[Kimyko]

Uhm, yeah, I wanted to ask a question, but couldn't really find a proper place to put it, since it's not really directly about Chemistry or anything. (Sorry if it's in the wrong place) Anyway, I've been hoping to get into a summer class for second-year Chemistry, but I can't seem to find anything. To be honest, every college and high school I've checked only seems to have Introduction to Chemistry or something like that, but that's not really what I'm looking for. Now, my question is, do most colleges have a summer class for second year Chemistry, or is this just a fruitless search?

(Not really important, but just information on why I want this class. You can ignore this of you want.)

You see, I'm looking for this because while I'm in the process of taking first year Chemistry for High School, and I want to take AP Chemistry next year, my teacher says that he doesn't really think I'm ready. Obviously, I don't blame him since I haven't really been performing up to scratch lately...or since the beginning of the year. Still, I think I'm slowly beginning to get it, and I think that if I focus hard on Chemistry during the summer, that I can be ready for AP Chemistry next year. So he and I made a deal that if I were to take a second-year Chemistry class in some college during the summer and get higher than a B, then I would be allowed to take the AP Chemistry class next year. Sadly, like I said above, that class doesn't seem to exist anywhere, and it's really beginning to get to me since I don't want to stop taking Chemistry. It's one of my favourite classes, despite being my worst class.

So, I'm really desperate, or else I wouldn't try to bother people on the internet with this. Once again, I'm really sorry if I put this in the wrong section of the forum.

[constant thinker]

Ummn, isn't AP Chemistry the same as Chemistry I at the college level. If you were to take a Chemistry II course at a college, then you'd be skipping AP Chem (Chem I) theoretically, and if you got a B or better then why bother taking AP Chem.

[Mitch]

You would fail a second year chemistry class in college, it sounds like your teacher is setting you up to fail. The agreement should be for you to take the introductory first-year chemistry class at your local college and to get a high grade. What you learn in high school is basically only the first 3-4 chapters of what you end up learning in the first year-college chem course. Take the course catalog of your local college to your teacher and ask him to point to the class he would like you to take.

On an other note, it sounds like you are reasonably intelligent. There is no excuse why you shouldn't be getting good grades in an introductory high school level chemistry course. If you are intelligent, and you want to be in science, then you have to overcome your mental laziness and aversion to doing the work required to learn the chem material. No more excuses.

[billnotgatez]

Are you in an advanced mathematics class? For science knowing mathematics is critical.

[Kimyko]

I should have phrased that better, I meant, a class that was equivalent to an AP Chemistry class in college or high school, not a second year class in college. That would just be...not possible. What I meant was that I looked for that class in both high school schools and colleges in the area (So, second year for High School, and Intro. for college), and I've found only one that meets the guideline - and that was an Introduction to Chemistry course, which I'm not able to take for time reasons. So I was just wondering if most local colleges just don't have that, or if it's some sort of weird thing happening only in this city.

And yeah, I'm in an advanced - I guess - mathematics class. Uhm, also I agree that there's not really a reason why I'm not doing well, and though I've been working much harder these last few months and my grades are steadily, albiet slowly, improving, I already screwed up earlier on and since there's no fixing that, I want to prove that I'm dedicated enough to continue taking Chemistry throughout High School.

[Mitch]

It would be strange if a community college in your local area didn't offer intro to chemistry class during the summer.