Let me start this off by saying that I love English. When I was little, I read pretty much nonstop and language arts was basically a joke for me in elementary and middle school. I basically love grammar and reading, so it was my favorite subject even though we didn't really learn anything. Then, we got to high school and I thought it would be different. But I hadn't struggled at all in English since this year.This year has actually been pretty tough for me, which was surprising because I hadn't had much trouble with AP Junior English. I had a hard time adjusting to the differences between Junior English essays and Senior English essays, so I was really disappointed with my scores on the first few. I also didn't have much homework for any other class, so it made English homework seem like it took forever even though it normally didn't.
Our short story unit was okay, I didn't get the underlying message to a lot of them at first, but after some practice I was able to somewhat understand them. I was okay with Hamlet because I had already read it, but the play analysis was kind of boring for me. I really disliked the Road, which I know I've blogged about before, but it just wasn't for me. It eventually evened out, because I loved reading Beloved, and I was really excited that Mr. Stoltz got to teach it to us. I liked the poetry unit a lot, except for the ones I didn't understand. But I really liked doing the project, which sounds weird, but I like powerpoints so I guess that's it.
Overall I liked Senior English and the experience prepared me for college a lot, because there was a lot of work and reading. I wish I had taken the AP test, because I could get out of two English classes, but I think I'll enjoy taking something outside of my major anyway (Biomedical Engineering, if you were wondering).
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