Deat Tenth Grader,
Just do it. It is impossible to describe exactly the way that AP English makes you smarter, a better studier, a harder worker and all around more balanced person…it just does. I feel like we do not give the class justice as when we stomp around the halls complaining about soaptstones, data sheets, papers, too many quotes to memorize, and all the rest of the work. But all of those things are just part of the day-to-day struggle that do not even come close to comparing to the amazing feeling at the completion of a paper, a discussion week, a month, a year, or even two years of work. Accomplishment does not really mean anything unless you actually work for it, so in AP English you know that the accomplishments are real. We all know that there are some joke classes in this high school, so why not take one that actually challenges you? Why not accept the struggle and the workload and learn how to push yourself like you have not had to before? Why not get over the idle laziness and fear and attempt to expand yourself as a student and person? I swear I am telling the truth when I say that this letter is not short because I am tired from the AP 12 test we just took, it is short because there is not really any way to put into cohesive words why to do AP English. Challenge, struggle, eustress, learning, work, dedication, commitment, raised expectations, overcoming, successs. Just do it.
Love,
Carolyn
Carolyn, I love your allusion to nike in your post and the fact that its short and to the point. I think that if a student only takes one AP class it should be AP English, for its relevance to the outside world and importance for any career one might pick.
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