currently i can’t wait till christmas break, my brain just seems on vacation and i still got a chapter of notes for ap biology, study for an ap calc quiz tues. and a u.s history ii quiz monday. but i can’t make my brain focus and the inner bully is taking advantage and saying “see you really are lazy and an ignorant person. you can’t do anything right.” i reread my post debating about whether i should drop the class and some of the sentences are a bit vague to me. so i revised it, it still sounds similar, but i added extra detail and made more considerations. this is probably what i will discuss with the counselor:

School is a bit stressful this year since it’s my last year in high school. I took ap calc and ap biology and both classes take a lot of my time studying, taking notes. currently i am debating on dropping java (computer programming) or not.

Pros of dropping it:

Less distractions from loud classmates, since I can’t concentrate in the class

i can’t learn and the classmates are straining me, i don’t mind the class lessons b/c i think it is cool that you can program a computer to do different things, but my brain can’t input things well.

Eliminate the chance of falling behind (already behind on 2.5 projects and the teacher keeps assigning more)

Extra time to study for my ap classes in the library (midterms coming up in january and also sats)

Cons

May negatively affect my gpa since i’m dropping a class after being in it for so long.

there is only two months to go and also i have a 94 in that class mostly due to tests, not due to projects (although some of my projects are decent, but mostly after ch. 4 on, i’ve been having teacher help since i can’t think in the class and the current chapters have gotten a little more detailed)

i might not be qualified for honor roll since i only have three classes to contend with, last marking period i made honor roll

i don’t have a fourth block to go to (but the guidance counselor may allow me to study in the library)

I have mixed feelings about dropping the class. the other alternative is to talk to my counselor and ask her if i could take that class online at home so i don’t have to deal with the students or maybe i could flop my u.s history class (2nd block) with my java class. i’m not sure, what is your advice?

• This reply was modified 8 years ago by Janus.
• This reply was modified 8 years ago by Janus.