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Arrival of the APs

By Anonymous
Shion Fraser

The end of the year approached. AP classes had finished all their material and gone through the review. The week started. Tension spread across campus. Students went missing from classes and came back hours later with death in their eyes. Almost nobody was safe.

 Every day, more students were taken. All students prepared weeks prior for this horrible event. AP testing took up the entire week and would keep going through the week to come. Stress built up since the beginning of the year peaked at this critical moment. This was the moment of truth for the majority of those attending Dalat.

“Confirm five,” said one student who had slept through his final. “...minus five,” he added after a bit of consideration. Another student, Kimberly Hills (11), said that the exams were “cruel and unusual punishment accepted by society.”

Some students made life harder for themselves by having unattainable goals. Ke-Erh Huang (12) said, “I aim for a six.”

As bad as it may all seem, some students didn't think the tests were that bad. Some students, who will remain unnamed, admitted that they were not even planning on passing. So close to the end of their high school career, APs didn't seem so important.

 On the other end of the spectrum, Natalie Ryan (12) casually commented that “the exams weren't that bad. They were a lot easier than I expected them to be.”

It seems that perhaps the difficulty of tests may just be a matter of perspective. But despite how they may feel (overly stressed, completely given up, or exceptionally calm), the exams will end soon and all will be well. The hardest classes will be complete and the end of the year will be just around the corner.


I only feel sorry for those who will be slapped quite violently in the face with the beginning of normal finals.

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