Anxiety of AP's
I wish I was a snail. Easy life, no AP madness. While many others go through the hallways, clutching a two-subject notebook, AP students lug backpacks filled with enough textbooks to double as workout equipment. Our grades? A delicate ecosystem where survival of the fittest means sacrificing sleep, social life, and sanity. In a spectacle more intense than a high-stakes poker game, AP students sign up for classes like it's a reality TV show. "Take five AP classes,” they say. “It’ll look good on college apps,” they say. But after just one week of AP Calc and AP Bio, students begin eyeing the school's fire alarm as a potential escape route. Grades ...