is it better to take easier classes in hs

runningwriter
Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:57:03 +0000

Honestly, take the harder classes. Being valedictorian by taking all easy classes is no achievement whatsoever and I wouldn’t really feel accomplished. If you claim to be such an quick learner, why not at least try a few honors or APs? And you can’t listen to what others say about AP classes, it’s different for every school. Some people say AP Biology is pretty easy while at my school it’s regarded as the hardest one offered (probably due to different teachers). Plus, AP/Honors are weighted so that those who take those classes end up with a higher GPA anyways.

Personally, even if I know I’m walking into a complete death-trap of a class, I feel way more accomplished knowing I have made it through it. Example: Last year’s Honors English (sophomore year). We had over 40 people in Honors English freshman year and it dropped to less than 20 people sophomore year, just because people heard how hard that class was. In the end, I completed the class, and no one ended up with anything higher than a B+ for the year. There’s like 2 people who thought they could take Honors frosh year, skip the hard soph year, and take honors again junior year, and they have absolutely no respect by the rest of us for taking the “easy way out” and are pretty much shunned :)