<p>What do you do in your classes?
Are your teachers making you take a final too?
I am trying to get rid of the final in our school.</p>
<p>At my school the AP teachers don't make you take a final as long as you take the exam. It's pretty messed up that they'd make you take both the AP exam and a final.</p>
<p>right. why do they say that?
and am i right in saying that if you told people that they dont have to take the final if they take the ap, wouldnt more take it?
how much do you pay for yours?
ours is $80+/test</p>
<p>Mine was $83 because I took two (US and Bio). We don't have a final either as long as we took the national exam. In both myclasses we did absolutely nothing today. Theoretically we were supposed to make a nature video in bio but....</p>
<p>right, but i am trying to convince my calc and chem teachers to not make us take it
we do have something in effect...if you are a senior , and have an A, you dont have to take the final and can use your overall grade as a grade for your final
we are trying to do that but for any grade (as long as you took it)
ANY TEACHER'S OPINIONS?</p>
<p>ehh...we have to take finals no matter if we took the exam or not.</p>
<p>in psych we're just going to watch movies like a beautiful mind, and documentaries that pertain to psych. but then we have to take a final (which i hear everyone fails because they forget everythingg) </p>
<p>in history..we're still working. we stopped around the 1950s, so we have a test on the eisenhower era tomorrow. :/ and then we have to take a final for history too..</p>
<p>our exams were $53.</p>
<p>ok. I am trying to get the opinion of someone who doesn't have to, so that I can present an argument to our teachers.</p>
<p>I don't have to take any final for a class if I am taking the AP Exam for that class.</p>
<p>why?
what is your teacher's reasoning?</p>
<p>AP Exam tests the knowledge you have mastered in the class.
Our school has the policy that if the teacher thinks that the student is taking the AP Exam just to exempt the final, then the teacher can force him/her to take the final, regardless of whether he/she is the taking the AP Exam or not.</p>
<p>Think about it. People that don't take the AP Exam for the AP class are probably slackers who are just there for the 10 extra points on their GPA. But if you worked hard in the class and put in the effort, then you would take the AP Exam, because you would want the college credit. Those who just slacked the whole year wouldn't pay $50 or $80 just to exempt the final because they probably don't care about grades anyway.</p>
<p>ok
i understand that one
but how the hell am i supposed to convince my calc teacher
she said that she woul consider it, but not for this year
he reasoning was that it was not well announced
but...the kids that didn't take the ap exam didnt take it because they thought that they had not mastered the material, right?
but in class we have the kids who say, thats not fair, and if i knew that i would have taken the class
what do you do about that?</p>
<p>no finals in any of my AP classes (ulness you want to take it)</p>
<p>let me run through my ap classes</p>
<p>english - the dead
bio - outbreak/gattaca/other movies
calc - cathedral/absonce/pente (boardgames) and stand up and deliver
physics - HALO
gov - presentations
spanish - Motorcycle diaries, el mar fuente, juanes, above calc games, cluedo</p>
<p>im glad that you guys dont have finals
but my question is how do i convince her?
o btw i love the physics class
and we already did the calc movie
and i repeated, during chem exam, uh oh, CB is racist, they might make me take it again, lol</p>
<p>We don't have to go to class anymore and don't have a final! Woohoo!</p>
<p>for chem we're playing mario cart</p>
<p>in my school they pay for he test and everyone has to take them or u pay the $83...since the school pays for the exams we take finals at the end of april/ealy may in preperation for the exam
after the exams:
ap euro- we watch movies
ap language- movies and preperation for ib extended essay next year :(
ap psychology= we have a project due next week *** :(</p>
<p>ok
thanks for all of your input but can you help me with suggestions on how to convince our teacher</p>
<p>just say that the ap is even more comprehensive than any final she could give and that your taking it shows that you know the material and why should you continually have to prove yourself on the same subject over and over again</p>
<p>wth lol u guys pay so much i pay 13$ per exam.</p>
<p>Yes Nothing For The Rest Of The Year!!!! I'm Done Baby!!</p>