How do some people on here handle 7 AP classes?

Earthlingo
Mon, 17 Aug 2015 01:40:16 +0000

Some people’s minds are more academically wired than others, I think. For some people, they don’t need to study, and have an easy time just remembering the content from the day’s class.

Also, it’s important to note that not every single class is giving/requiring an hour of work a night. I know when I was in 8th grade, they kept telling us that we would get homework every single night in every class, but… I can only name four or five classes I’ve taken in my two years of high school that regularly demanded homework assignments, and we have eight slots for classes. And if this means anything, only one of those regular homework classes was an AP. The other one didn’t even require any homework aside from optional reading, which helped if you were a bit clueless from the day’s lesson (it seems like most of the AP classes are lecture-based, at least at my school.)

Another thing: some students on here dedicate their entire lives to studying and school. I don’t really think that’s a healthy way to live; a young person needs to build experiences for themselves and have things to smile back on, not worry only about building a good-looking school record. While school is important, students should have lives outside of it and enjoy their lives as a separate entity.

I’ve set myself an absolute maximum of 4 APs a year, 3 if one of them isn’t a given (ex. Psychology or Human Geography.) This way, the classes aren’t going to make me miserable, but they’re just enough to keep me on a rigorous schedule. I also don’t do much outside of school: the only thing I’m doing definitely this year is volunteering at an animal shelter. I do this so my high school existence isn’t plagued my unnecessary stress and anxiety… we have to deal with enough of that as it is.