<p>WHOA. My Chem teacher uses the same grading scale! I don’t think you go to my school, though, since we didn’t have that pregnancy situation… also, I don’t live in California… err. Anyways.</p>
<p>I think that you should buy a Barron’s AP Chem book and follow along with the lessons. I mean, I read a bit of Barron’s Chem SAT II book over the summer to prepare for that subject test, and that really helped (a) refresh me on Chem stuff that I had forgotten, since I took the class two years ago, and (b) introduce me to some of the new AP stuff on a pretty basic level upon which the teacher elaborated in class. I imagine that a book designed for the AP class would put things in simpler terms and help you understand the general concepts, and you could talk to the teacher about more specific questions.</p>