<p>Bigtwix:</p>
<p>I’m not even going to touch your tone; I’ll just say this: I came from a fairly well known public school in suburban Chicago. Maybe once this got heated up we’d have a lot of work, but never had I heard of one subject giving someone 10 hours of work within it’s first week (it’s not like I slacked off or didn’t take honors courses either). </p>
<p>The point is, keeping ahead, as well as keen, is something that takes more time than most people think. I’ll exclude you from that generalization because it’s fairly obvious that you like to waste your time on menial b<em>ll</em>**** (ie turning studying into an affair). </p>
<p>20 hours of hw is a lot different than 20 hours of hw, studying, and projects.</p>
<p>Don’t disillusion yourself, what you’re accomplishing in your last year of high school is near pointless; where you’ll be able to get accepted to has already been determined (there are no amount of good grades now that can make a difference). Have fun, and don’t sweat your senior year; it’s truly b<em>ll</em>****.</p>