U.S. History AP :(

trooperchin

Man is this class intimidating. Its a college level course that can be used to get credits once I go to college. Talk about demanding. IM really feeling stressed right now and this is just the first day i got home around 4:30 and have been working on this paper since. I dont want a pat on the back but perhaps some helpful words?



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RustyBones

Whats the course over? Ive taken 2 US History classes in college so far , I might be able to help a little.

ElMuertoMonkey

History should be viewed as a novel to which you already know the ending.

It's not dry facts or dates, it's a story as full and engaging as any you will find and all the more marvelous because it all really occurred. If you get boged down in the details (dates, names, places, etc.), you'll do just that: get bogged down. Read it for what it is and those details will come to you before you know it.

susie

Hang in there. You will be appreciative once you hit college for all the AP courses you take. My honest opinion is that the level of education kids are recieving today is falling off, but university instructors will not wait for you to play catch up. It will be a sink or swim environment. My two older ones have/are taking all AP classes (English, history, science, advanced math ccourses) and the two younger ones are in GT preparing for AP classes once they hit high school.

Good luck and if you hit any snags quiz the board, there is a wealth of knowledge to be had right here.

***KATN!***

trooperchin

Yeah well this teacher, the first day, comes in and says that everyone will teach history different and that Nobody has the exact right answer to history. IN other words..."* are like opinions, everyones got one". I like that... he's realistic. Then again hes a liberal yuppie who apologizes for everything the United States has done wrong. Woohoo this is going to be fun.



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idsman75

Sometimes you just have to deal with a crummy teacher. History was my favorite (and best subject) in college. I had a Western Civilization professor who was amazing. There were about 90 students in the class and only about three of us were actually into the material. He got tired of us running class discussions so he told us he wouldn't hold it against our final grades if we skipped class a few times a week as long as we turned in our papers and showed up for the tests. He always gave me full credit for every paper and managed to gift me a score of 110% on my last paper because he knew that I loved the subject material. History and Composition were the only classes that ever tripped my trigger and "clicked" with me. Hang in there. It isn't easy but things seem to "flow" when you can find a reason to be passionate about it.

English was the only AP class that was offered when I was in high school. It was mostly composition and poetry. My teacher was a flaming man-hating liberal femi-%%%%. I ignored the teacher and became engrossed in the material and pulled out a "5" on the AP exam. Hope this helps some.

DancesWithSheep

It is logically impossible to know the past. Ask the instructor whether s/he has ever read "A Canticle For Liebowitz".

Iconoclast

Trooper, AP courses came into use after I finished HS, but all my kids took them. Yes, they are tough. They are supposed to be. They are college level courses, not the pablum dished out for soft credits to facilitate "social graduations." But also, your instructor may well be intending to intimidate those who are not serious; having them transfer to less demanding classes. Stick with it . . . you would not be in the course if you didn't have the ability . . . and I think you will see most of the Drill Instructor stuff disappear no later than a month into the curriculum. All the AP instructors my kids had treated them like college students once the fringe players had transferred out, encouraging them to think like adults, not parroting the "party line." Even the liberals.

bigdaddyjunior

DWS, who wrote that? Please don't say Mrs. Liebowitz.

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He Dog

Walter Miller Jr., no Mrs. in front, wrote Canticle. I think it is one of DWS's favorites, he has mentioned it before. Been around at least 30 years. The book I mean, DWS is much younger.[8D]

My heros have always killed cowboys.

DancesWithSheep

Dale: [8D]

trooperchin

Yeah, im thinking things are looking better already...[:D] Turned in some work and says that it would be interesting discussion topics later on down the road...good thing?



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