The past week-and-a-half has been a much-needed respite from the grindstone that is junior year. Third quarter left me drained and I practically crawled my way into spring break.
AP Calculus was a good class, and will continue to be so in the coming months. Although I couldn’t help dozing during the period, I managed a satisfactory grade and am proud of what I’ve learned so far. Luckily, I was able to recover after being eight days behind at one point. I made up a quiz during spring break.
French 3 was a blissful 86 minutes before the dreaded APUSH. Equipped with my laptop, I thoroughly abused the new schoolwide wireless Internet by Skyping friends across the hall. Fortunately, Madame never noticed my obvious grins at the computer screen. Nevertheless, I learned a great deal in French last term. The amount of work I put into the class is not indicative of how much I really do appreciate the language and culture.
“Advanced Placement” United States History has been slain. By the last day of that horrid class, and likely much earlier than that, I had no doubt that APUSH was the worst class to be offered at Wayzata High School. Everything from the textbook to the teacher was miserable. The class itself was a time-leech. The tests were poorly constructed and the lectures were awful. The teacher’s sugar-coated personality did nothing to mask the lameness of that sorry excuse for an AP class. Any initial excitement I had in learning about United States history was promptly crushed by the worthlessness of the curriculum. Good riddance.
AP Chemistry, my most work-intensive course for the past three terms, has also come to a glorious end. I did much better on the final exam than I expected and eventually made up the countless quizzes and tests that I had missed due to the science fair. Overall, it was an excellent class and not the simplistic review of Chemistry X that I expected it to be. I learned a surprising amount of new material.
Today’s the last day of spring break, and tomorrow marks the beginning of the end of junior year. Bring it on!
