Importance Of Ap Classes

The “American Dream,” according to Truslow Adams, is “being able to grow to the fullest development as man and woman.” This ideal is not based on fame or wealth, but on enough to sustain a family and live comfortably, with a steadily rising income and a decent home. It is to be believed that hard work along with the “great equalizer”, education, allows individuals the freedom to determine their own life path, regardless of their background. The idea of the American dream ensures upward social mobility for those dedicated enough to achieve this lifestyle. In spite of that, recent arguments have said that this dream is either dying, or already dead. In his book “Dream Hoarders,” Richard Reeves counters that the American Dream is in fact alive and well, but simply being hoarded by the upper middles class.

Through my high school years, I have taken many challenging academic courses, extracurriculars, and community service. By taking AP classes through high school, I have become more prepared for challenging courses in high school and have become more responsible and independent for challenging work, from these Ap classes, I have become more prepared for Honors College. since sophomore year, I have taken the highest level course available. By being in a regular level course I did not feel as if I was being challenged enough and desired more. The high-level courses challenged me and pushed me further as the more challenging it gets the more prepared I would be for the future. As a highly motivated student, I like to be around other students who

The following week, we spent most of our time in the poorest parts of the city. There we went door-to-door sharing the love of God and had Vacation Bible Schools for the kids. This is when I realized how blessed I truly was. For the first time, I got to see the privations and penury environment that the citizens of Third World countries had to endure. The unpaved streets were covered in trash. Many houses, made of tin sheets, had collapsed on themselves. The people had to share wells, where they drew their parasitic water. Men, women, and children sat on the sides of the roads begging for money, because they were sick, hungry, and needed money for food and proper medication. The site of these atrocious states of living broke my heart, and showed me how blessed I really was for not having to face these problems.

My difficult courses has taught me to always give my best effort no matter how hard the task at hand is. I have taken three advanced placement classes and four honors classes. Taking on these courses I sacrifice leisure time to study. I study between two to three hours a night for these classes so I can do my best. This is exemplified with me getting all A’s in my classes last semester. The monumental lesson I learned from my course load is to

Throughout many of the arduous AP courses I took in high school I was pushed to my limits, but I accomplished my goals through hard work. One example of this would be my AP United States History class. This class was one of the most difficult courses I had taken, mostly due to the sheer amount of information being presented and needed to be memorized. Even though the basics of U.S. history had been taught to me in one way shape or form every school year, there was brand new information on people and important dates. At first I struggled with the work load and text, but I eventually made it through and succeeded by diving

Every child dreams about what they want to be when they grow up: every kindergarten class is full of hopeful teachers, nurses, chefs, and astronauts, desperately waiting for the day that they can go out into the real world and be whoever they want to be. However, as these children become teenagers and then young adults, these dreams seem to drift farther and farther away, clouded by pressures of college costs and student debt; and these students’ hopes are cut off just as the whole world should be opening to them. Every country relies on its next generation to take the place of the current one, and to make the country grow and thrive in the future. Educating the next generation of doctors, lawyers,

However, we must remember an important fact: our generation of American faces the same wall of hopelessness that stood before those who lived through the Great Depression – and they overcame it. What we can take from them, is that we can succeed if we accept the simple fact that we must do what must be done, even if it isn’t desirable. If we graduate with a degree in fashion marketing and fail to secure employment, we work at a retail store in order to pay rent and get the bills paid. Running around for hours to work in a store takes grit; being underemployed takes gut; learning from experience and applying it to one’s life creates character. And one day, we grow. That in my belief is “the Dream.” For too many versions of “the Dream” equate prosperity to happiness, happiness I feel is not so simple. This makes it seem that the American Dream may always remain tantalizingly out of reach for some Americans, making the dream more like a cruel joke rather than a genuine dream. Perhaps, what our generation needs is to

Living the American Dream is becoming something farther and farther out of reach for our society, and many don’t even realize it. The current teenage population is projected to be less successful than their parents are. Poverty circumstances that many citizens are born into are increasingly harder to overcome. How can young adults escape the poverty levels in order to become competitive in the professional world when the opportunities are slimmer than ever? American society is becoming harder for those to get ahead and live the American Dream; living above the status quo takes dedication, perseverance, and tenacity.

In our lives everyone is struggling in the battle of achieving success, the American dream or wealth. Whatever it may be we acknowledge the fact that hard work is always necessary. By having remarkable grades, being a well-rounded student and having a good personality. These are just the basic essentials vital for succeeding in the fast pace and competitive world around us. With a strong background getting into a college becomes painless and then getting a dream job. Having more money to buy a home, supporting a family and giving to the needy. It is a basic goal of ours. At the bottom of this large building that we will build up, are the pillars that support the building. These pillars are a strong

My youth was devoted to being an example and role model for my family. Something I could never accomplish if not for the summer after my father left. We were invited to a summer camp where I gave my life to Christ. It was only with His help and the guidance of my pastor that I was able to carry such a load at a young age. It wasn’t until I was away at college, that I met and counseled with a new pastor, that I realized I was carrying a burden that should never have been mine to

At only nineteen years old I have been through a lot in life. So much to the point that most people soon realize why I give my all in everything that I do.one thing that will forever stick with me is being homeless as a kid at a young age. Growing up in Mobile, Alabama I grew up with my mother and four siblings. I was next to the youngest out of five kids. My mother had a job at USA medical center where she had worked since she was 21 years old. My mother worked with the house keeping service as basically a janitor. My mother worked six days a week as much as she could to ensure we at least got to school. Even though mom worked so hard sometimes ends were just not met. Some nights she would go to bed hungry so that my siblings and I would have something to eat. Well one day mom came home from a long day’s work to a letter that stated that basically we had a nine days to get our stuff and leave because we were being evicted for not having the money to pay rent. We didn’t have anywhere to go, we couldn’t even afford to go anywhere. This was the first time I had ever seen my mother break down and just cry her eyes out. I didn’t realize at that moment what was going on. Four to five days had passed by with no luck at all. Then by the grace of god we got a phone call from an organization known as family promise. Family promise basically assists with families who are at risk of becoming homeless. They had called after someone had let them know our situation. So we arranged to stay

The structure of our learning environment currently has few parallels to the outside world and it is unlikely that can be remedied. Instead, the trouble of a changing the entire system could be avoided and the benefits would be similar if we were had regular speakers come in and talk and were taken on regular field trips to learn how the things we learn in class are applied throughout the world. Not only would this be an opportunity for students to learn more in depth in a way that is more engaging than reading from a textbook, but it would provide students with time to learn about future career choices.

AP Classes, most people would describe me as "smart" before anything else. I am the go-to person for homework help and the first person the teacher calls on for an answer. And although I have gotten my fair share of A's, many people do not know how hard I have worked for my academic successes. Sure, some of my accomplishments are helped by my natural intellectual curiosity, but the majority of the time, I have to study and prepare. If I do not understand something in class, I go home and watch videos and read the textbook until I do. I make flash cards, use highlighters, and even learn songs to help me memorize concepts. When I am proud of a grade I have received, I truly am because I know the hours I put in to earn it. This carries farther

AP courses are meant to challenge students who excel in that subject by enhancing the learning process and stepping up the curriculum. They are college level classes meant to be taken seriously. I have been taking AP classes for nearly two years already and in each class I have taken each assignment seriously. Although I realize that this exam counted greatly for the college credit I believe that it should not be the only thing looked upon.

One of the experiences which has influenced me extensively has been my trips to Jamaica.  The past four years, I have been blessed with the opportunity to work with a church in Jamaica.  We work in a small community named Santa Cruz.  The people there are so thankful for all that they have even though they do not have very much.  Sister Fay has to bring water to her house in bottles and bathes out of a bucket. Yet, every time you ask her how she is, she answers with, “I am blessed.” Some of the church members have showers and kitchens outside.  There is a little girl there who we call KK.  She is about six years old.  She has become my little one when we are down there.  She is very special to me because I am so sad for her path. In Jamaica going to school requires taxi money, breakfast and lunch money, uniforms and school supplies. KK’s mom and her boyfriend will not work which means that they do not have the money to send her to school.  It makes me think about how blessed I am to be able to come to PCA and that I have parents that will do anything for me.  Another one of the church