|
Under Pressure :P
It's sad, but it's the second real week of school and I already feel inadequate. I'm a junior and in 3 AP classes: Chemistry, European History, and English, as well as Honors Pre-Calc and Honors Italian 4. I'm okay in the Honors classes, and this isn't the first time I've taken an AP class -- I took AP US History last year. I just feel like in the AP classes, I'm not doing that well. I'm guessing I'm just worrying, but I just don't feel smart. I got straight A's last year, and now it's all mid-B's.
English is worrying me the most. It makes me feel like crap that I work pretty hard and I only get 85's. I know, it's an AP class and I'm probably lucky to get that grade even if I did work really hard. It just makes me feel bad because I've ALWAYS been good at writing. I love writing poetry and creative stories, however, I'm pretty bad when it comes to informative pieces. The comments on my papers (things like "Too wordy", "Awkward sentence structure/wording", "Not specific enough/too specific") hit me really hard, hah. I know it's just constructive criticism, but I don't know. I'm just usually good at stuff like this, and it's not like I have time for extra practice. I volunteer at the hospital, am in a lot of clubs, have classes basically all day on Saturday for this Upward Bound program I'm in, and I have to babysit all the time for a boy my family took in (2 yrs), among other things. I'm worried I'm a terrible writer now and I should just stop trying to write that book I've been drafting for a while.
Maybe I'm just worried because it's Junior year and I don't want to slip. I really need my grades to be high, and I want to get into an amazing college. Not only that, I just don't want to feel stupid. :P
I'm sure I'm just being a wuss, but anyone have any opinions on this? Thanks!
[ ]
Want to answer more questions in the Work & School category?
Maybe give some free advice about: School?
an 85 is a high b, and a b is above average. you shoukd only start to worry about your grades if youre getting like all cs ds and fs. ap classes can be really hard, but it's always harder at the beginning so don't stress yourself out 2 much, it makes u age faster(:
]
85's are fine. if its ur 1st month and ur doing fine, then u'll be great. the first moth or two is always hardest when you have to work hard. its amazing how easly u'll pick it up
]
More Questions: |