Sorry, I’ve already posted this in Class of 2017 thread
First of all, I was hoping to take Peer Discovery (a TA class for elementary and middle school), but my school has replaced this class with PEPI (Physical Education Pupil Instructor). Does anyone have any experience with this? Is it similar to being a TA in a middle school class? Are you allowed to go to middle schools instead of elementary schools (doesn’t seem like it but just asking)? Is it solely PE?
*Obviously I am going to ask my counselor but was wondering if you all knew about it.
The main reason I wanted to take Peer Discovery was because I would be my former teacher’s assistant, and now knowing that I couldn’t be helping him, the prospect isn’t as promising anymore. Should I opt out of PEPI and take AP Gov?
If I choose to forgo PEPI, this would be my schedule, which is a lot more rigorous than if I had chosen to be a TA.
AP Lang
Pre-Calc Honors
APES
APUSH
Newspaper 2 (yearly)
Tech Theatre 1
AP Gov (instead of PEPI)
Is this too much considering I’ve never taken any AP classes before? I’ve earned A’s in all high school classes thus far. All honors.
AP Lang isn’t much of a problem if you’re good at English classes. APES is known to be one of the easiest AP classes. APUSH is a class a lot of students have trouble with… honestly, as far as I can see, it’s a very typical history class. AP Gov I have no experience with.
These are humanities AP classes, so they are inherently different from the STEM APs. That could be a good or bad thing. It really depends on you. For what it’s worth, you don’t have the harder APs in there (except maybe APUSH).
Also, it vastly depends on you. How well can you study?
I’m pretty sure AP Lang, APUSH and AP Gov would be very manageable. While APUSH has somewhat of an infamous reputation, at my school, it’s apparently a pretty easy class with a fun teacher. I’m more worried about APES and Pre Calc, which many students struggle with (especially Pre Calc). Also, I feel like two AP history classes could be exhaustive together.
My time management skills have served me well so far. I’ve only had a few days of 3 hours of homework; the rest I’m able to complete assignments and study in 30 minutes to 2 hours in any given days (2 hours being rare). I do study but not as intensely as some (no flashcards for classes other than Spanish and I don’t really study for hours at a time or do any work on the weekend if I don’t have to).
Next year will become more difficult as I also hope to maintain an after school job as a hostess which will probably be 3 or 4 times a week, obviously including weekends, from 4:30 to 8/9 (or in the afternoon 11-2).
So PEPI isn’t a class to consider at all? I feel like the schedule with PEPI would be an easier transition than zero AP’s to four. I think it would be really fun and invaluable, I guess I’m just bummed that I can’t be the TA for the teacher I wanted to be.