<p>The first day of school was actually really good! It went well, other than health, really. I already got some extra credit in AP Euro! My teacher said “welcome to AP euro, get out a sheet of notebook paper,” and I freaked out since I thought it was gonna be a test on the summer reading, which would have been impossible. But it was trivia knowledge of European knowledge–really obscure stuff. To give you an idea, the highest grade was a 55; I got a 50. Out of 100. The person whose paper I graded got a 5. Im actually looking forward to this year. </p>
<p>@evanb1996-how was your first day back? And I have no idea if that’s the reason why I start back so early, but it’s always been this early.</p>
<p>@evanh: It was so hard to readjust for me. Our school day is later now, so we don’t get out until 3:35 now. That may make my last class, Honors Physics, a horrible experience. I have the same teacher for Chem and Physics and he said that this week will be so brutal for me because I have to do the same assignments twice a day. I really hate redoing assignments. I’m the only boy out of 24 people in Health Sciences 1 (it should be called Anatomy & Physiology). Just imagine the flack I’m going to get over the semester. I don’t start my Precalc class until the 25th because it is online. But we can’t use the computers yet because the school needs to activate our student codes on the computers.</p>
<p>And as for summer reading, I had four books:
for honors english, Lord of the Flies (so good!) and How to Read Literature Like a Professor (so stupid & pointless)
for APUSH, Greatest Generation and Devil in the White City (both really good)</p>
<p>I taking Honors Chem this year and I’m so nervous! Everyone at my school says it’s awful and so hard (then again I go to a public school where most people take like two AP classes when we have 26 available) Anyone have any opinions on chemistry? I loved biology and was good at it, but uhhh not so sure about chemistry haahha.</p>
<p>@nothingto: I kind of like it, but it seems overwhelming though. Plus, I’m the only sophomore in the whole class with a bunch of juniors. But it’s kind of nice, even though some of the girls are scary looking or roll the other way. I’m in Physics with a bunch of seniors, so that’s overwhelming too.</p>
<p>@letsmakehistory: I’m in the same boat as you with Honors Chem. I think that the teacher was trying to get some of us to drop to get the weak ones out by speaking so bluntly. He kind of scared me, even though I know he’s a very cool guy.</p>
<p>The teacher I’m assigned to for Honors Chem has a fantastic legacy. Ample humor for an educator, a rare passion for the subject, etc. With teachers like that, I’m confident I’ll learn more than I expected, while enjoying it simultaneously. My condolences, guys. :P</p>
<p>@anaychi Nope, I live in Minnesota. I flew down for the weekend!</p>
<p>@evanb1996 Yep, it’s held in Chicago and Chile annually (different times) but I’ve also heard that they’re adding Brazil to that list starting next summer!</p>
<p>@evanb1996 – hahaha, sounds fun. Except actually really boring. The last class of my day is math, but the teacher is really easy to get off topic, so the class is really fun. I feel bad for you, though. How many sciences are you taking?</p>
<p>I found out that all we’re doing with the summer reading book is a critique on Friday while our teacher hands out 9 of our 10 textbooks. Yaaay. Other than the heavy workload, AP Euro seems like it’s gonna be a fun class.</p>
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<li>Honors Algebra II</li>
<li>Honors 10th English</li>
<li>AP Bio</li>
<li>Digital Photography</li>
<li>Spanish 2</li>
<li>Intro to Marketing</li>
<li>Online PE</li>
<li>Online Washington State History (the history I think I’m gonna drop though, don’t need it)</li>
</ol>
<p>@evanh: It is really boring now. Honors Chem, Honors Physics, and Health Sciences 1 (basic Anatomy & Physiology) are my sciences and NCSSM IVC Precalculus is my other class. NCSSM hasn’t sent any of the information for the class yet, so we are just sitting there for ~100 minutes doing nothing. </p>
<p>@AwkwardAardvark: Human Diseases sounds so interesting. If you get placed in there, you have to tell me about it.</p>
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