Preparing for school

[Stl Lunatic]

Hey this does seem like an awkward thread. It's just one of those strange days for me where you feel like you have to do something worth while. Anyways what I am really trying to do is learn as much about the subjects that I am going to be taking in high school my next year as I can.

What books were you required to read for your junior year/11th grade? I think I have a sheet that has what was suggested for each grade level but it would be stored somewhere in my massive pile of papers from school, it really is impressive to see all of the papers that I have kept over 1 year of school the pile is atleast 6CM tall, lol.

I think my classes should look like this...

INTRO TO ART
WORLD HISTORY
CHEMISTRY I
FINITE MATH/STATISTICS
ALGEBRA II
AMERICAN LIT HONORS/11th GRADE LIT HONORS
SPANISH II

If anyone could give some advice on the subjects that would likely help me alot in the long run.

My schedule is really a bizar one as you can notice...

I have to take intro to art since I need my 1 year of a fine art for credits...

I have World history because my schedule was messed up last year and I somehow did not recieve a history class....Its beyond me how it happened...

It would help alot if someone could tell me what was hard about Chemistry so I could look stuff up and start learning about what I'll need to know for it...

I have 2 math classes so I can have extra credits for college (ill have 5 if all goes as planned)

I have lit 11 honors...Some book titles would make things easyer...

I have spanish which should be pretty easy since I'm pretty quick with learning it...maybe someone could outline what you have to learn in that....

Thanks to anyone who has some stuff that can help me out
And perhaps this may also help others...



( this is copied from another forum where kids from my school post at so stuff may not sound right...any help is really appreciated)

Thanks

[Killer Mike]

Chemistry isn't that bad.

A lot of it to begin with is converting moles to grams with elements.

Learn how to find the mass of a compound like CO would be (12g for C + 16g for O)... or 28 grams (u get those numbers by looking at a periodic table).

If you just pay attention in class, you should be able to learn it with ease. It's a course that looks intimidating, but it really isn't that bad.

[]DP[Artie]

The biggest thing with the chemistry....is that it's all math based. If you know all the stuff from Algebra one like the back of your hand, then you should be able to focus on the chemistry concepts and not be distracted by the math end of it, which makes it a lot easier. So if you're not an ace with the Algebra I, review it good, and figure out anything from that which you might have not fully understood. Doing so will make the Chem a lot easier.

Some of the Algebra 2 might also come into play in the Chem 1, but since you haven't had it yet the best you can do is make sure you learn that as good as possible as you go along.

When I was going to school for engineering, I always made the math classes my highest priority, because all the other sciences and engineering courses are so heavily rooted in math that if you didn't know the math inside out then the other stuff becomes a lot harder. And the math classes keep building on concepts used in previous classes so the better you learn one the easier the next one will be.

[cavalierlwt]

Intro to Art, is that like Art Appreciation or Art History? in other words, will you be creating art or studying art?
For studying art, I have one tip: when taking notes, make stick figure versions of the art in question. Real crude stick figure versions. It helps burn the images into your memory, in a simplified form. When you look at pictures of the real thing, you'll recognize them pretty easily.
As for creating art, you're on your own!

[Sabres]

dude, it's summer. Go relax. I wouldn't even think about what you just mentioned, but that's me...

[munky73770]

Thank God I am out of HS...Thinking back, I now realise how lame most of it was.

I had problems with chemistry and algebra when I was going through school, but the best thing I can suggest if you suck at math as I did is : Study groups. Get together with the smartest people in the class and have them help you out.

[Stl Lunatic]

A lot of it to begin with is converting moles to grams with elements.

Learn how to find the mass of a compound like CO would be (12g for C + 16g for O)... or 28 grams (u get those numbers by looking at a periodic table).

I just looked up converting moles into grams and I found a great site that explained it and had some practice problems that I did easily

Intro to Art, is that like Art Appreciation or Art History? in other words, will you be creating art or studying art?

I think it is a little bit of both...Kind of like the most basic art there can be...It should be easy as long as I put effort into it, and I do put alot of effort into everything I do including school...

When I was going to school for engineering, I always made the math classes my highest priority, because all the other sciences and engineering courses are so heavily rooted in math that if you didn't know the math inside out then the other stuff becomes a lot harder. And the math classes keep building on concepts used in previous classes so the better you learn one the easier the next one will be.

Yah I really agreen with you on this its like a row of stairs if you are missing a step then you can't make it to the top of the stairs and you loose what you started..its like that with all math where one thing always builds on another thing, unlike other subjects where they start fresh with new things alot of the time that have nothing to do with what was done previosely...

dude, it's summer. Go relax. I wouldn't even think about what you just mentioned, but that's me...

Yeah I guess I'm just wierd like that...

I agree with you though lol...I guess its just the way I work and go about things...

[Destructor]

for chemistry, look up balancing equations. that's a big part of it. luckily i it was easy as hell for me, but others in the 2 chem classes i've taken always had problems with it.

the only problem i see with your junior-level schedule is lack of a free period...that was my main concern in high school

[Stl Lunatic]

the only problem i see with your junior-level schedule is lack of a free period...that was my main concern in high school

Yah my schedule is going to be kind of tough but, it will help me alot for college to have extra credits in my math and science...I think I remember balancing equations from 9th grade phisical science...I also remember it was kind of tough for me...I'm gonna look that up and see what its like, refresh my memory and all...



Yah im decent at balancing the equations, but im sure they become much more complicated than the ones I did...I can do the ones with the perentheses and stuff where theres alot of subscripts...

[gowhitesox99]

good luck in the upcoming year LUNA. Any ball this summer? Hows the catching going?

[Chacal]

Don't forget chemistry can be fun. Don't see only the mathematical part, it's important to try to understand how things work and how theory relates to real-life behavior.

I taught chemistry in high-school some years ago. I tried to use real-life examples as much as possible, preferably stuff from the kitchen so kids could do experiments at home, which parents hated me for. I think I made it interesting. You always pay attention when you're terrorized by the teacher. Also I liked making 17-year-olds cry (as I said chemistry can be fun).

I eventually switched to IT because making adults cry is even better.

[Gen. Ouch]

are you sure you never taught chem out on the west coast...lol.

but seriously man it is the beggining of summer for christ sake, don't worry about school until at least mid aug. one thing i miss about those years in the summer is not haveing to work every day. ahhhh those where the days

[syribo]

Chemistry = SUCK.

I failed the state regents for that class.. I got a 63... 2 more points and I would have passed Ah well, didn't need it to graduate anyway

... I miss high school ... Life was so easy back then ...

[SavageParrot]

I never read my course books. In general they are just dull versions of much better books. Especially with history books.

I'd speed scan them for data but that's about it.

[=ender=]

High school chemistry was just straight up rote memorization for me, which was a lot easier for me to do in H.S. than it is for me now.

Syribo, you said Regents... you must be in NY state, eh?