<p>I took AP US last year (5) and by now I've forgotten much of what I've learned. Sometimes I wonder why we learn the stuff at all, if we're only going to come out of the class knowing, for example, 2 key concepts. Why not just spend the entire year repeating 3 concepts over and over? Then it seems that we'd know more in the long run.</p>
<p>I have a terrible time remembering math rules from year to year (ie law of cosines, law of sines, etc). My math teacher says he expected our class to remember it from last year. Is this possible for most of y'all?</p>
<p>It may seem that way but you actually do remember some stuff subconsciously that you thought you'd forgot. I basically forgot everything in APUSH as well, but I definitely feel like I know American history a lot better today than a year ago.</p>
<p>if you actually learned the material, you do remember it, you just don't know it. i felt like i'd forgotten all the german i'd learned, but then i started german classes again and realized i remembered most of it! you just need to get your brain adjusted to thinking about the subject again and, provided you actually learned it at some point, you'll find out you remember a lot more than you think!</p>
<p>I got a 5 on my AP Euro Exam, but I don't remember a lot of it. I do recall general trends, but all that memorization of dates and facts was stupid because I remember ... haha, like, NONE of them.</p>
<p>I have trouble remembering stuff too, especially math (I'm not a math person). We have these things, toolkits, which are just basically notes - we're allowed to use them on tests and on part of the semester exam. We keep them year to year, which greatly helps. You're allowed to use your freshman year toolkit on a senior test if needed. It's pretty nice.</p>
<p>haha apmcavoy, that's so true... It really does help to understand the formulas. A lot of times I can figure them out anyway. But I felt the same way about APUSH but then I brought up some obscure reference about Alexander Hamilton at lunch and I realized I knew more than I thought.</p>