<p>My AP Government class is not the most motivated group of students at our school, actually, its far from it. I’d say that if you gauged just how many students had below a 3.0 GPA in that class, it’d be around 70% - and for most, with the exception of three or four students, it is their first AP. </p>
<p>My AP Gov teacher is very aware of this and he is very lenient with people, which I understand. However, its come to the point that he is so lenient with kids that it almost makes me question why I’m trying in that class.</p>
<p>There is one boy in particular who is, for the first time, taking AP classes, because he made the decision over the summer before his senior year that he cares about school and wants to go to college, despite the fact that he’s held a steady 1.2 GPA throughout high school. I respect his motivation to turn himself around but he doesn’t do work, at all. He did not do the summer work despite a two week long extension (he plans to do it “soon”) and on Twitter, he constantly tweets about how he wants to play GTA/sleep/eat/“turn up” more than do his Gov notes, so that’s what he does. He just never does his notes.</p>
<p>Instead of being penalized, my Gov teacher just lets it happen.</p>
<p>He’ll let him turn in his notes by the end of the quarter and he’ll let him pass in the summer work without penalty. It kind of upsets me because I break my back in AP Gov over the notes. My summer work was on time and it was 32 pages single spaced. I spend more time doing Gov notes than any other homework from any other class (AP or otherwise) and it seems like the benefits I reap from doing so much work are kind of in vain when my Gov teacher lets so much go…</p>
<p>I think I know where you’re coming from, but I’m glad you bought this up because it supports something huge. What this supports is the idea of being “dumber” than people who do take AP classes. I don’t believe that, and your summary perfectly corroborated with that belief.</p>
<p>Now, I can’t compare to the amount if work you receive, that’s ridiculous. Though you shouldn’t be aggravated at the very least. Yes, he’s lenient with those that don’t perform so well, but expects you to excel in that subject because if who you are. He sees your potential and he’s just letting it fly. Isn’t that why you’re doing so well now? :)</p>
<p>Special treatment can go both ways. Alot of my teachers don’t say anything when I don’t take notes (it doesn’t help me to write things down… I need to hear it or say it) and math teachers have always given me the benefit of the doubt when not showing work on homework because I do very well on math team and on math tests.</p>
<p>I agree with ScienceKid. Kudos to that kid for deciding he wanted to challenge himself, even if he’s not actually going forth with his original plan. It’s frustrating, but just keep putting in the amount of effort you are right now - in the end, it’s not about the quantitative score, but about how much you gain from the class.</p>
<p>(Correct me if I’m wrong, but I interpreted the post as the “slacker” passing only because the teacher is extremely lenient, but your score is still leagues above his. In this case, you’re not really being affected, so don’t let it bother you too much!)</p>
<p>Yeah, I believe I have the highest grade in the class, around a 99% or so while I am unsure of what the boy has, I don’t believe its anything higher than a low B. It just seems that if we (the boy in question and I) both did our homework one night, and mine was three times the length of his because he happened to BS his in homeroom, that we’d end up with the same score just because my teacher “sympathizes” with him.</p>
<p>Sounds like you are stalking him. Leave him alone and focus on your own work. You will NOT succeed in college if you worry about the slackers and how they are treated by teachers or professors.</p>
<p>Teacher perhaps thinks the student will get a 1 no matter what he does, so puts up with it.</p>
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HAHAHAH yeah, preamble1776, is he cute??</p>
<p>@rhandco - He talks to me about it on a daily basis and he’s in my group for Gov - I’ve been talking to him about getting his act together for the past four years and he’s actually a pretty good friend of mine. Today in study hall, he asked me to come with him to Gov to see if our teacher would let him borrow something to review for the test… he kind of makes me aware of how he’s performing in Gov on a daily basis. </p>
<p>@clementines - Nah, not really, he has a weird nose. At least he isn’t a mental case though, just lazy. I suppose a mental deficiency is worse than apathy, at least some may argue… :)</p>
<p>ohhhh, sing a new tune, would ya</p>
<p>@Preamble
LOL!!!</p>
<p>You remind me of somebody in my class but he only relates to the part about cheating. He has really large eyes, but he isn’t a bad person XD</p>
<p>On the bright side, mang, just know that it’ll all pay off when you take the AP test.</p>
<p>@clementines - I would if you’d care to divulge more incredibly shameful things about your existence. 
Do mommy and daddy know that you brag about your flaws online? Would they be proud?</p>
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lol wat</p>
<p>yeah, i brag about my flaws and all my friends think it’s cool, so why wouldn’t i be proud?? it’s not like i would have to deal with ignorant YET hilarious comments like yours in real life, if people knew. </p>
<p>but i so enjoy our little exchanges! it really brightens up my hw! (◕‿◕✿)</p>
<p>If you do not understand the stigma associated with your kind in this country, then you have led a very sheltered life - because people generally don’t trust your kind. If a politician dared voice that he suffered from any type of mental illness, he’d shoot his chances of ever holding public office, ever. Go ahead and tell your friends how messed up you are, I can assure you that they’ll harbor their resentments or stereotypes that may not be evident to you right away. It wasn’t until like… thirty years ago that mental institutions stopped acting as zoos or houses of entertainment for the public - ever heard of Bedlam? Yeah, that was pretty much how people felt about the mentally deranged for the longest time. </p>
<p>You say “if people knew” - why don’t they? You don’t seem to have a problem with - shout it from the roof tops. </p>
<p>I’m glad it brightens up your homework. Maybe it can be therapeutic in a way. Maybe soon you won’t have to rely on chemicals to ensure that you don’t have a severe mental episode and lose the respect of all your friends, family, and colleagues. Maybe your family won’t have to continue to hide the shame they hold for their damaged child. </p>
<p>Just remember, when I don’t take my Claritin, my nose is stuffy all morning. When you don’t take your Lithium/Prozac/other anti-psychotic that doctors are shoving down your throat, you pose a threat to yourself and everyone around you. </p>
<p>But I’m glad I could make you feel better. You’re welcome.</p>
<p>i’m confused if you understand sarcasm or not?? LOL oh shoot!!! a bunch of anonymous people over the internet might think my anonymous identity is crazy! </p>
<p>lol i hope your mentally ill mother, among my KIND, is proud of you</p>
<p>thanks for showing me the light! i’ll just keep this gross secret of mine away from any friends and family, since that wasn’t what i’ve already been doing!</p>
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okay, doctor! thanks, doctor!!! i didn’t know lithium and prozac were antipsychotics!</p>
<p>Mentally ill mother? What? LOL. </p>
<p>My mother has asthma, she’s still pretty proud of me though, even if she does need her inhaler with her most times. (The correlation in that is … cloudy at best.)</p>
<p>If you made up the fact that you’re mentally ill, then that’s pretty pitiful. If you’re mentally ill, well, I already voiced my opinions on that.</p>
<p>You keep trying to trivialize the whole situation - if you think this is pointless, then just stop responding? LOL, you must love attention. </p>
<p>Go ahead, keep responding. Prove my point.</p>
<p>ohhhh sry. forgot you deleted your post about that? about your mom being hospitalized?? no? well, i AM crazy.</p>
<p>yes i’m trivializing it, when you told me to “lighten up LOL i’m so cool” over your insightful little comments. </p>
<p>and i just need more of your enlightenment; i cleARLY need it</p>
<p>You mean the post I made based on a YA book I had read over the summer for AP Literature. Yeah, that wasn’t actually a thing - I could give you the title and ISBN if you wanted it, I basically copy and pasted the summary. Unfortunately, my life isn’t nearly that exciting. So while you aren’t crazy in that sense, you are quite naive. I deleted it because I didn’t want that somehow linked to me, especially when my mother is well known in the community and people would think it odd if I said she was in a mental institution 6 hours a way over the summer when she was on a business trip in NYC for two months… LOL? </p>
<p>You should lighten up! Come on, this is all in good fun. I’m not upset or anything, I’m just trying to shoot the breeze. You’re the one who gets so worked up about it, lol. If you aren’t as sick as you initially claimed, you have no reason to retaliate. </p>
<p>My little comments are actually moderately sized in both their length and complexity, I’ll have you know! LOL and they’re actually very insightful. Your mental deficiency might impair you in seeing that, though, so I understand.</p>
<p>Yeah, I am responding. Whatever it takes to put off reading The Remains of the Day.</p>
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<p>i wonder what insightful person said that?? but i guess it doesn’t apply to family members!
and yes, please, i would like that ISBN! i totally believe you!</p>
<p>lol your little comments about my “kind” and how i’m “crazy” are definitely sizable and complex. because not just ANYONE could think of that. only a truly enlightened person could! like you! and i mean, you’re right! i must have comprehension problems, because ALL people with mental illnesses are stupid! wow, i would have never known</p>