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NC weather disrupts student’s AP studies

­Weather Effects AP Testing

       It is no surprise that with all the recent disastrous weather events that the school days would be affected, but now the AP exams are here and no one feels confident or prepared.

Teachers complain because there is not enough time to prepare students. Students complain mainly because they never wanted to take the exam in the first place and now it just seems like a waste of eighty-nine dollars.

AP exams are expensive and take preparation, and while people seem to want to blame the AP board for not pushing back the exam it is not their fault that Wake County is terrified of rain and snow flurries.

The fact is Wake County has canceled school multiple times for low temperatures and the possibility of snow and rain. Other schools around the country have been in school for the majority of the year regardless of weather and are prepared for tests.

However, those four “winter breaks” have been greatly appreciated by the senior class. since senioritis is in full effect, seniors at Athens are more than happy to have extra vacation days.

While all these breaks have offered students and teachers a great amount of Netflix and relaxation time, they have also made attending entire weeks of school very difficult. Going back to AP classes have especially been a struggle for students.

Whether it is AP Biology or AP English IV, having days off school make the next time students are in class two times more stressful and incredibly crammed with essays, tests and projects. It is not healthy to have so much work at one time and when students are actively involved in sports, arts and clubs time is hard to come by.

Athens has missed a total of nine days of school. AP classes at Athens work on a block schedule; therefore one day of school is equivalent to two class periods. That is eighteen class periods missed and the days will not be made up by AP exams in May.

Any student who has taken an AP exam knows that they take a lot of preparation. Most tests are about three hours long and require focus. Even though students and teachers feel pressed for the time it is important to remember that half the AP exam is confidence. It seems cheesy, but students who believe they will do well on their test usually do.

No one likes the fact that AP exams are the first week of May, but there is no changing the national schedule. The most students can do now is eat a good breakfast, get plenty of rest before the exam, read their “Five Steps to a Five,” and hope it does not snow.

 

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