Dear Future APELC Student,
This is going to be no easy task.
You are probably walking into this class with some
impressive grades you have earned the past two years, specifically well in
English courses the last two years. With that said, no matter how successful
you have been previously this course will challenge you in ways you have never
been challenged academically.
For myself, I decided to take this course at the end of my
sophomore year as I had done well in both freshman and sophomore honors
language arts classes. I felt like I was ready to move up to an Advanced
Placement course and succeed in that course similar to the success I have found
in every Language Arts class I have taken in my time at Wissahickon. The only
problem is, this course is not like every other Language Arts course offered
previous to Junior Year.
You will be challenged like you have never been challenged
before in writing and your analytical reading. You will be given readings to
analyze that are not easy to pick up the first time going through. You will
have homework assignments that are nearly impossible to save until the night
before. Along the way you will see grades that you may have never even seen or
imagined that you would ever receive in school.
However, after going through the course, you will see
yourself as a better writer, reader, analyzer, and growth as a student. The
difference between a student first walking into Mr. Yost’s room in September
and a APELC student who is up at 8am on the day of the AP Exam is exponential,
and through the course of the year everything is purposely instructed to
prepare you for that day in May in which you show everything you have learned. At
times you may have regrets in taking the course, or may be in fear of receiving
grades that have never been present on your transcript. Nevertheless, at the
end of the day this class is truly a marathon, and after the ups and downs of
taking this course you will feel satisfied with the growth you will experience
in only a year with Mr. Yost.
Trust me, it will all be worth it even during the times
where nothing seems to be going right in the course. You can really take my
word for it as I had some of the worst lows I could ever have imagined in the
course. There will be times of disappointment, but it will surely be reversed into
the success and gratification that are associated with the growth gained from
taking this test.
Best of Luck to You,
Drew Geller
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