Just need another place to rant...

[kelly_kelly]

...because my friends and family have heard it too many times. It is officially impossible for me to get all the classes I want, or even most of them. This may not seem like a big deal, but it's my junior year, which is the most important. At this point I'm not even sure which classes I'm going to end up taking. And because several are AP classes, just the few days I'm missing because my schedule hasn't been sorted out yet will cost me.

OK. I'm done.

[pies]

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[debussy symbolism]

...because my friends and family have heard it too many times. It is officially impossible for me to get all the classes I want, or even most of them. This may not seem like a big deal, but it's my junior year, which is the most important. At this point I'm not even sure which classes I'm going to end up taking. And because several are AP classes, just the few days I'm missing because my schedule hasn't been sorted out yet will cost me.

OK. I'm done.

Why don't you start trying to be the one you are supposed to be? A housewife and good cook, eh?

[db05]

Forget school. Or just get through it without thinking too much about it.

Yes it's a big deal and frankly, I couldn't stand schooling. So I quit and got a little more freedom. But If you like security, and a social life, stick with the system.

[morningstar]

Don't even worry about school. Why are the junior years so important and what's AP? Here the senior years are important because they determine what courses you can do at uni.

[db05]

Don't even worry about school. Why are the junior years so important and what's AP? Here the senior years are important because they determine what courses you can do at uni.

Here, junior year determines the courses since the entrance exams are taken in the middle of it. The senior year is simply for graduating and celebrating while you can. By graduation, you should already know which school you're going to.

OP, you must think that being able to choose your classes or your course means you have control of your life. Wake up and smell the coffee. As long as you're forced in this system, that is traditional schooling, you have no control whatsoever. What matters the most is what you do outside school, your relationships with people, your job, your hobbies. School is only for the diploma, unless you really love it, but then you wouldn't start this thread.

[quantum]

School is like a game.  The object is to win and play by the rules.  Diplomas, grades and transcripts are usually what people look at.  Unfortunately the emphasis is usually in getting the most points (AKA highest grades) instead of obtaining knowledge. 

If you can get the grades and diplomas that makes prospective higher education or employers happy.  They don't really look into whether you actually learned something to get that A+

Choose a balance of courses that you can get high marks, and ones that may be pre-requisites to any future education or employment you indented on taking. 

Real education happens outside of school. 

Diplomas get you $$$ though 

[morningstar]

School is like a game.  The object is to win and play by the rules.  Diplomas, grades and transcripts are usually what people look at.  Unfortunately the emphasis is usually in getting the most points (AKA highest grades) instead of obtaining knowledge. 
If you can get the grades and diplomas that makes prospective higher education or employers happy.  They don't really look into whether you actually learned something to get that A+
Choose a balance of courses that you can get high marks, and ones that may be pre-requisites to any future education or employment you indented on taking. 
Real education happens outside of school. 
Diplomas get you $$$ though 

Yeah, like I wanted to be an IT guy but loved music too so studied them mainly and then just did basic maths etc just to get an OP.

[alpacinator1]

Gahh, I just started my freshman year and I'm pissed off about math...


I took the math exam early in the summer so now I'm in Algebra 1, so the course of study (freshman to senior) is Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2, pre-cal

But AFTER I took the exam, I studied math and now I can do algebra very well, so I'm not learning anything in math class and my counseler refuses to move me up to geometry. So I'll pretty much be stuck doing pre-cal in my senior year unless I take summer courses (bleh)...

[kelly_kelly]

Gahh, I just started my freshman year and I'm pissed off about math...


I took the math exam early in the summer so now I'm in Algebra 1, so the course of study (freshman to senior) is Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2, pre-cal

But AFTER I took the exam, I studied math and now I can do algebra very well, so I'm not learning anything in math class and my counseler refuses to move me up to geometry. So I'll pretty much be stuck doing pre-cal in my senior year unless I take summer courses (bleh)...

If you don't want to do a summer course, you can take a math course online during the school year (provided your school will give you credit). Online courses are self-paced, so you can do them as fast as you want. I did AP Calc BC in 6 weeks  (I wouldn't advise that, though).

[alpacinator1]

I doubt my school will take that as credit, but I'll ask my counseler. I'd like to have taken AP calc AB and possibly Discrete and Statistics by the end of my senior year (if I can stand that much math)... BC calc or calc III might be a bit too heavy for me, I'm not a genius or anything.

[rach n bach]

As long as the class is administrated and credited by the college, you should be fine, particularly if you're not planning on transferring anywhere. 

Though I agree, it's all a big game.  Get the grade, get the certificate, and get out.

[Bob]

See if you can get the high school to pay for a college class.  That's playing the game.