If you could add classes...

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>If you guys could add 3 classes/electives to each department in your school, which ones would you add?</p>

<p>Math:
AP Calc BC
Multivariable Calculus
Linear Algebra</p>

<p>English:
Journalism (They cut it)
Creative Writing (They also cut it)
Scientific Journal Writing (It'd be quite interesting)</p>

<p>Science:
Astronomy
AP Physics
Materials Science/Nanotechnology</p>

<p>History/Social Science: (These areas often seem to get scrapped during history classes)
Pre-Colombian History
African History
Oceanic History</p>

<p>Foreign Language:
Japanese
Arabic
German</p>

<p>Electives in general:
Engineering
Glassblowing
Windsurfing</p>

<p>How about you guys?</p>

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<p>Math:
Multivariable Calculus
Linear Algebra
Differential Equations (just for fun)
Riemann Surfaces (just for fun)</p>

<p>English:
Journalism
Latin American Literature
20th Century American Classics
Nonfiction Writing
British Literature</p>

<p>Science:
AP Physics C: E&M
AP Environmental Science
Astronomy
Conceptual Physics
Organic Chemistry</p>

<p>History:
Ancient History
Contemporary Issues
The Modern Middle East
The Holocaust
Hinduism, Buddhism, and Taoism
AP Macro + Micro</p>

<p>Foreign Language:
Japanese
Arabic
German
Latin
Italian</p>

<p>Electives in general:
Engineering looks cool</p>

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I think you mean hard times?</p>

<p>Math:
Multivariable Calculus
Linear Algebra
There are only about 30 students who are through Calc BC before Sr. yr., so some interesting lower level class.</p>

<p>English:
Creative Writing
Journalism
World Literature - not as in where it’s from, but we used to have English electives that were almost entirely focused on reading tons of literature.</p>

<p>Science:
Organic Chemistry
Neuroscience
Oceanography</p>

<p>History/Social Science:
Pre-Colombian History
African History
Asian History (whole continent, not just Near or Far East)</p>

<p>Foreign Language:
Chinese
Arabic
Russian
Italian (had it for like 3 years, but it was really taught as Sicilian)</p>

<p>Classics:
Ancient Greek (levels 1, 2, 3. were required along with Latin a long time ago)
Latin poetry (eliminated with the AP)
Ancient Greek Lit</p>

<p>Electives in general:
Glassblowing
Gender studies (to go with Ethnic studies)
A separate class or all of the stuff they needlessly squish into English.</p>

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<p>^ Well, in every history class I’ve ever been in, those three areas always seem to get little to no attention, which I find to be bad, considering they together make up around 1/2, if not more, of the land area of the world, as well as probably 2/5 of the world’s population.</p>

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<p>Math
Multivariable Calculus
Linear Algebra
Differential Equations
(any other class would be a waste of time)</p>

<p>Science
AP Physics C
AP Computer Science (would be a lifesaver)</p>

<p>History
AP World History
AP Comparative Gov.</p>

<p>English
Grammar - How to use properly</p>

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<p>Math:
AP Calculus BC
AP Statistics</p>

<p>English:
Correct Spelling, Punctuation and Apostrophe Use</p>

<p>Foreign Language:
AP French Language
Japanese I - VI
AP Japanese Language
Korean I - IV</p>

<p>Science:
AP Biology
AP Chemistry
AP Physics B
AP Physics C
AP Environmental Science</p>

<p>History:
AP European History</p>

<p>Electives:
AP Computer Science</p>

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<p>Math:
Star counting
Introduction to Calculus in Roman Numerals
Counting Bats with the Count</p>

<p>English:
Creative L337 Speak
Advanced Texting
Preventing Homonyms Abuse</p>

<p>Science:
Introduction to Molecular Rug Weaving
Organic Nostril Residue Splicing
Neurotic-Fungal Composition</p>

<p>History/Social Science:
The Ancient History of Waldo and Where He Went
What the Aboriginals Did Last Summer
Modern Martian Peasants</p>

<p>Foreign Language:
Valley Girl, III
Introduction to Da Hood
My Engrish Not Good</p>

<p>Electives in general:
Underwater Jellyfishing
Lint Collecting
Advanced I Spy</p>

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<p>Math:
Geometry</p>

<p>English:
Studies in literature
The Writer’s Craft
Poetry</p>

<p>Science:
Pre-med<3
Virology
Neuroscience</p>

<p>History/Social Science:
I don’t like history.</p>

<p>Foreign Language:
German
Latin
Arabic</p>

<p>Electives in general:
Engineering
Music Theory
How to stop Procrastinating ;)</p>

<p>I would also like to add AP courses because I think its cool how you guys can take those courses, I’m sure it has many benefits.</p>

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<p>^^ Omg… that made me crack up, thank you plattsburghloser, lol!</p>

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<p>Hmmm I like this question…</p>

<p>Language:
Latin
Italian</p>

<p>Math:
None, doesn’t matter for me.</p>

<p>Science:
Engineering
Astronomy</p>

<p>Music:
Don’t care… we have everything</p>

<p>English:
We have a lot, haha.</p>

<p>PE:
I wish there were rooms and barres for ballet instead of PE… that would be SICK</p>

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<p>Math:
Honors classes.
I hate math, so that’s it. </p>

<p>Science:
AP Chemistry
Marine Biology
Some kind of course to challenge established science rather than to accept it as the cold, hard truth. </p>

<p>Languages:
Latin
Sanskrit
Hungarian </p>

<p>Social Studies:
Ancient Near East Studies
Alternative History/Anthropology
Eastern Humanities </p>

<p>English:
Um… we have every class I can think of. Our English department has over 50 English classes.</p>

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<p>Math:Multivariable Calculus
AP Statistics</p>

<p>Science:AP Physics C
Engineering
Astronomy
Astrobiology</p>

<p>Language:French for careers
AP French
Italian
German</p>

<p>Lang Arts:Creative Writing</p>

<p>Electives:Song Writting
AP Computing Science AB
AP Music Theory</p>

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<p>Math:
Linear algebra
Multivariable Calc</p>

<p>Science:
AP chem (that would be the s-hit)
AP Physics C</p>

<p>Language:
Latin
Accelerared Spanish (it is sooo easy, it is boring)</p>

<p>English:
Journalism
Creative Writing</p>

<p>Electives:
AP music theory
Something awesome?</p>

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<p>Math:
AP Calc BC
Multivariable Calc
Differential Equations/Linear Algebra</p>

<p>Science:
Biochemistry
Microbiology
Organic Chemistry</p>

<p>History:
AP Art History (might be offered 09-10)
AP European History
AP Human Geography
AP Micro/Macroeconomics
AP Psychology</p>

<p>Languages:
AP Spanish Lang
AP Spanish Lit
AP French Lang</p>

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<p>History:
African History!!
Asian History
AP Human Geography</p>

<p>Languages:
AP French
AP Chinese
AP Japanese</p>

<p>Math:
Linear Algebra</p>

<p>Science:
Marine Biology
AP Computer Science
AP Physics</p>

<p>Electives:
AP Art History
AP Music Theory</p>

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<p>Math
BC Calc
Trig</p>

<p>English
AP English Lang.</p>

<p>History
AP World</p>

<p>Music
AP Music Theory</p>

<p>Lang.
Italian
AP Latin (either or)
Russian</p>

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<p>Math
Multivariable Calculus
Linear Algebra
Differential Equations
Partial Differential Equations</p>

<p>English
College Composition</p>

<p>History
None</p>

<p>Science
Sociology
Anatomy and Physiology
Cell Biology
Organic Chemistry I and II
Biochemistry I and II
Genetics</p>

<p>Language
Japanese</p>

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<p>Come on guys, be more creative here:</p>

<p>Mathematics:
Introduction to Proofs (this would be the bomb)
Gambling w/ Card Counting
Rubik’s Algorithms</p>

<p>Science:
Practical Sex Education
Food Chemistry
The Science of God</p>

<p>English:
Prose Writing w/ Intro to Speech Writing
Honors Text Messaging
Introduction to Archaic English</p>

<p>Social Studies:
Mythology of Greek and Roman Orgies
Anachronism in Historical Fiction
Philosophy and History of Education</p>

<p>Language:
Spanlish for Beginners
The Art of Accents
American Sign Language</p>

<p>Music:
Billboard Musical Trends
Introduction to Sound Remix
Comparative Music: Asian Pop Music</p>

<p>Visual Art:
The Art of Garnishing
Introduction to Feng Shui (Interior Decorating)
Japanese Fashion Trends</p>

<p>Others:
Bird Watching
Video Game Theory
Hip-Hop and Pop w/ Krumping (gym replacement)</p>

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<p>^Very Nice.</p>

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<p>Math- AP Stat</p>

<p>Science- Metaphysics <3</p>

<p>History- No opinion. Too many already.</p>

<p>Language- German</p>

<p>German</p>