Somebody please help me if they had the class. The guy doesn’t teach it like it should be at all
The only math questions i got wrong were the grid ins
@Medachimasen It’s my AP Physics teacher’s first time teaching physics :((
@aspiringgirl My God, it’s my teacher’s first time teaching AP HuG. Honestly, he is an a** since he just gave up teaching the class and still expects us to do well on the test. Right now, I learned reading the textbook is the best way to prepare yourself for the AP test so I recommend that you do so. And since you’re taking AP Physics there are probably practice problems to solve. Hopefully your AP Physics teacher is smart and you can ask him to help you with some questions if you don’t understand how to do it.
But really, my teacher is so mean. He literally makes fun of me and my friends and specifically target us because we are Asian. Apparently he tells the other periods about us from what my friends say.
Wow he is an a**
Yeah .-.
Also, @LeopardFire There’s a D in between the D+ and F.
I got a 1360.
Okay, so in English yesterday, we read a story called “The Bet”. It was about two men who made a bet after they were having a discussion about which was more humane when it came to prisoners, killing them immediately or having them spend life in prison. One of the men, a banker as in he owned a bank, bet two million dollars if the other could stay in jail for 15 years, but instead of jail, it was solitary confinement, as in the banker’s lodge. The catch was that he would have to stay in the lodge for 15 years and could and that he could have anything he desired, as long as it fit through a little window. Over the 15 years, the man educated himself with books on everything from the natural sciences to philosophy, theology and the Gospels, Lord Byron to Shakespeare and overall read more than 600 books in the first 4 years. By the time the 15 years were hours away from finishing, the banker was almost bankrupt. Just hours before, he contemplated burning down the lodge with the man and saw that the man was sleeping. He had written a letter to the banker:
"To-morrow at twelve o’clock I regain my freedom and the right to associate with other men, but before I leave this room and see the sunshine, I think it necessary to say a few words to you. With a clear conscience I tell you, as before God, who beholds me, that I despise freedom and life and health, and all that in your books is called the good things of the world.
"For fifteen years I have been intently studying earthly life. It is true I have not seen the earth nor men, but in your books I have drunk fragrant wine, I have sung songs, I have hunted stags and wild boars in the forests, have loved women ... Beauties as ethereal as clouds, created by the magic of your poets and geniuses, have visited me at night, and have whispered in my ears wonderful tales that have set my brain in a whirl. In your books I have climbed to the peaks of Elburz and Mont Blanc, and from there I have seen the sun rise and have watched it at evening flood the sky, the ocean, and the mountain-tops with gold and crimson. I have watched from there the lightning flashing over my head and cleaving the storm-clouds. I have seen green forests, fields, rivers, lakes, towns. I have heard the singing of the sirens, and the strains of the shepherds' pipes; I have touched the wings of comely devils who flew down to converse with me of God ... In your books I have flung myself into the bottomless pit, performed miracles, slain, burned towns, preached new religions, conquered whole kingdoms ...
"Your books have given me wisdom. All that the unresting thought of man has created in the ages is compressed into a small compass in my brain. I know that I am wiser than all of you.
"And I despise your books, I despise wisdom and the blessings of this world. It is all worthless, fleeting, illusory, and deceptive, like a mirage. You may be proud, wise, and fine, but death will wipe you off the face of the earth as though you were no more than mice burrowing under the floor, and your posterity, your history, your immortal geniuses will burn or freeze together with the earthly globe.
"You have lost your reason and taken the wrong path. You have taken lies for truth, and hideousness for beauty. You would marvel if, owing to strange events of some sorts, frogs and lizards suddenly grew on apple and orange trees instead of fruit, or if roses began to smell like a sweating horse; so I marvel at you who exchange heaven for earth. I don't want to understand you.
"To prove to you in action how I despise all that you live by, I renounce the two million of which I once dreamed as of paradise and which now I despise. To deprive myself of the right to the money I shall go out from here five hours before the time fixed, and so break the compact ..."
@ak2018 That sounds like an amazing story. I am definitely going to read it!
@ak2018 That sounds awesome! All we read in my English class was an essay written by a fat lady who hates skinny people. She pretty much said skinny people are unhappy and don’t enjoy eating gooey foods. I did not understand the point of the whole essay while we were discussing it in class. It wasn’t even satire!
@Medachimasen Just pick up Ethel Wood’s AP Human Geography Study Guide, 3rd edition. It has everything you need to know for the exam and little multiple choice sections to help you figure out what you don’t know yet. The book was actually harder to go through than the AP exam.
Before reading the story, we were given a set of three scenarios similar to the story. Would we stay in the same conditions that the man stayed in for a billion dollars, whether or not we would rather be killed quickly or spend life in prison, and whether or not life is the greatest gift you will ever receive. We had a huge debate about it too, which led to my English teacher saying I’ll never be a billionaire (says the guy on a high school teacher’s salary, just saying) :-w After the story, I came to a few conclusions.
- In the letter, the man was basically saying that through the magic of books he was able to go on many adventures without ever having to leave the lodge. However, I feel that books can not be used to fully replace actual life experiences.
- Knowing all of this information made him feel as if people cared more about there time on Earth, and not trying to get into heaven.
@LeopardFire My only 3 dot AP recommendations were AP English Language, and AP Psych. I got 2 dots for the humanities classes, and 1 dot for everything else.
Wait how do you get the dot thingy @Phantomlink
Oh wait never mind @Phantomlink I had 2 dots for AP English Language and Physchology and one dot for for everything else.
According to the tables released by college board, a 1260 would have been around an 1800 on the old SAT. This isn’t really where I want to be lol… What is the best way to improve? Would getting the official thing be the best to get? It comes with 4 of the new SAT tests and I’m assuming the PSAT and SAT are similar, right?
Like @HelloThereHola I was checking my scores and how how they convert, I must say I did well for someone who has never taken the test before and never studied. However, I feel I can do better and my score goal for next year, if it’s achievable for me, is at least 1250. I’ll probably start studying this summer as I plan to take the actual SAT, for the first time, about one year from now, February 2017. Does anyone have anyone recommendations on any PSAT books that are really good? I’m probably just going to find one at my local library. I mainly want to work on my math as that was pretty low. It actually shocked me that I scored higher on the verbal than the math.
Where are you guys finding the table? I went on CollegeBoard and couldn’t find it.
For SAT prep, I’d start with doing the Khan Academy stuff. From there, I just take out any books your library has. I’ve heard Baron is good, since its practice tests are more difficult than the actual SAT, so if you can get a good score on them, you’re set.
@LeopardFire Search “new PSAT old PSAT college board” on Google. It’s the first link! And thanks!