Sunday, April 10, 2005
AP: Three days to GET HELP!
This one is for those who continue to successfully tune me out in the AP class. The HW that I gave on Thursday had a question that could be on our next exam (Thermodynamics). The answers that I just viewed had the EXACT mistakes (regarding units and Hess's Law) that I warned and pre-warned you about in class! There is one word that comes to mind when I see errors that I go out of my way to get you to avoid: UN-TEACHABLE. You cannot be taught. This class is a waste of your time. It does you no good because you do not bother to listen or apply what I am teaching (stuff that you will not see in a textbook).
You will fail the next exam unless you carefully do the homework and practice tests (and view those PowerPoints; check website for the latest files) . Make your mistakes now and then ask about them at extra help. If you do not heed my advice, you WILL fail on Tuesday and some of you will fail the most important quarter of this course.
Our course ends this Friday which means that we will start and finish Electrochemistry in one week. The pace will be very fast and you will be responsible for remembering how to balance redox equations via the half-reaction method (we covered that at the beginning of the year) before we start the notes.
The following week, we begin AP Exam Review during which we will complete an ENTIRE part I or part II AP Exam EVERY day (and two on the weekends). Your fourth quarter grade will depend mostly on the WORK SHOWN (quality and accuracy) on these tests. If you have been struggling all year, I suggest that you stay after every day and do your homework with me so that you can begin to compensate.
We will also begin AP Review sessions, one or two topics per session, this week. I hope to see you all there. Bring your "5 Steps to a 5" prep books.
Mr.C.
You will fail the next exam unless you carefully do the homework and practice tests (and view those PowerPoints; check website for the latest files) . Make your mistakes now and then ask about them at extra help. If you do not heed my advice, you WILL fail on Tuesday and some of you will fail the most important quarter of this course.
Our course ends this Friday which means that we will start and finish Electrochemistry in one week. The pace will be very fast and you will be responsible for remembering how to balance redox equations via the half-reaction method (we covered that at the beginning of the year) before we start the notes.
The following week, we begin AP Exam Review during which we will complete an ENTIRE part I or part II AP Exam EVERY day (and two on the weekends). Your fourth quarter grade will depend mostly on the WORK SHOWN (quality and accuracy) on these tests. If you have been struggling all year, I suggest that you stay after every day and do your homework with me so that you can begin to compensate.
We will also begin AP Review sessions, one or two topics per session, this week. I hope to see you all there. Bring your "5 Steps to a 5" prep books.
Mr.C.
# posted by C @ 7:14 AM 
