When I first started as a freshman, high school really was not what I had expected it to be. I was petrified my first day of school, just like everybody else.
I didn't join your AP Science class until a week after school had started up, though. I was called to see my Guidance Counsellor and she had told me I was moved to your class. She had warned me before she made it official that your class would be one of the hardest. Not because of the curriculum, but because of the way you teach and others' opinions. I accepted with no better knowledge as to what I was getting myself into.
It wasn't until about halfway through the semester that I quickly realized my choice was wrong. My guidance counsellor was absolutely correct. Your class had became my most disliked out of the 4 I was taking. Your attitude changed very quickly towards my peers and I. I had decided to push it and treat you the way you were treating us. Although this had me sent to the office countless times, I believe it was worth it. I stopped handing in assignments on time and you had to start chasing me down for my homework, (Which I only finished twice in the semester.)
Then, around came finals time. I still had the same "don't care" attitude towards you and your class. You and my mother exchanged many emails regarding me, my behavior, and my grade going into the final. I wouldn't say you were concerned, (not only is that an overstatement, but it was also un-true.) You even recommended to my mother that I take summer school for 4 weeks and re-gain my Science credit. To my surprise, my mother fought on my behalf and refused. She thought that you weren't worth the time, either and eventually we both had given up.
However, it wasn't until I re-took AP Science in 2016 that I learned a lesson from you. (No, it wasn't from any of the lectures you had given, either.)
I realized you were trying to push us to our limits, especially because AP courses aren't supposed to be taken as a joke. There are students in these courses who have the motivation to go to University or College. You wanted to see who these students were, (obviously it wasn't me..) so you quickly turned your lesson plan around.
But, this wasn't exactly the lesson I had learned from you. You had taught me that spite can be a hell of a thing to do things out of. Mrs. S, you became the motivation to have me finish AP Science in 2016 with an 86% rather than the 40% that I had recieved in YOUR class.
So, thank you, for giving me the motivation to prove to you that I am MORE than capable of earning high grades. I appreciate it, even if we had fought all semester.
