Week 6 - Questions

What did you like about the class?

I loved the actual content of the course. I think this course is so interesting that a teacher does not even need to make it anymore interesting for students to really enjoy taking the class.

What was your favorite activity or project?

Personally, I think projects are a bit of a waste of time. Honestly, any true student should not need projects to understand course material. They seem to be for those that are too lazy to study and need to be forced to understand at least some course material. Having said that, I enjoyed the sensation and perception project.

What didn't you like about the class?

Projects projects, projects...and activities...sometimes...see above for a better description of my opinion about projects. I also thought that a lot of the vocab that we took in notes was sort of unnecessary and could have been learned outside of class allowing for more time for the discussion and understanding of the concepts of the class. I think in an AP class, vocab is something that the students should be able to take responsibility for outside of class.

What do you think I should leave out next year?

see above...the projects and some vocab.

Do you have any suggestions or ideas for things I could do next year in AP Psych?

Start doing the chapter at a glance thingys much earlier in the year. They seemed much more helpful then copying answers in a study guide or doing vocab. It forced comprehension and I respected that as a great idea.

Do you have any suggestions or ideas for next semester in AP Econ?

NO PROJECTS PLEASE!!!!!!! I would hate that class if there was a single big project in there. I know it would make it more interesting, but we are not only going to be having major senioritis, but also suffering from heavy course loads. In reality, they would just make us hate the class even more!

Week 5 - Pick something...

Well, I was quite astonished by the amount of corruption in the Field of mental illnesses and medicine. I knew that corruption existed in big business, big sports, and in politics, but I doubted anyone could honestly be so evil as to do corrupt business when people's mental health is on the line. When people will accept multi-million dollar bribes from pharmaceutical companies to withhold findings of the fact that their drugs are useless, you know there are true low life's out there. The world of a person with a mental disorder is something that we cannot comprehend, and for someone to take advantage of these people for the sake of money is someone that not only deserves to go to jail, but also to be looked down upon by every other human being. It is a despicable act to use people that way. I have always considered people of higher education to be those that could look past the material gains of what they do and look at what it does for the people of the world and how it can change how we look at things. Reading this article has disgusted me and completely disheartened me about the human race. It makes it seem like no person can be a decent person when faced with a large sum of money. I say this and at the same time I am thinking that this is a biased thing of me to say. This article is made to show the worst of what has happened and to fit us with a perfect situation to bash the greed of the human race. These particular cases of corruption absolutely disgust me, but I believe that the honorable men and women that have dedicated their lives to helping those with mental disorders far outweighs these acts of greed and self-centeredness. These psychologists should be ashamed of their own actions because they are the ones that understand the implications to what they have done more than anyone else.