Basically, I don't know whether to take AP Literature and Composition which I had previously signed up for or take two one semester classes, American Literature and World Literature.
Man why does this seem so hard to explain...it sounds so ridiculous the way I just put it.
You see most people are expecting me to take the AP class as I am one of the top kids at my school and I took the AP class for english last year. Plus this is the next logical step for a student at my level going into senior year and I am considering a career in writing meaning this class should be useful.
However, I don't want to take it. I don't like the subject matter, yes I know the other option is still a literature class, but I would get less boring material not freaking Mayor of Casterbridge and Old Man and the Sea. I don't want to be up to my eyeballs in homework my last year of high school. The teacher gives me the creeps. I could go on...There'd be benefits as well though to taking the class. It looks good on college applications and the class is weighted meaning it's worth 5 points for an A towards your GPA while the other would be just 4. The actual AP test is good too.
Then there's the other classes. They are worth less for your GPA like I said before. The classes are easier which could be a good thing or bad as I would be more prone to boredom. I would be exposed to a wider range of not as boring material, but I could wind up being with other students I dislike where as the other class would guarantee me being with friends.
Now all that isn't really what has gotten me concerned because just going by that up there I would do what I want and not take the AP class. "Most people are expecting me to take the AP class" <- That though is what's getting me concerned. I don't want to be met with the disappointment of my parents, my friends who would be taking the AP class, and the teacher of the AP class even though I don't like her. I'm afraid I will be just seen as lazy, not wanting to do the summer assignment(which I haven't started yet), and settling rather than trying to excel, and I'm even more afraid that I really am just being lazy and all my reasoning is just me finding excuses not to say I'm lazy. Is it wrong to want an easier senior year after having two AP classes the year before?
Man why does this seem so hard to explain...it sounds so ridiculous the way I just put it.
You see most people are expecting me to take the AP class as I am one of the top kids at my school and I took the AP class for english last year. Plus this is the next logical step for a student at my level going into senior year and I am considering a career in writing meaning this class should be useful.
However, I don't want to take it. I don't like the subject matter, yes I know the other option is still a literature class, but I would get less boring material not freaking Mayor of Casterbridge and Old Man and the Sea. I don't want to be up to my eyeballs in homework my last year of high school. The teacher gives me the creeps. I could go on...There'd be benefits as well though to taking the class. It looks good on college applications and the class is weighted meaning it's worth 5 points for an A towards your GPA while the other would be just 4. The actual AP test is good too.
Then there's the other classes. They are worth less for your GPA like I said before. The classes are easier which could be a good thing or bad as I would be more prone to boredom. I would be exposed to a wider range of not as boring material, but I could wind up being with other students I dislike where as the other class would guarantee me being with friends.
Now all that isn't really what has gotten me concerned because just going by that up there I would do what I want and not take the AP class. "Most people are expecting me to take the AP class" <- That though is what's getting me concerned. I don't want to be met with the disappointment of my parents, my friends who would be taking the AP class, and the teacher of the AP class even though I don't like her. I'm afraid I will be just seen as lazy, not wanting to do the summer assignment(which I haven't started yet), and settling rather than trying to excel, and I'm even more afraid that I really am just being lazy and all my reasoning is just me finding excuses not to say I'm lazy. Is it wrong to want an easier senior year after having two AP classes the year before?