<p>for me, the _______ course is chemistry...</p>
<p>i don't understand. i do fine in all the other courses. math has always been my strength and i don't suck at physics. i like the calculation part of chem, but the Atomic theory part? (yes, the bohr, rutherford, pi sigma bond,sp^3 hybrid) man...i hate them</p>
<p>i just got the lowest mark i've ever gotten in HS in my chem test on Atomic theory. luckily my mid year reports are already in so the colleges wont have to see this mark...</p>
<p>anyone else feel the same about a course?</p>
<p>ps. how can you study for chem? any tip is welcome, thanks!</p>
<p>AP physics C. I’m good at math, was good at first year physics, but this course is kicking my butt.</p>
<p>Chemistry. The teacher is good, but the subject is one that I just am not interested in learning and, to make matters worse, it’s just a hard subject in general.</p>
<p>AP Statistics- I understand one unit and do well, and the next I cant seem to pass a test! It’s frustrating, but at least I’m a second semester senior :)</p>
<p>English, which is odd because English used to be my best subject. But I actually have to think and do work this year, which I’m not used to, so while I think the course is ultimately only doing to do me good it’s difficult in the short-term.</p>
<p>i ____________ hate chemistry as well</p>
<p>AP CHEM FTW!!! They said we had to be in a certain math class to be in it, but it hasn’t helped AT ALL.</p>
<p>Here’s AP Chem: Just got a test on Chang Ch. 11/12 back. 89. Best test since chapter one. It all went downhill with gas stoichiometry.</p>
<p>AP Biology. it’s killing me.</p>
<p>APAH… I have an A, but the teacher treats me like an idiot, I hate the book, and I try to avoid it as much as possible. (It’s online, so it can be done.)</p>
<p>Math HL.</p>
<p>I understand everything in class, the assignments are easy, the textbook questions are easy, but the tests aren’t.</p>
<p>;_;</p>
<p>i loved chemistry. my teacher this yr has made me hate it…i took honors chemistry last yr and did extremely well, but now im taking AP chem but b/c of my teacher i hate it!! im not ready at all for the ap exams, im gonna have to self study</p>
<p>AP English Lang.</p>
<p>I’ve always been good at English, but this class has just crushed me. Where I used to be the high-scorer on all essays and tests, I’m just around average now. My teacher is an extremely strict grader and I don’t think anyone has gotten a grade above a 6 on any essay. Most people actually get 2-4 on average. Sad thing is that despite how ridiculously hard everything seems, I’m still not learning as much as I did the last two years in Gifted English I/II.</p>
<p>IB Computer Science, everyone else gets everything so naturally!!!</p>
<p>For me, that course is Chemistry, AP World History, and occasionally AP Lit.
For chemistry, I have an incompetent teacher who loses all your work. I have no clue how chemical bonding, heat of fusion, etc. works
for AP World, I’m just not good at memorizing history (in fact if someone could PM me with a method to memorize historic facts and concepts i’d really appreciate it)
and for AP Lit…
I suck at writing essays.</p>
<p>Calc AB. Lol, I usually understand the material and everything, but then I get the test back and see I’ve made a million careless errors (and my teacher really gets you for this-- no equal sign next to your final answer=-1). In a way, it makes me feel better that my poor performance isn’t due to lack of understanding, but still. Even when I check my work, I do it wrong a second time.</p>
<p>AP Calculus</p>
<p>Math had always been my best subject, until now.</p>
<p>(Although the teacher sure doesn’t help.)</p>
<p>Physics. no, not even AP, just plain honors. i have A’s in everything else, even A+'s, and i have like a D+ in physics. ugh</p>
<p>English Lit… which is weird, because it has traditionally been my strong suit … my teacher this year and i just dont see eye to eye, as a classmate put it “there is palpable tension” between us, and it doesn’t help that his wife is the dormmistress in the house where I’m RA … and they have absolutely no separation - she told me, in front of the common room full of my girls, that i bombed a section of his exam … my respect for him has deteriorated to the point where i have all but given up trying to change my style to one he prefers, and improve in the areas he perceives as weak for me (he wrote in my end of term comment i need to “work on reading more closely” - n.b. i got an 800CR; and “get a better grasp of the english language” - i took the AP lang exam last year cold, never took the class and got a 5) it is my biggest frustration, especially looking at the fact that his favorite student is a girl who’s been in my english class the past 3 years, who i have always out performed, and suddenly the roles are reversed, she’s being lauded while i’m getting B’s in english for the first time in my life … meanwhile if she’s so much better than I am, why did she get deferred ea from two schools i was accepted at??
…sorry for the rant, 6 days till ivy decisions and the stress level is through the roof!!!</p>
<p>AP English Literature.</p>
<p>The problem isn’t the work; I don’t mind reading and analysis, writing essays, all that jazz. The problem is the constant degradation done by the teacher. Calling us stupid, humiliating us, etc. I had this same teacher last year for AP English Language, and it wasn’t this bad.</p>
<p>It’s really starting to wear on me and just about everyone else in the class.</p>