APUSH, i hate this class. Options

[Tung]

like the title says. i hate this class. for anyone that doesnt know what APUSH is, it is AP U.S History. this class is totally taking over my life ..grrr.. i have no choice but to take it. cuz i know it'll be good on college aplication..ugh. well i just had to express that. =\

[*Azarel*]

Hayward, eh? Not far from here. Milpitas.
Do you use the American Pageant textbook?
It's not all that hard.

[DaTru KataLYST]

i am taking it next year!
I hear its easy, just incredibly boring!

[KissMe2408]

egh, yah i hate that class to

[nhj_2006]

its the hardest class in the whole school.

[jr0h]

but i luv history. i wonder how hard apush is. lol you make it sound liek torture

[*Kathleen*]

I'm taking that next year! Whee! As for now, APWH seems to be taking over mine.

[Nicolatofu]

Oh lord...I'll probably have that next year, since I'm in all AP classes now...gosh..i hate school.

[tootsie_kiddo]

never even heard of that class, i've never learnt american history... i dnt think it exsists in my skwl

[*tweeak*]

i intend to take that next year

[Spirited Away]

I love history, world history, history in general. I took honors but not AP for the sole reason of not having too much of a work load with Psych AP and Economics AP already in tow that semester.

Actually, taking it and failing it, getting something like a C , or not passing the AP exam will only make it worse for you on the college aps. Why not take something that's in your power to make an A in? Or atleast, take something more managable.

[imafreakinazn]

any history class is boring

[StarryEyedSurpri...]

I guess ill be taking that soon :(

[innovation]

it doesn't sound all that bad.. i mean, it's on the U.S. so you probably know a lot of the information already. for me, APUSH is next year's history course. well, i'm not taking APUSH, but i'm taking IB History of the Americas, which is sort of the same thing.. but including Canada and Latin America.

[runforfun529]

We don't have AP classes at our high school. Well we do have AP calc and that is it!

[*kryogenix*]

I love AP US history!

We have an awesome teacher, today we had a debate on whether or not the civil war was inevitable.

[*tweeak*]

the AP US history teacher at my school (assuming hes the same next year) is awesome, from what i hear. i wouldve taken AP US history this year, but i had alg2 and chemistry that i suck at, so i didnt want the extra work. i took IB world history without the IB credit though. it was really easy. lots of work, but all easy. my highest level class is my easiest grade

[Shattered_Hope]

I love history...I don't know why you're so errr stressed about it??

[*autumn.*]

DBQ's are my favorite things in the entire world. I can do them all day long.

[mirage]

DBQ's are my favorite things in the entire world. I can do them all day long.

No kidding.

[*autumn.*]

Whoever invented them is genius. Pure genius, I tell you. I mean...an essay. Based on DOCUMENTS. OMG. It's ecstasy.

[ohBrian]

.... Advanced P???...... i guess if i cant tell what P is im not even smart to know it

[*autumn.*]

placement *clapclap*

[mirage]

Whoever invented them is genius. Pure genius, I tell you. I mean...an essay. Based on DOCUMENTS. OMG. It's ecstasy.

Gosh, i am going to take a state test on this stupid dbq crap the end of the year. The genius who invented them probably was on ecstasy.

[silver-rain]

i like american history more than any other history, so i decided to take APUS. and i really like it- my teacher is really good, and it's interesting. it also helps that he's an easy grader

[*autumn.*]

but doesn't that sort of screw you over for the AP?

[sammehmyst]

USH is US History, what's the AP? :-P

edit: nevermind. *is dumb*

[NatiMarie]

Yeah I take it.
I just learn to manage my time well. It's really hard at times...but eh, I have an A, so I'm happy.
x] I just try really hard and focus.
;P
We use the American Pageant book.
=D

[Just_Dream]

I have the book "Inveting America." I can't seem to remember all the information in the book, and my teacher asks random information. Usually, my boyfriend reads the chapters we have to study for and he passes with flying colors! But if the test is hard, he'd probably get a B, but his score would be the highest in our period. Just goes to show just how important read that heavy, 1500 paged book is..

DBQ's.. well yea I stress about it.. but usually I write them while I'm in class.. THAT period.. when it was due in the beginning of class. My teacher always accepts them as if we turn them in on time, if we turn it in by lunch, regardless of whether we write it in ink or type it up. I hate history in general because I can't seem to remember much of the information.. But I try to pay attention in class as best as I can, and it really helps. I am one of the few who actually do all the work in my period. Everyone's lazy.

I agree with uninspiredfae:

Actually, taking it and failing it, getting something like a C , or not passing the AP exam will only make it worse for you on the college aps. Why not take something that's in your power to make an A in? Or atleast, take something more managable.

Take classes if you KNOW you'll actually try to learn something or at least try to get a B in. Getting a C in an AP class.. isn't even worth it. Is it true that if you got a C or lower in an AP class, the grade doesn't even count as a B, but remains a C? You know what I mean? Since AP classes are on a 5 point scale.. A C would still be a C, even in a regular class. Or well, at least that's what I heard from a teacher.

[*AngelicEyz00*]

i took us history honors, not AP.. i heard it was hard, glad I didn't take it =\

[angel-roh]

I have U.S. History, but I don't have APUSH. Heh, my parents thinks I should take easy classes, so I'm taking easy classes right now to low down my stress problem >.<;;;

At our school. This friend of mine, she's American and very smart girl too. She had APUSH last year and I don't know why only her. But she had more projects and homework than anyone else who took APUSH >.<;;; I guess she wanted more, so she can impress her teachers?

[Mireh]

sounds like fun.

[xx angelbabu xx]

ugh i hate it so much.. we're about 15 chapters behind other classes so we're going through the textbook like a madman.. ahh.. and its such a boring class..

[xTINAA]

i took ap us history last year as a sophomore and this year i'm taking ap european history. i disliked ap us history last year because it was boring and hard and so much work.

[anoniez]

whoa lol. APUSH is the easiest thing for me.. kind of boring though. apwh took over my life last year, not so for apush this year.. that position goes to ap bio.

[makulit]

history comes really easy for me, it always has. it's kinda odd cause i hate it with a passion, it's a waste of time and so boring. i can't argue though, i got a 102 average last semester. "it looks good on your college resume." i keep reminding myself. that's basically my only motivation or else i wouldn't even bother with that class.

[*autumn.*]

[quote=Just_Dream,Jan 4 2005, 11:36 PM]
I have the book "Inveting America." I can't seem to remember all the information in the book, and my teacher asks random information. Usually, my boyfriend reads the chapters we have to study for and he passes with flying colors! But if the test is hard, he'd probably get a B, but his score would be the highest in our period. Just goes to show just how important read that heavy, 1500 paged book is..

heh i use that textbook too. i dont read it. haha.

[silver-rain]

but doesn't that sort of screw you over for the AP?

haha, not really, because he's a really good teacher too and teaches really well.

whoa lol. APUSH is the easiest thing for me.. kind of boring though. apwh took over my life last year, not so for apush this year.. that position goes to ap bio.

haha, same here. oh boy, apbio is killing me.

[*autumn.*]

ap bc calc is killing me.

[Just_Dream]

ap bc calc is killing me.

My school doesn't even OFFER AP BC Calc. We only have AP AB Calculus. :[

Anyways, back to the subject. In my opinion, DBQs aren't that tough. I get better grades on DBQs than on my history tests, even when I read the text (okay, well maybe 3/4 of the chapter). I guess I just suck at test taking. Has anyone already taken APUSH? How was the AP test for it?

[OhXiet_ItzDonnA]

do we take that in high school? well, i hate studyin history anywayz..bleh

[s0pnayish]

I had that class my junior but I got out because I didn't like it. The new class I hate just as much as APUSH is AP US Gov't. I friggin' hate that class. BUt once the semester is over, I don't have to take to go to that class anymore

[xTINAA]

My school doesn't even OFFER AP BC Calc. We only have AP AB Calculus. :[

Anyways, back to the subject. In my opinion, DBQs aren't that tough. I get better grades on DBQs than on my history tests, even when I read the text (okay, well maybe 3/4 of the chapter). I guess I just suck at test taking. Has anyone already taken APUSH? How was the AP test for it?

Yes i have taken the test. I took it last May. For me it was difficult but i slacked off a lot in that class so if you actually read and do all the work, you will do fine. Just don't slack like i did and don't worry, if you don't get the grade you want you can take it again the following year, although you have to pay the $80-something again

[toodlepops.]

aww, poor you. history classes are always boring, no doubt.

[*tweeak*]

My school doesn't even OFFER AP BC Calc. We only have AP AB Calculus. :[

whats the difference? a couple of my friends are taking AP calc as sophmores (stupid smart kids ) but i didnt realize there were different types...i dont have to worry though, considering my ineptitude at mathematics, i need to stay far far away from any ap math class

[miss barnes]

i dont even think my school as AP classes...well maybe but no one refers to them as "AP this" or "AP that". they just say english or history or whatever it is..

[tooeffingcrazy]

History is so boring! Now theres a AP- U.S History. History is so pointless.

[*autumn.*]

whats the difference? a couple of my friends are taking AP calc as sophmores (stupid smart kids ) but i didnt realize there were different types...i dont have to worry though, considering my ineptitude at mathematics, i need to stay far far away from any ap math class

ab is 100x easier than bc, no joke.

k lemme explain it a bit more. 3 parts of calc. a. b. c.

ab only covers ab.
bc zips through a (assumes you already have a good background of a) and you learn parts b and c. thats it. some people take ab in junior year, and bc in senior.

[xTINAA]

History is so boring! Now theres a AP- U.S History. History is so pointless.

now there is AP US History?? there always was... and history actually isn't that pointless. once you really start to learn about it, you'll see that it's not all that pointless, just a bit boring at times.

[*salcha*]

Hayward, eh? Not far from here. Milpitas.
Do you use the American Pageant textbook?
It's not all that hard. 

aay! same here, milpitas.
and yeah, im taking us ap history next year
im in my freshman year right now

[*tweeak*]

I was actually looking foward to it, because I love history, but this sucks. I'm in gifted AP, and glfted classes are usually more stimulating, but half my class isn't supposed to be in gifted, so it's just a damned lot of work and very little creativity. Harder than I expected, though. I really need to get my grade up

[Aoiro]

I've heard of the class, but don't know much about it.
Is it really that hard?
Or boring...
>> <<

[*RiC3xBoy*]

Which book does your school use? Mine uses American Odyssey. Wow you live like right next to me too....

[annalucky]

hm. Our teacher for that class is a real slave driver, but we learn it. It makes it kinda easy his way. =] Our school uses the "The American Pageant" sp?

[*RiC3xBoy*]

ab is 100x easier than bc, no joke.

k lemme explain it a bit more.  3 parts of calc.  a. b. c.

ab only covers ab.
bc zips through a (assumes you already have a good background of a) and you learn parts b and c.  thats it.  some people take ab in junior year, and bc in senior.

Actually, I was told that AB Cal is basically eqivalent to 1 semester in college Calculus and BC is both semesters.

[silver-rain]

Hmm, I took APUSH last year, and I loved it. Eh, second term was harder because I had new teacher, but I still did well on the AP (5!) and in the class.
But yea, BC calc is hard...

[mzislandpinay]

i am taking it next year!
I hear its easy, just incredibly boring!

lmao easy? its lyk 20 pages of notes a night.. lol.

well my friends we all share the notes.. one will do one for one day and so on and so on

edit:// book is AMERICAN HISTORY.. lol

This post has been edited by mzislandpinay: Sep 15 2005, 12:10 AM

[DaTru KataLYST]

lmao easy? its lyk 20 pages of notes a night.. lol.

well my friends we all share the notes.. one will do one for one day and so on and so on

edit:// book is AMERICAN HISTORY.. lol

I'm taking it now (hard to believe its been 9 months)

It's EASY. It just takes a long time. But it's easy.

[mzislandpinay]

I'm taking it now (hard to believe its been 9 months)

It's EASY.  It just takes a long time. But it's easy.

wow a long time?.. lyk as in slow pace or hwk? lol. Czu i swer we go bya fast pace.. and i've only been in skewl since End of AUG and we are alreadii i chapter 4 or so.. lol. but i'm not saying it sux or anything.. it's jsut a skill of working hard that i need to learn..lol

[*salcha*]

I'm taking it now (hard to believe its been 9 months)

It's EASY.  It just takes a long time. But it's easy.

Same with APWH, it's easy work, it just takes a while to write everything down and study. But considering that I'm doing symphony and tennis practice, I hardly have time to do anything

APUSH next year.

[Just_Dream]

I got a 2 on the APUSH test. Yea okay...

I didn't know ANNNYYY answer on the APUSH multiple choice.. Maybe like 5 questions out of the 70+ questions we had--I don't even know how many questions there were

But I did awesome on the essay portion... Haha but that's only 50%, accounting for a grand total score of..

2.

Read the book. If you don't, you won't pass. :P Simple as that. APUSH is easy... the test itself is hard unless u mastered history.

[misoshiru]

i LOVED my apush class. it was so fun. i miss taking it sometimes. call me strange, but it's true.

i got a 4. it's pretty good yeah, but i was so close to a 5, it made me wish i studied a bit more. yeah, okay, i'm whining like a traditional asian kid.

[lbjshaq2345]

i hate THIS class lol the class im in computer i dont do any work really i just work on my xanga and check my mail and post on cB

[*incoherent*]

ive never really liked history. i never seem to be able to pass it...it just bores the hell out of me.

[/randomness]

[dahalfkoreanstyl]

colleges rather see a "C" in a hard class than a "A" in an easy class

i personally think they rather see an "A" in all hard classes cuz the competition is rough

[Heewee]

I took APUSH last year and it was definitley a hard class for me. APUSH and AP Physics are rumored to be the hardest classes at my school. And since my school is ranked pretty high on the national list, it's a reallllllly tough class. I slacked off a bunch in that class and I had to work really really hard to get an A on the 2nd semester final to save myself. I didn't take the AP test because I had just missed about a month of school and I missed the deadline to turn in the money and stuff but I heard it wasn't that hard. A majority of the people that I know got 5s on it.

[*tweeak*]

Our school uses the "The American Pageant"

Mine too. It's such an awful book. It leaves out so many crucial details. The funny thing is, it was one of the sample books in Lies My Teacher Told Me, which we had to read in the summer, sp we knew it was crap before we got it

[*xcaitlinx*]

i intend to take that next year

sAme

[*tweeak*]

^I'm in it now, actually

AND DAMMIT, I HATE IT SO MUCH AT THE MOMENT! I'm never going to finish this f**king project. It's due tomorrow and I'm not even close to finishing

[elaboratedream]

I'm only a freshman so I'm just in APWH, but it sucks big hairy monkey balls... stupid AP...

[sadolakced acid]

new text book, the american pagent, it's pretty good, works well.

it's pretty easy right now- the only AP class i have an A in right now.

but it should get harder.

oh well. history is generally easy.

[*salcha*]

^ wth, APWH is only allowed for sophomores at my school. I wish APWH was offered last year..I was less busy ):

[sadolakced acid]

APWH is a worthless class.

it's viewed by colleges as a padded AP. they don't care if you take it.

[BOOGERSHAHA]

i got a 4. honestly at my school, nobody gets below a 3. nobody. unless you're a moron.

[*tweeak*]

new text book, the american pagent, it's pretty good, works well.

it's pretty easy right now- the only AP class i have an A in right now.

but it should get harder. 

oh well.  history is generally easy.

read Lies My Teacher Told Me and then say that.

It can't count. It said that there were 6 Iroquois Nations, 2 for Americans, 3 for British. Wait- that makes 5. What happened to the last one?

I have a shitload of work for it this week. History is generally my best subject, so this sucks

Oh, and APWH was only offered my sophomore year, too. I wsa going to take it, but it was only offered the same period i had band, so being in symphonic band > ap history. plus that meant i had a great teacher and an incredibly easy class

[sadolakced acid]

did i mention what state i'm in?

our last textbook was crap. it was selected because it did not mention that christians in the great awakening would roll ont he ground barking like dogs.

which is historically accurate, but the christian lawmakers didn't want it, so they found an obscure crappy book and issued that.

the whole book was basically in lawyer talk.

[*tweeak*]

Yeah, but I'm in Georgia, so that's not much better than Alabama, which is probably why we both have it

[pshaa.shauna]

read Lies My Teacher Told Me and then say that.

I am completely out of this converstaion and off topic but I have that book.

[*tweeak*]

I thought it was pretty interesting, how about you? (this is on topic, since I had to read it for APUSH)

[pshaa.shauna]

I thought it was pretty interesting, how about you? (this is on topic, since I had to read it for APUSH)

I havent exactly read it yet, summer reading took up my time. I got it when I got The Catcher in the Rye. I had finished summer reading, and then started the Catcher in the Rye, because I've been dieing to read that book, just finished last week.(<<excellent book by the way, should read when have the time) Then stupid seminar gave me another book to read. A Walk in the Woods. Hmph. I'm going to sneak it in somehow though.

[*mishyerr*]

YAAY GO YOU! YOU'LL PASS THE AP WITH FLYING COLORS :)

[*tweeak*]

I havent exactly read it yet, summer reading took up my time. I got it when I got The Catcher in the Rye. I had finished summer reading, and then started the Catcher in the Rye, because I've been dieing to read that book, just finished last week.(<<excellent book by the way, should read when have the time) Then stupid seminar gave me another book to read. A Walk in the Woods. Hmph. I'm going to sneak it in somehow though.

Yeah, I'd like to read that among a number of other things, but i don't have the time to sleep and do my homework, let alone read things. i haven't had a chance to pick up catch-22 in over a week

to be honest, i only read about half of Lies and James finished the rest for me, because I procrastinated and had to read the jungle as well

[Tung]

lol i didnt know this topic was still going on. but yeah, im glad i dont have APUSH anymore ahhaha. i got a A- , and a B - in that class for the two semesters i been in there.

[DaTru KataLYST]

My biggest irk about American Pageant is that it doesn't format BOLD fonted terms! :'(

I've thrown away the methoding of outlining/text-notetaking and adopted the method of just reading the chapters 2 or 3 times. -_- It takes less time for me.

[*tweeak*]

yeah, that's annoying too. i keep having to turn in my notes, so i have no choice

[*tweeak*]

12 f**king 55 AM and i've only just finished my portion of the project. i have school in about 5 hours. dammit i hate this class

[silver-rain]

Yeah, I know how you're feeling. Last term, I had a new teacher for APUS, and she gave so much freaking work, including a huge term paper that everyone stayed up all night to work on. But, near the end of the year, as the AP approached, the class got easier.

[xscore]

im taking that.
i don't see what's so hard about it, though.
it's pretty much everything you learn in elementary school, expanded.

[xxtaintedlips]

i feel you! im taking an AP world history, and lets just say the world is a lot bigger than the US.

[*mipadi*]

I never took AP US History. It was in a similar time slot to AP Economics, and I took AP Economics instead. Then I took AP English, and hell, it was senior year, and I didn't want to take two AP courses.

[*tweeak*]

APUSH isn't actually available to us senior year. I'll be taking at least 3 AP courses next year, though, because I can't very well go through high school and only take 2. Besides which, I'm stuck taking AP lit next year, because it's a 2 year IB course, and if I don't take AP stats I have to take calculus, and I refuse. And I'll probably take AP government and economics too, just because I can. Dammit, I'm going to die again.

[*mipadi*]

APUSH isn't actually available to us senior year. I'll be taking at least 3 AP courses next year, though, because I can't very well go through high school and only take 2. Besides which, I'm stuck taking AP lit next year, because it's a 2 year IB course, and if I don't take AP stats I have to take calculus, and I refuse. And I'll probably take AP government and economics too, just because I can. Dammit, I'm going to die again.

You should take some time to relax.

[*tweeak*]

I'd like to, but my grades aren't going to get me anywhere. I seem to make pretty consitant grades no matter what course I take, so I may as well take hard ones in order to look better.

[*mipadi*]

Bah! I got into a fine school with only three AP courses (AP Econ, AP English, and AP Music), and I only took 1 AP test and never even submitted the results, and I had a measly GPA of 96.97%.

[*tweeak*]

The fact that you're calling a GPA of 96 "measly" is what I'm getting at right there. I have about an 88% GPA because I'm lazy and can't do math worth shit.

[*mipadi*]

Your school is probably more difficult than mine. I didn't exactly go to an amazing high school. My last two years of school, the only real work I did was writing papers (without even reading the book) and doing music theory homework, but only because I liked it. I never even really brought any textbooks home. Aside from that, the most difficult work I did was converting moles to grams to molecules and so forth, and I got through that by designing a spreadsheet to do the work for me.

[*tweeak*]

Wow. I definitely suppose so, then. We have a ton of work, and it's far too easy to fail in many classes. Basically, to get anywhere, you have to take as many high leveled classes as you can. Like I wanted desperately to drop Spanish this year, but I talked to someone, and it was decided that it would be better if I moved up a level than drop out, even though I suck at it.

[*mipadi*]

I think it's still possible to get into decent schools even if you are not loaded up on amazingly hard classes. Students from my school go to places like MIT, William & Mary, Penn State, Notre Dame, UVA, Cornell, MICA, and other such schools on a pretty regular basis. Classes matter, and grades matter, but so do a lot of other things, such as extracurricular activities, hobbies, interests, admissions essays, and the like. Colleges today are really looking for well-rounded individuals that will be involved in a lot of extracurricular activities on campus.

Besides, it's always beneficial to relax and keep your number of worries and concerns to a minimum.

Of course, one good thing about a difficult course load is that it will help you develop a strong work ethic, which is of great importance in college (and something on which I personally could work harder).

[mike666]

not so long ago i picked my gcse subjects and i picked history and people who took it when they were in year 10 said it is crap so i will have to wait and see how good it is or how bad it is

[*tweeak*]

I know, but that's the thing. Right now competition for UGA is so stiff that my grades may not get me there. My PSAT scores have been ok, but nothing special, and I don't do much besides band, and even though that looks good as an extracurricular, it's still only one thing. At my school, they make it seem as if college prep classes are worthless, because most people who actually do anything get A's, so it seems necessary to take better classes. We're also an IB school, so my course load with only 1 IB class is a whole lot lighter than a lot of people I know. It makes me feel pretty mediocre, since I get so many B's, and so as much a I'd prefer to relax, there's no way I can really do it, or so it seems.

My language arts class is doing a really good job of building my work ethic. The teacher cares more about teaching us and making an impact than the actual grades she gives us, so it's really nice. I wish all my classes could be like that- hard, but purposeful.