Course Selections

This coming Thursday I have to place my course selections for my senior year. I'm toning down the level of difficulty a little for this year, just so I can better focus on what I'm doing and don't constantly feel like I have a huge cloud of homework hanging over my head.

AP Computer Science
It's a continuation of the Into. to Computer Science that I'm taking this year, and the class I'm most looking forward to.

Spanish 4
Another level up from my current Spanish 3 class. I was torn between this and Genetics for a while, but after talking to the Genetics teacher, who said it dealt with mostly human genetics and was more hands-on, but not more difficult than AP Biology (which I'm currently taking), I decided that that wouldn't be interesting enough to displace my beloved espanol.

Web Design 2 and Macromedia MX
More exciting classes just to further what I can do with the Internet. Both list my previous Internet class as a prerequisite.

Composition 4 and World Literature
Mandatory (if not taking AP Brit. lit. which is really hard if you don't like writing). I did have the choice to take Brit. Lit. 2 instead of World Lit., but World Lit. sounds more interesting.

US Government
Again, this is mandatory, unless you take the AP version. I'm still not entirely sure which I want to take, but currently I'm planning on the lower one to avoid the flood of work associated with AP level classes.

Calculus
Between this and the AP form, which is supposed to be driven forcefully toward the AP test, I'd rather take the one that allowed the students to breathe. Students in the classes have recommended that if you want to continue math in college, you should take the regular form, just to get a better foundation.

Physics 1
In hindsight, I should have taken this class this year, and taken AP Chemistry next, but when I picked this year's classes, I was planning on taking many AP classes as a Senior. Oh, how our thoughts do change. Theretically, I could take AP Physics B, but I think I would have too much diffuculty following the strict format to solve problems, and remembering all of the formulas.

That covers the seven periods in a day, so I'm set. I marked down Genetics as an alternate and I'll probably put down some art stuff as alternates too. In reality, I'll probably get all of the classes I asked for, as they assign Seniors their classed first.

Hopefully next year is easier than this one, and keeps challenged without drowning me. We still have to get through a few more months of this first.