Student story: High school classes
About this video
A student who moved to a new country and started high school in 10th grade, without the college prep others had, explains that the difficult classes she took, especially AP United States History, prepared her most for college. The heavy reading, writing and quizzes were just like college, and she later thanked her teacher for challenging her.
You'll be able to
- explain how challenging high school classes prepare students for college.
- describe why a class can feel hard at the time but help later.
Key words
- college prep
- Classes and support designed to get students ready for college.
- AP class
- An Advanced Placement course that teaches college-level material in high school.
Transcript
- So in high school, I had just moved from a different country and I came in straight when I was a 10th grader. I had none of the college prep that every other student in my high school had, and my high school was very focused on college prep. So I was very new and I had to figure it all out on my own.
I remember things that really helped me later on in college was the difficult classes I took in high school. At the time, I felt like I was not doing well in them. They were super challenging, and those included my classes like AP United States History. I'll never forget how hard that class was, but it was actually the class that prepared me most for college because every single day we had to read so much and write so much and do these quizzes and that was exactly what college was like.
I always wrote back to my teacher saying, "Thank you for challenging me in an AP class like that "because it really, really just set me up "for success later on".
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