AP
English Literature & Composition is a course I chose to take because it is “AP”.
“AP” means this will be a challenging course and I’d rather be challenged in
school than take a free ride on an easy. I go to school every day, not just
because I have to by law, but because I want to. I’ve been in a college prep
class at Righetti and I’ll tell it was insanely banal. I made a promise then that I would never
subjugate myself to the ordinary and easy classes. That was freshmen year and
since then I have tried to take as many AP classes as I possibly could. Of
course, an advantage to taking an AP class is that it bumps up GPA, which looks
great for colleges.
Technology is not my strong suit so
I’m a little nervous about the blog. I am not an internet junky so I am in no
way savvy with blogs, but I am definitely going to become great friends with
students that do know. I am also excited
about the blog, because I don’t how it works. I know that through this class, I
will adapt to blogger and this will help me in the future when I want to
brainstorm with colleagues. Dr. Preston has always worked in a different format
than most teachers which keeps the learning environment different. I mean, when
was the last time a teacher encouraged students to videotape a
lesson/presentation? Some students videotape lessons in college but none at the
high school level. This is definitely a class that will prepare me not only for
college but also to network in the future, and networking is the best way to
job in this technological future. This class will also help me adapt to
technology the fact that I am posting on a blog means I will learn many things
about technology.
Lastly, I chose to take AP English
Literature class is because of literature. I love to read and have since I was
in elementary school. While most people may think that The Scarlet Letter was
boring, I thought it was interesting and a portion of our history. I look
forward to reading more great novels in this class.
