Can the teenagers (and twentysomethings) please angst? — Page 121

Oh man, grade 11 isn't nearly as bad as grade 12. Luckily they stagger all of your due dates so you're not totally overwhelmed. But a tip - the IB exams are REALLY easy (but you'll have to study like a mofo for history). The chemistry exam is supposed to be brutal.

And you should start researching your extended essay like, this spring. Pick your topic ASAP.

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This sounds hard...

GAH! We're talking about school!

So I'm not in IB cuz I go to a private school...but supposedly the honors track I'm on is modeled after it. If it is, I pity you guys.

insomniak, what do you mean by a backgroundless picture?

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Either you find a picture like that, or you take a picture with a background and throw it into a graphics program and hand-erase the background.

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I'm being pressured by my teachers to take all AP academics next year...I actually might, though. I mean, I'm always saying I want to fast forward ahead and be in college...and at least that way I wouldn't have to put up with all the stupid people in my classes...

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Exactly...besides which, I want to double major in college, so whatever introduction credits I can get out of the way now help.

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Apparently AP teaches to the test and IB is more for creativey people, so that's why I'm drawn to it. I hate classes that consist soley of note taking and bigass scantron tests.

Guys.....I'm tired.

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Delphine, I've never been part of someone's signature before! I'm honored!

my advice with the AP tests and classes- run like hell! maybe take 1 or 2 in subjects you're stellar at, but don't ruin your last year or two of high school by trying to win some sort of AP pissing contest. a kid in my graduating class set the record by getting a 4 or 5 on 22 different tests (breaking the record of 19 set by his chem teacher 10 years earlier), went to Duke, realized he was unhappy, and moved back home, which he hates too. the average senior was taking 3 AP classes and 4 AP tests, the entire top 25% of the class had 4.0 or higher, and most didn't get into schools nearly as "good" as some of us slacker drama kids (3.0 weighted and I got into UC San Diego). I saw a lot of unhappy people that year.

and also, AP Music Theory is supposed to be insane!

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Updated On: 11/20/04 at 04:27 PM

hey if you're doin it, you're doin it! and more power to you! just trying to remind all you end-of-high-schoolers not to forget to have a little fun. walk through those halls as the superior people you are! grades and college are important, no doubt, but not at the sacrifice of your joy. but you all are theatre people, so I have a feeling that shouldn't be a problem.

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*points to signature*

Aw, shucks, Matt, 'twas nothing.

Updated On: 11/20/04 at 05:09 PM

*sniff* It was fun being in a signature... I guess I have to say something memorable now so I can get back in.

I have a 150 word Spanish paper to write on a video series we watch in class that I can't ever pay attention to. Joy.