#10th grade: AP world history

[daloy-politsey]

Okay. Here’s another game. This is for US people only. In the tags, say what state you’re from and what social science classes you took each year in high school.

#new york #9th grade: world history #10th grade: AP world history #11th grade: AP US history #12th grade: AP US government and politics; Economics #the economics class wasn't AP but it was with a local college so I was able to get college credit

[terrasu]

Yeah, there's a lot that the American education system rewrites or leaves out of lessons but can we talk about the sheer fucking volume of information per class

#jesus christ. #my world history ap class in 10th grade #more than like five college combined i swear #sorting through old papers and its just so much #personal #education

[selenastaylors]

just connected the dots that i had a crush on my 10th grade ap world history teacher

[princessrosem-ry]

Realizing the reason I still can't fully get a grip on the show casting is because I've already casted people I know irl for each character and I probably wouldn't be satisfied with anyone they cast unless it's that specific person. Like dawg what do you mean Chiron isn't just my 10th grade AP World History teacher but with hair. Like what

#shout out to you Mr. Townsend fr #Like what do you mean Sally Jackson isn't just my mom without bangs #What do you mean Chris isn't just that one brown belt dude from my karate class #What do you mean Hephaestus isn't just my dad when he was 20 in a garage band with long rocker hair #What do you mean Clarisse isn't just my friend Brianna but taller #this goes for book-only characters to #Like what do you mean Hecate isn't just my 6th grade social studies teacher but with a hat #What do you mean Persephone isn't just my friend Elise in a dress #What do you mean Bianca isn't that one girl in my EnglComp2 class #same for like assigning celebrities or other fictional characters appearances to them #Like what do you mean Apollo isn't just Macklemore with a bob cut #Alabaster is that one de_mirm 3/4 facing view fanart of Jack Merridew from 2022 where he looks absolutely disgusted and done with the world #What do you mean Athena isn't Amelia Earhart from Night at the Museum #what do you m e a n #pjo #pjo show

[unfriendly-neighborhood-feminist]

introducing: my Limited Life Beachside High School AU (jazz hands)

context: my friend was in their schools production of high school musical, so we watched it together the week after the show, around the time limited life ended and i started Thinking and getting Ideas Basically: Uses clique system from high school musical, for those who are unfamiliar, that's: Nerds, Sportsball, Theater Kids, and Skaters. i think the groups are all pretty self explanatory. (Also in my au they are less rigid/strict about cliques, basically people might slightly judge or tease you if you do something outside your clique, but they wont freak out and burst into song about it.) Their highschool, Saturn High (fuck off I know its pretentious) is located rly close to the beach in california (sorry). they go to the beach a lot & thats how the weather usually is. Contains limited life groups + some others for funsies. teachers are purely Plot Devices & dont represent anyone.

Groups & Character info

Groups: Nerds- Tango, Impulse, Mumbo, Etho, & Skizz Sportsball- Grian, Joel, & Jimmy Theater Kids- Cleo, Scar, Bdubs, Scott, martyn, lizzie, ren Skaters- Pearl & Bigb

Grade, extracurricular, fav class: Tango: 11th grade, part of chemistry club. Fav class: ap calculus Impulse: 11th, robotics club. Fav class: ap chemistry Mumbo: 12th, robotics club. Fav class: ap chemistry Etho: 11th, robotics club & volunteer math tutor for underclassmen. Fav class: honors physics Skizz: 11th, debate club. Fav class: AP world history

Grian: 11th, track & field. Fav class: english Joel: 11th, basketball. Fav class: shop class (woodworking) Jimmy: 11th, soccer(football). Fav class: PE

Cleo: 12th, stage manager. Fav class: shop Scar: 10th, plays tuba. Fav class: advanced band bdubs: 10th, stage crew. Fav class: drama Scott: 11th, cast of musical. Fav class: honors english Martyn: 11th, musical. Fav class: drama Lizzie: 12th, musical. Fav class: drama Ren: 12, musical. Fav class: history

BigB: 11th, skateboards. Fav class: graphic design Pearl: 11th, rollerskates. Fav class: shop

As of now, this is purely a concept. I have a lot of ideas and bits & pieces but no actual story yet. Will i create art or fics of this? Maybe but don't count on it. If you want to,feel free to do so just tag me.

tis all

#limited life au #life series au #limited life smp #trafficblr #just an idea bouncing around in my head #beach hs liml au

[petalsforarrmor]

there is one thing that gives me joy in this world and it is reading through the tweets and likes on my 10th grade ap world history teacher’s twitter

#it fulls me with so much happiness to see this middle aged man be one of the most progressive people i know #what’s hilarious tho is that in his class before we found his twitter none of us could figure out where he stood on anything #we knew he wasn’t right wing but he could have told us he was a communist and we would have believed him #natalie felt like talking

[studyinginahaze]

studying in a haze; introduction.

hiii thereee!!!! it's me, studyinginahaze, here to make my debut onto tumblr!

somethings about me:

i'm 14

i am in 10th grade

classes:

AP world history

advanced algebra honors

chemistry honors

history/english accelerated

msl 4 chinese

hobbies/interests:

reading!! my favourite books are the night circus, the shadowhunter chronicles, any book by kerstin gier, and wuthering heights

i loveeeee to paint!

i like listening to taylor swift, lana del rey, marina, snow patrol, lorde (on occasion), and fall out boy

i play(ed) 3 instruments: violin, piano, flute!

why a studyblr?:

i've been watching studytube since 5th grade, 2018, and i only recently decided to become a studytuber as well! i also decided to be a part of studygram and studyblr because i loveeee talking about school and studying and reading! i love being motivated by others and inspired!

fav studyblrs:

@studyquill @minijournals @emmastudies @studyblr

thank you so much for reading! <3 have a good day :+)

#study hard #studyblr #study #study blog #inspo #notes #reading #studying #study motivation #school #student life #reach #lana del rey #taylor swift

[thecavavoice]

Q & A Interview With A CAVA Alumnus

By Sulana S.

Pictures of CAVA Alumni T. Spencer in Redondo Beach, C.A., Wednesday, November. 16 th , 2022 by Sulana S./The CAVA Voice

As high school students, it’s always comforting to see how those who were once in our position have succeeded in the real world. It’s even more helpful when the experienced come back to support and guide us on our own journeys.

I conducted an interview with a CAVA Alumni, T. Spencer, who is currently completing his 4th year of college at UCLA. He is earning a degree in Bioinformatics, also called Computational Biology, and a minor in Chicana/o studies. In the interview, Spencer answers questions that were submitted in a CAVA Voice survey by various students, in 10th , 11th , and 12th grade, about different topics such as college lifestyle tips and advice about classes.

Q: How long were you in CAVA? A: I was in CAVA for 6 years. I started when I was in 7th grade.

Q: Is it better to take AP classes and be stressed and overloaded with work, or take normal classes and get straight A’s easier?

A: In my experience, it’s better to take AP classes because they help prepare you for the fast pace of undergraduate classes that you will face in college. They’re also very important because universities want to see that as a student you’re taking the most challenging classes that you possibly can, even if you don’t do as well in them as you might have in a college prep course. It’s important to show that you’re trying and taking advantage of the most rigorous classes, like Honors and AP, that are offered by your school. For example, when applying to college, you would appear to be a stronger candidate if you earned a B in AP U.S History rather than an A in general U.S. History.”

Q: What about making the switch from online school to college presented the biggest challenge, and what about CAVA best prepared you to succeed?

A: “I would say the biggest challenge I had to deal with when transitioning from online school to college was the no longer having the comforts that I had in CAVA. It was a big adjustment having to consider the amount of time it takes me to walk from class to class. UCLA is a really big campus, with a lot of hills, so it was a huge change from getting to my classes through the click of the button versus having to run to them just to make it to my lecture on time. I think the thing about CAVA that prepared me to succeed was the rigorous course load that they give students and the amount of independence that is expected. To me it seemed like compared to other freshman, who attended brick-and-mortar schools, that were in my classes, I had less of a hard time adjusting to managing the heavy workload and having less one-on-one attention with a teacher. I was already somewhat used to managing my time and homework in a way that would allow me to not feel like I was falling behind. CAVA’s expectations, although very stressful in high school, were good preparation for the expectations that most students get shocked by their first year of college.”

Q: What should CAVA seniors be doing now to prepare for the leap to college or life in general? What is helping you keep up with university?

A: “One thing I think CAVA seniors should do now to get ready for the transition into college is to start getting used to a certain study routine that would be more efficient. For myself, I’ve realized that it’s so much better if students study a little bit each day, for every class, that way when there is an upcoming midterm or final, you won’t have to try to cram everything in the night before. Of course, it’s always extra helpful to study the weekend before for the test, but if you get used to studying some portion of what you’re learning every day you will remember it a lot better. At a school like UCLA, which runs on a quarter system, there are a lot of midterms for each class and not a lot of time in between them, so it’s a lifesaver to study a little bit every day because you might not have time to cram for three tests on the same day. Another thing I would have liked to prepare for when I was a senior at CAVA is to know that there will be some very difficult classes and challenges you have to get through. You won’t always get a perfect score on everything and it’s easy to let a bad grade get in your head, but it’s just one grade, and only a fraction of your overall success in college.” “In addition, as a college student I’ve learned that to keep up with the university-level workload I would rather tackle my assignments during the week when they are assigned rather than leaving the homework to catch up on the weekends. It’s definitely a lot of work and can be hard to manage everything, but it’s a lot better than trying to squeeze everything in at the end of the week like I have seen some of my classmates do.”

Q: If given the chance of having only one class during senior year, what would you do? Would you take part of the class the prior summer to graduate early or would you stay and take college courses in the meantime? Or is there a different scenario you would take?”

A: “In my opinion, if someone is interested in applying to college, it’s expected that students don’t ‘cruise’ during their senior year. By that I mean that universities want to see that you didn’t lighten your workload just because it’s your last year of high school, and you only need a few credits left to graduate. It’s important to show colleges that even though you could have taken an easier class schedule your final year, you still took it upon yourself to take on challenging classes and further your education as much as possible. For instance, my senior year was probably the grade that I had my heaviest workload. I believe I took four AP classes that year along with an honors class and an elective. So, to answer the question, in my opinion I would use my senior year to continue to take difficult classes and be able to have that to make my college applications even stronger. I’m not really sure about how this would work if you only need one or two classes, but I do have some family members that did dual enrollment, so they took classes at a community college at the same time as finishing high school. Maybe you could do both. I wasn’t in a big hurry to graduate, so I just paced myself to finish at CAVA, but I have two cousins that did dual enrolment. One of them finished high school and graduated with a diploma and an AA from the community college. After that she went to a UC. Now she’s at an Ivy League college back East for grad school, so it seems like it worked for her. I don’t personally know anyone that just took a couple classes senior year and then got into a college.”

Q: What do you think made you stand out? Do you think that being in an online school and applying to college made you look a little smarter or more studious? Do you think that being in an online school allowed you to prepare for the college life? Do you think that being in online school affected you in a positive or negative way when it comes to social situations?

A: “I think what made me stand out as a candidate for colleges was the balance of extracurricular activities to rigorous classes that I took all through high school. My senior year I had really hard classes like AP English, AP Spanish 4, Honors Physics, and Calculus. So, as a candidate I think my schedule spoke for itself, but I also had some extracurriculars that were maybe different for other people. For example, I used to volunteer at the library in my neighborhood, tutor elementary students, study guitar and train in martial arts. Maybe it wasn’t as many activities as other people, and they were not directly with the school. Looking back on it, I think it would have made me a better prospect if I had taken some school leadership or school community activities like ASB, newspaper, or a club. I can’t say if I looked any smarter, but when I wrote my essay responses on the applications, I made sure to say how my extracurriculars showed my commitment to the community and personal growth. I also think my classes and activities showed some discipline, which is big at CAVA because so much of what you do is independent, just like college. I think the online school helped prep for college life as far as academics, because CAVA classes are hard, and I remember having to be really organized. For the social part I think it depends on the person because lots of UCLA students really try to make college friends and keep the social life as a priority. That was a little different for me because I have a close family and my college is in the same city, so a lot of my free time is with them. Also, I got into a mentoring program where I do undergraduate research and that helps me meet people but honestly, it’s a lot of work and takes up a lot of my time. There are a lot of student groups on campus so if you got used to joining clubs a CAVA, college has a lot of them too.”

#features #by Sulana S. #Archive

[heftbyjapanesebreakfast]

breaking bad has made me think so much about which of my high school teachers would make or sell drugs and like there's a couple who if they weren't teachers they'd definitely be dealing weed to teens

#10th grade chem teacher would definitely make meth and various other drugs #he's literally a soundcloud dj and im pretty he's into raves and shit #my ap world history teacher would cook meth. she's determined and crazy i love her so much #m

[goldfish-studyblr-bowl]

New School Year

I'm going into 10th grade in 4 days (Wednesday, 21st of July) and I thought I should write down all the classes I'm taking this year and my goals for this year too. (I'm excluding my PE class)

-AP World History

-AP Physics

-French 1-2

-Concert Band

-Advanced English

-IM2 Math

Afterschool Activities:

-Roller Hockey

-Marching Band

Goals

Try my hardest to get a 4.0 GPA this year

Have a maximum of 3 missing assignments by the end of the year

Become friends with at least one teacher

Improve in my afterschool activities

#studyblr #school year #high school #school #10th grade #july #ap world history #ap physics #french #french 1-2 #marching band #band #concer #english #english nerd #nerd #math #advanced math #california #school district #school goals #afterschool activities #roller hockey #hockey #ap classes #ap #back to schoo; #back to school #new school year #schmerz

[lannisterdaddyissues]

ppl rlly think it was ooc for hermione to have a crush on lockhart bc she was "smart" when it's legit the most in-character thing possible for a teenage girl to go gaga over a hot teacher. and i'm speaking from experience here

#mar speaks #hp #hermione granger #gilderoy lockhart #harry potter #i remember in my 9th grade AICE european history class #we had this substitute teacher who came in and taught periodically for like a week or so bc our actual teacher was old #he was maybe 31 or so and he had a gf and supposedly was raising his niece #anyway he was SUPER hot and every girl who took aice euro had a thing for him i shit u not #me included he was rlly sexy #i’ll never forget the time when i attended a study group w some of my other classmates #and one of them said she looked up his criminal record to make sure he was clean since she was dead set on marrying him one day #i cant make this shit up. that’s exactly what would happen with lockhart. girls will be girls #granted he was a much better teacher than lockhart and Genuinely Helpful with a good personality but #u get the point #(also the AICE euro teacher retired after that year and when we begged him to take the job he /did/) #he went to teacher school that year and got a degree just to come back and teach us #and the best part is he became rlly good friends with the 10th-grade AP world history teacher #who i had that year #and all their students shipped them including me #im serious my classmate said she’d read fanfic abt them once #they graded papers together and binged tv shows together on weekends and snuck into each other’s classrooms #to steal cheese sticks from each other’s fridges #this sounds like bait but IM SERIOUS

[oflgtfol]

the crash course theme song hits me right in the heart. fuck

#i love crash course so much #SIR THATS MY EMOTIONAL SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL YOUTUBE CHANNEL #like it brings me back to 10th grade studying for the ap world exam 😩😩😩 #and i relied on crash course for all my other history ap exams afterwards.. #LIKE AP CLASSES WERE HELL BUT SOMETHING HITS DIFFERENT ABOUT THE CRAM PERIOD RIGHT BEFOREHAND #WATCHING CRASH COURSE VIDEOS DURING DINNER AND AT NIGHT BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP... #for like 2 entire weeks leading up to the exam fhskdbsj #brot posts #oh my gof and not only did i use the world history series for the ap world exam but like #our teacher also showed us the videos in class too so like #;___; #again .... ap classes were hell but like. idk . lol #i loved most of the teachers and i loved having that close knit group of kids who were more or less in all my other classes #idk. it was just such a different time in my life compared to now.. for better or worse

[agenderhyde]

it’s 10pm & i need to read!!!

#cloudy rambles #college things. #world history since 1500 #my history prof said something the other day re: reading that reminded me #when we were in like 10th or 11th grade my class president said he was going to make the ap exam 'his bitch' #which is what i need to do with this reading #make it my bitch

[yuri-alexseygaybitch]

When I was in AP World History in the 10th grade my (very very white) teacher, Mr. Bryant, would make us listen to these godawful SoundCloud educational “raps” with butchered AAVE about history and we could write about them for extra credit and I don’t want to be too mean to the theatre kids but it literally sounded identical to Lin-Manuel Miranda’s music

#it must be said sorry #lin manuel miranda #hamilton #in the heights #musicals

[lady-raziel]

Every time you post something about yourself I have to stop and go ????????????????? for a solid thirty seconds. Keep being funky my man

another lore fact: i took AP World History in 10th grade. it was first period and the teacher was a big fan of power points so i pretty much just slept through most of the class, and the rest of the time i watched episodes of tv shows on netflix on my computer with subtitles on so the people behind me could watch as well. I didn’t study for the class or the exam, but somehow got a 5 (the maximum score) on the AP exam and got college credit for taking the class because of it

[madtomedgar]

so i saw a “underfunded public high school teachers” au, and, as someone who went to a (rural) underfunded public highschool, I don’t want to hijack the post, but i think i can do it better

The Math Department

- Jin Guangyao: teaches applied math, precalc, calc, AP calc, and the obligatory algebra class. He HATES his freshmen, HATES his applied math students, and lives solely for his AP students. Absolutely fucking terrifying. Somehow wound up in charge of the bus garage. He hates it. It is giving him ulcers. How did this happen! But if he doesn’t do it, the kids will just go... wherever, so it’s not like he can not!

- Lan Wangji: teaches algebra and geometry. Also teaches Latin. Why does this school offer Latin? Who knows. He has like 7 Latin students every year and it’s like 3 Catholics, 2 goths, one kid who is Really into Assassins Creed, and one weirdo who thinks they’re going to law school. Also absolutely fucking terrifying, but differently. Has never attended a single pep rally and will not let you out of class to go to them. Runs the after-school homework help.

Lan Qiren: Grumpy math teacher. Absolutely fucking terrifying and constantly 3 years away from retirement. He taught your parents and remembers their bullshit, so don’t try anything.

The English Department:

- Yanli: 10th grade English and yearbook, runs the school paper. All the straight boys have a crush on her.

- Xiao Xingchen: freshmen and juniors, also teaches French. Has something of a dead poets society vibe, but like. A chill one. FFA sponsor.

- Wen Ning: freshmen and seniors, also teaches French. Patron saint of the gay students.

The Science Department

- Wei Wuxian: Chemistry and Physics. Has set the school on fire five times and himself on fire once. A legend in his own right. Runs the GSA, since most schools can have those now. Once declared “wafting is for weenies” and then sniffed concentrated hydrochloric acid. His students make those “x didn’t wear her saftey goggles and now she doesn’t have to” memes about him. 

- Wen Qing: Bio, anat phys, and that class that’s for kids who are basically going straight into the community college nursing program. Runs envirothon, but isn’t hardcore about it. Absolutely fucking terrifying, but extremely fair. Every baby dyke that goes through has a big crush on her. Coaches girl’s track and field and soccer

- Wen Ruohan: Teaching to the test, hates you, does not fucking care about you, will absolutely send you to detention for rolling your eyes, makes students cry on the regular. Has never written a college recommendation so do not ask him.

The Social Studies Department

- Jiang Cheng: World history, APUSH, US history. Teaches to the test or goes on incoherent yelling rants. Has almost been fired for throwing erasers at students and “teaching” conspiracy theories about the moon landing and the kennedy assassination. Coaches basketball and cross country and has a HUGE inferiority complex about how his teams ALWAYS go to state but he NEVER gets any credit unlike the DEADBEAT football team that SUCKS. His athletes always have good grades because if they don’t, he frog-marches them into Lan Wangji’s homework help, cusses them out, and tells Lan Wangji not to let them leave until they have Bs. Insane, but the kids would die for him.

- Lan Xichen: Teaches civics, the one (1) philosophy/poli-sci elective, and is the band director. He’s great, but he’s infamous for giving you a pass if you can convincingly argue unique bullshit well enough, or have a bad enough sob story. Consequently, a lot of Lost Souls wind up in band, and he doubles as the unofficial guidance counselor. 

- Wen Chao, who also (somehow??) teaches trig. He is here to coach football. He gives the kids worksheets and plays internet poker all day. Lan Wangji is his nemesis because he will not let kids go play football if they are failing, and he will not manufacture passing grades for football players. The football team is terrible and they never win anything, but he still acts like they own the school.

The Rest

Jin Zixuan: Teaches computers. Coaches baseball. 

Nie Mingjue: gym and rotc. Coaches wrestling and volleyball. Teaches “health” which means he’s also in charge of sex ed. This is very unfortunate for everyone. The students call him “stache” but only behind his back.

Qin Su: Guidance counselor. Very sweet, but not very helpful. Also teaches driver’s ed.

Jin Zixun: The principle. Incompetent, Full of himself. Hates competent people who work under him. The closest thing this cast has to a good ol boy who got this job through pure nepotism and who everyone wants to kill

Madam Jin: office secretary. really good at giving Judgemental Looks to every kid who gets sent to the office.

Jiang Fengmian: Vice principle. Also completely ineffective, but in a different direction to Jin Zixun. They make a terrible team! This school is going to hell in a handbasket! Once confiscated a knife from a kid who brought it to school to threaten another kid for sexually harrassing a girl, and told him “now, son, i understand what you were trying to do. you were trying to defend that young lady’s honor, and that was very noble, but we have got to find a way for you to deal with these situations that does not involve violence”

Nie Huaisang: Art teacher. Every year he thinks his funding is going to get cut. Most of the students in his class are goths or stoners or both. He may or may not be selling weed.

Yu Ziyuan: teaches Spanish and is the cheerleading coah and girl’s basketball. Mean. Strict. Knows all your parents’ drama, takes it personally, and hates you. Actually writes “F for Fries with That” on papers. Has almost been fired for kicking a student.

Song Lan: shop

#untamed stuff #anything in here that is weirdly specific #is something that actually happened at my highschool