Help- Will Mathews

Thank you for what has to be probably my Favorite English class ever, I felt very prepared for the AP test, as well as feeling that I learned other things of value this year.

The AP English test is very different from the usual AP tests in that there is little content you can teach for it, you either know how to write and analyze or you don’t. Teaching the academy you have luck in that most of us are able to do those things, however instead of just relying on us to do well on the test based on our natural ability you were able to shape our English talents to the best of their abilities. The  spaced out practice tests and essays we took and wrote allowed us to get feedback on what we were doing right and wrong, without overloading us with hugely unnecessary assignments, that I know many other unfortunate juniors faced.  So as far as the test went, I felt fully prepared to do well, without feeling vastly overworked.

In addition to the test, I think we did a good job learning other important English things by participating in Socratic seminars, learning extensive new vocab, and in ding these blog posts.

 The only thing I would change about your class is that I did feel like there were days, and I’m not complaining here, I’m all for less work, that we could have accomplished more work if we had perhaps watched less YouTube videos or things of that nature.