<p>Hey CCer’s,
To many of you my schedule seems monotonous and probably easy, but I’m concerned. I’m a junior and my schedule is as follows:
0 and 1st hour are marching band which starts at 6:30 am. I’m section leader this year
2nd AP U.S. History
3rd Spanish 3
4th Honors Pre-Calculus
5th AP English
6th AP Physics
I participate in NHS, Key Club, President of FBLA, and after school band rehearsals. I’m not a naturally gifted student, I just know how to work hard, I’ve never gotten straight A’s in all of my three years of high school. Basically I’m asking for any tips on how to do well with these classes any information at all, from ways to study and what to avoid. Thanxs a bunch and I hope you guys are enjoying your summer.</p>
<p>As for studying… all I have to say is review a little every night that way you don’t really have to study for tests and quizzes (it also works well when a pop quiz comes along). I do that and before I take a test I only really review for no more than a half an hour and just read over the notes and I’m good. </p>
<p>The key is simply time management (which I am finally getting the hang of). I do things like study on the way to school and if need be study during lunch. </p>
<p>Also don’t feel ashamed to ask your teacher for help if you need it… or if you are just a little freaked out from a test. Good teachers seem to have a way to help by giving you a clue on a question or something (which can help put you ahead of the class) </p>
<p>Any other questions I’ll try to answer. </p>
<p>I also want to hear other people’s suggestions… can’t hurt!</p>
<p>You shouldn’t be worried about your schedule. It doesn’t look shabby to me. I’m going to be a junior and mine is similar (a few more classes, though, we have more class periods). You obviously have to know what you are doing to get to the point you’re at now (in AP and honors classes). </p>
<p>I can give you an important tip with Spanish - REVIEW VOCABULARY. Since you’re at Spanish 3 now, which is considered “intermediate” you’ll be learning all types of new grammar and sentence structures and things, but it is important to also have a good grounding in basic vocabulary. This might sound stupid, but my teacher recommended saying the words out loud 4 or 5 times just to get the sound/stick it in your head. Many people think that using index cards to study is stupid, but if you need to study for a language, using index cards with the Spanish on one side and English (or your native tongue) on the other is a great way to study. They’re small, so you can carry them in your books and take them out to study on the bus, before bed, whenever you have a few minutes. </p>
<p>Another thing is get whatever sleep you feel is necessary before tests and things. Review your notes when you get home. If you can’t sleep one night, review notes/homework before you go to bed because I read somewhere (don’t rememeber where) that if you read something before going to bed, you’ll remember it more easily in the morning. Not sure if it works, but it’s not a bad idea to get some more studying in anyway.</p>
<p><strong><em>This is the only strategy to doing well that I follow - just pay attention in class. Sure, it might be easy to teach yourself things afterschool or on weekends, but who really wants to do that? Your teachers are there for a reason - just pay attention to them in class! They’re the ones giving the tests/know what they’re talking about (most of the time), listen to them!</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>The other strategy that I follow is simply don’t worry. Things become a lot harder when you stress out. This one is hard to follow, because it requires self-discipline and maybe going against your natural instincts, but nothing is really ever as bad as it seems.</em></strong></p>
<p>< To many of you my schedule seems monotonous and probably easy, but I’m concerned. I’m a junior and my schedule is as follows:
0 and 1st hour are marching band which starts at 6:30 am. I’m section leader this year
2nd AP U.S. History
3rd Spanish 3
4th Honors Pre-Calculus
5th AP English
6th AP Physics
I participate in NHS, Key Club, President of FBLA, and after school band rehearsals. I’m not a naturally gifted student, I just know how to work hard, I’ve never gotten straight A’s in all of my three years of high school. Basically I’m asking for any tips on how to do well with these classes any information at all, from ways to study and what to avoid. Thanxs a bunch and I hope you guys are enjoying your summer. ></p>
<p>Are you sure that there are enough hours in a day to do all this?</p>
<p>For starters, I’d consider switching from AP US History to the regular class. At my high school, AP US History had a TORRENTIAL workload. I couldn’t hack it and had to switch to the regular class after only a month. A substantial percentage of the class couldn’t hack it either, and I’m surprised anyone could hack it. Despite taking Honors/AP classes to the hilt, there was MORE homework in AP US History than the rest of my classes combined (including Honors English, Honors Pre-Calculus, AP German III, and AP Chemistry).</p>
<p>In addition, you should cut back on at least one or two more AP classes if you insist on being in the marching band and being president of FBLA. The extremists on this site will think you’re an immoral slacker, but you can’t please everyone.</p>
<p>Hmmm…I seem to have misread the schedule comment. Disregard my comments on that part of my previous post. </p>
<p>Is it okay to back out of a class now? Will your guidance allow you to? If so, you could consider switiching to a different level on one or two of your classes. Also remember that your academics are more important than your ECs if you need to drop something. Perhaps you could try it for a week or two and see, if that is allowed in your school.</p>
<p>Also, the amount of work depends on the school. Generally, AP classes have a lot of work, but it’s not always the case with particular teachers. Do you know anything about the classes as they are taught at your school?</p>
<p>Having a flexible counseling office is ++EV (a very good thing). Do not be afraid to switch around your schedule if you are not capable of keeping up with the workload, or you simply are not getting it after a while. (classes starting at 9 were great). If your teachers are good, listen to their hopefully honest appraisal, and switch out during the middle of the year toward an easier course. But, of course, if you can deal, and you can deal with a bit more than you think you can or want to deal with, keep the schedule.</p>
<p>-Definitely buy study guides for the AP classes.
-Review during lunch, do homework whenever you can, study on the bus. -Definitely get good sleep when there’s a test the next day.</p>
<p>I think you can do it. Just don’t join any sports or clubs unless you really have time. But if you start slipping in a class do get help. And if you find that you’re failing in one of them, the best thing to do is to switch to an easier class so you can get A’s.</p>
<p>Yes, I do agree that APUSH has a huge workload. But at my school, it all turned out to be busywork. We had to outline chapters, but I never revisited those outlines and later ended up making two sets of outlines (since my teacher had a certain way of doing things that I didn’t like). The textbook we used came with studyguides for each chapter with IDs (kind of like vocabulary terms). My teacher gave us a lot of reading quizzes, so I learned to do the IDs beforehand, even if it wasn’t required homework.</p>
<p>My point is that to do well not only requires good time management and discipline but also knowing what the teacher wants. If you can figure out how the class is run in the first couple of weeks and adapt accordingly, you’ll be much better off. Once you know what the expectations are, do what you can to make the task of meeting those expectations as easy as possible, whether it’s doing extra work or getting ahead on assignments.</p>
<p>Thank you guys very much</p>
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