be nice when you go in. She knows she messed up, and won't like it if you blaim her in person. Just go in with a plan/.</p>
<p>In addition to talking to the counselor, can you talk to the teacher of the AP biology to explain how much you want the class and whether it would be possible for you to be added? In my son's school where AP classes fill up quickly, the teacher has some discretion about adding another student to a full class.</p>
<p>Yeah, getting a note from a teacher saying that they will accept an extra student always helps. I've done that from a teacher before so I could get into Creative Writing.
Don't take your anger out on your counsler - it'll make her not like you and possibly be more helpful to someone who isn't sassing her (sorry, I love 'sass').
As citygirlsmom said, go in with a plan. The fact that you would've taken time for a plan shows a) how much thought you put into it b)how much you really want to be in those classes.
Good luck</p>