<p>@evan
Wow. For some reason I find that very funny. There’s got to be some way bludgeon through that bureaucratic ________, but I have no idea what that would be. On a different note, I took your advice and decided to apply to NCSSM. I don’t think I have a shot, but your school seems to be even worse off than mine so I hope you do get in.</p>
<p>Evanb1996: the best way to learn Spanish is to practice. Right now I’m in Spanish 4 and I take no notes just pay attention and I do well. So taking notes is not always the best unless you need a guide to remember conjugations and uses of certain words. I think you could learn it and if you know someone that speaks Spanish well try to speak with them!</p>
<p>@Quacoh: All you can do is hope if you really want to get in. If you wrote from your heart and have what they are looking for, then you have a chance to get in.</p>
<p>@helloel: Thanks! Unfortunately, I do not have anyone around me who speaks fluent Spanish. I guess that I’ll be calling my friend frequently over the summer.</p>
<p>@studiousmaximus: Good luck! But you won’t need it :)</p>
<p>@FantasyVesperia: That’s so cool! My school only offers Spanish, French, and German. Are you planning to take all 4 years of Latin? (Ignore the haters who say that Latin is useless because it’s an extinct language, it would be an amazing language to become fluent in)</p>
<p>I wanted to get Skyrim… Then I took an arrow to the knee.</p>
<p>@catchtwentythree I hope to take all 4 years. At my school our Latin teacher is really good. I might stop at 2 because our school has Biotechnology now and I really want to take that lol.</p>
<p>@FantasyVesperia: My school has a Biotechnology class, but it is only offered one semester and is through videoconference through NCSSM. But, it is more focused on genetics (the actual name of the course in Genetics and Biotechnology). I heard it is very easy.</p>
<p>Is there a class that anybody wants to take that is not AP/honors? I want to take Nursing Fundementals, which is a yearlong CTE Health Sciences class for seniors. I want to go into the medical field (pharmacist to be exact). Even though the class focuses on medical care in hospitals and nursing homes, I think that it is valuable to have going into college.</p>
<p>@evanb1996
I think it is more important to take classes relevant to your future studies than taking unrelated classes with the ‘AP’ title.
For someone interested in becoming a pharmacist, I think colleges value a “regular” Nursing Fundamentals class over something like AP Stat.</p>
<p>@StudiousMaximus Good luck with Latin Gov. School! I want to apply for next summer (in VA, so I imagine it would be competitive, seeing how large our JCL is). </p>
<p>And to anyone, Latin is a superb language. I was about to switch to French and am SO glad I didn’t. There’s also so much to it like Certamen (Which I can best describe as Latin quiz bowl, but it’s pretty much the coolest thing EVER) and Latin Convention (Also extremely AWESOME). </p>
<p>In other words, I’ve gotten more into my self study of AP Psychology! I’m using the Barrons book, any advice?</p>
<p>@evanb1996 I’m in a class called Pre-Vet. It’s not honors nor AP. I want to a Veterinarian Pharmacologist. Which is like a Pharmacist except with animals. 
I also agree with viveyvictoria. Colleges would love to see those kind of class and they also want to see you try some AP. Since Pharmacology in chemistry based, I plan to take AP Chemistry my Junior year.</p>
<p>I think that if a school is going to offer Latin0based languages, they should provide a Latin program too. My school currently only offers French, Spanish and German. Latin would be an exciting language I’d love to take up.</p>
<p>^My school offers Latin. Don’t take it, though. At first, I thought it was the most boring, useless thing ever, but now I’m considering picking it up next year in addition to Spanish. I don’t know if it’d be too hard to do both, but Spanish is really…not easy, but common/basic/kinda boring. Also, I wish that some schools had less obvious languages, like something for fun. I don’t know, maybe Italian. Not really that practical, but seems more fun.</p>
<p>@alexie2014 My friend takes both Latin and Spanish (she’s now in the third level of both) and say it’s fine. She considers Latin to be the harder language, though. But I agree with the fact that other languages should be available. I’m actually starting to take Italian outside of school in community classes, but it’d be nice if my school offered it.</p>
<p>@exodusdarling cool. not surprised about latin being harder…sometimes spanish feels like a joke! but it might get harder when i move into honors spanish. i’m really considering adding latin. and yeah, the same old spanish, french, german, and latin gets old :P</p>
<p>Have many of you read The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman? I’ve tried reading it twice but I never got into it (I thought it was too long once and the other time, I picked it up from the library with about 3 other books and picked it up when the books were due and didn’t get too far). I just wonder how you all think it is, compared to other fiction books you probably read in middle school, like Max Ride or Pendragon.</p>
<p>Sent from my ADR6350 using CC App</p>
<p>While it’s a good read, I find it offensive since I am a Christian.</p>
<p>While watching Anthony Bourdain today, I had a thought: do any of you guys have “closeted” passions? I use the word closeted in a sense that it denotes an avid interest that’s probably far from what you’d practically see yourself doing in the next 10 years, perhaps something your family would scoff at if you were to choose it as a career path.</p>
<p>I had this thought while watching Bourdain because while watching it, I’ve noticed that I’m an extreme food enthusiast (or foodie, if that’s how you roll. I find it to be a very kitsch term) and most people don’t know that. I love food/cuisine/etc. passionately, and even though I’m positive I’ll enjoy and do good work while working in a science-related field (neuroscience, wha wha?!), I could see myself performing well if I were to work with food when I’m older. Though, I probably won’t due to the sheer impracticality of doing so. Anyone have similar feelings?</p>
<p>@evanb1996
The Golden Compass…By Phillip Pullman? (How do I remember that book?) Hmm, it was OK. I bought it at a bookstore when I was in… Middle school. Let’s see, it’s a typical adventure tale, something about polar bears. It’s pretty well-written, though not very memorable; the protagonist is a tomboy whose name I can’t recall. Would I recommend it? Only if you have nothing better to read. </p>
<p>@anaychi
I’ve always entertained the thought of becoming a musician. You know, well-paying gigs, screaming fans, all that jazz. It’s really just a hobby, though; I write songs occasionally. I’m trying to get a garage band together, but unfortunately, I don’t have that many musically-inclined friends. (Let me rephrase that: my musically inclined friends all have big dreams of making it solo, haha.)</p>
<p>@anaychi I do.There are so many things I wish I could do but would never actually attempt. First I wanted to be an actress…I stuck with that for a LONG TIME. It sounds so unbelievably ridiculous…that’s why I got over it. Even if not, I’ve always been interested in movies/tv…behind the scenes stuff. Like screenwriting and producing. I tend to like more creative occupations than science-oriented ones…but I’d never actually pursue any of them. I have a lot of others, too :P</p>
<p>CC is pretty active tonight…</p>
<p>I read the Golden Compass two or three years ago… I remember passively enjoying it, but I don’t think I understood it too well at the time. I tried to read the sequel at some point and had no idea what was going on.</p>
<p>It’s probably worth giving a try. Definitely written better than the Pendragon books, if you like those.</p>
<p>@anaychi I think everybody does. I’ve always daydreamed about doing something not related to the more intellectual-y stuff I’m usually into, like getting a degree in barn management and business so I could run a stable/give horseback riding lessons and maybe open a small restaurant. Of course, this dream also involves me swimming in cash, which isn’t really realistic for small business owners nowadays :P</p>