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3/8/2015 4:14:17 PM
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If you can't effortlessly pass high school with little to no studying, you might actually have a mental disability. And no, taking honors/AP doesn't change it. High school is babysitting, nothing else.
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Taking most of the offered AP classes, I can say you aren't going to pass with a good grade if you do little to no studying... there is a HUGE difference between normal and AP classes. AP is designed to prepare you for college, and I hope that I will be prepared for it. However, I don't do near as much studying as I need to. I'm just addicted to Destiny haha.
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I did AP, and no, it's not like college. Not even a little bit.
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I didn't say it was. I said it was to prepare you for college. Our education systems could be different as well, but I'm not in college yet so I guess I won't know until then. What classes did you take?
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I did AP History, AP Econ, and AP Calculus, and I saw a lot of the material from AP Chem because my friend was taking it. It doesn't do anything for college prep other than making your application look a bit nicer. Don't believe what they tell you.
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What classes did you take in college? Also how do they differ from high school classes?
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-Some gen ed's not worth going into here -Vector Calculus -Linear Algebra -Differential Equations -Basic java -Object Oriented Programming and Design -Discrete Math -Algorithms -Computer Architecture -Unix/Systems Programming Current Classes: -Currently on my third year of Italian -Networking -Operating Systems You can expect a smaller number of genuinely difficult assignments rather than having some meaningless filler every day like in High School. There will be a lot more projects, and no hand holding. You will live or die based on how motivated you are to do your work. The teacher doesn't give a shit if you slack off, you'll just fail if you do.
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I'm planning on going into computer science, any knowledge in that area? I appreciate you replying and everything by the way!
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Do you have an idea of what you want to do with the degree? Regardless of that, it's a good idea to start programming now rather than waiting until you get to college to start learning. You can do some Python tutorials and easily learn the basic ideas, and then if you feel daring/hardcore you can try learning C.
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I have absolutely no idea what I want to do with it, but it interests me. My school is trying to get an AP Computer Science class, however we would just be taking a course online since the teacher would have to learn it as well. I'm not planning on taking it, especially since you said I could learn the basics online by myself, as you said. I just have trouble finding motivation to do my school work, and usually procrastinate until the very day an assignment has to be turned in. Any tips on that as well?
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It's not too big a deal if you don't know what you want to do with it right away. Hell, I'm still not 100% sure what would be ideal for me. Doing the class might help you even if only because it would give you a framework to keep you on track, but that's up to you. As for procrastination, I'm the same way. What works for me is to break things up. Work for some number of minutes, then rest for some number of minutes, and go back and forth in small time chunks.
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Alright I'll give that a try. How long do you normally have to study for things, and do you have any time for yourself?
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I don't really have a solid answer, it depends on what I'm studying. And I sort of do have time for myself because that's built into the method of working because there's that resting time. But almost all my time is either at school, at work, driving between them, or doing the work/rest juggling act.
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Okay well I think that's all the questions I have at the moment! Thank you f for taking the time to help me out.
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Ever heard of teaching in Israel? It sucks balls unlike teaching in the US.
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Oy vey it's like anothah Shoah.
