A Final Farewell

I am truly happy that I took AP Lit this year. Although I struggled so much at times, I am happy that I can look back and see the progress I made. I went from a consistent three writer to a 6+ writer and that was a large accomplishment for me.

Looking over the course, All the Kings Men was the most beneficial book that we read. It helped with almost all of the themes that were presented to us. A little more time could have been spent on it because it did have so much, but it was very beneficial as a student to read that before the AP test.

Another important text that we read this year was Hamlet. Those power lines were terrible, but they helped me to understand the extreme power of one word. It also helped teach me how to analyze a couple of words and how those words could change or exemplify the phrase or text as a whole.

I wish poetry was discussed more. A lot of classes reviewed it a little every Friday, and it seemed like we hit it hard for about a week and then after that we were left with the poetry notebook. Just a suggestion to go over a little more spread out than hitting it in 5 days. But the poetry notebooks did help me to better look at poetry. It helped outline what I should look at and think about as a poetic scholar, and in the end I felt very accomplished to have completed it.

I also felt pretty prepared for the AP exam. I was kind of stressed about it though because I felt like in the practice, the questions were easier and then the essays had more details, so I’m kind of worried about my score, but that is why own fault. I time managed well, it just felt like I wasn’t reaching the so what.

All in all, I was very pleased with the course, and although it was very difficult I would recommend it for students that are willing to push themselves. But the students need to know the challenges, I heard nothing about it, and thought I would be fine since I did so well in AP Lang, so just spreading the word about it would be helpful.  I will miss you Ms. Clinch!! Thanks for all you have taught me about writing. Although I will never major in anything literature, this has taught me other skills like managing stress and workload and also how to properly analyze situations. I found myself analyzing Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone!!!

Thanks again!