Tuesday, November 2, 2010

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...

Mrs. Andrione was my teacher.  She was nice, easy-going, approachable, and definitely helpful.  AP Art History was the class.  Challenging?  Yes, but doable with some hard work.  There was never a routine schedule, never leaving an opportunity for our palettes to be dulled.  Sometimes she showed us power points, maybe we’d watch a movie, or perhaps we’d give group presentations.  The topics were always kept interesting and your typical studying was replaced with practice exams and jeopardy.  At the end of the year I got a five on my AP exam!

To summarize my AP Biology class there was one science fair project, one power point for notes on water, several failed exams, and busy work; worksheets that in no way prepared me for the three hour test that lied ahead, but only took me from 12:35pm to 2:05pm.  After getting a much expected one on my exam, I realized that I came out of that class with no new knowledge about biology and that if I ever wanted to excel in a science class I would have to rely on my own initiative, rather than trusting my educator’s techniques.

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