Biology. What can I say about Biology. I HATE biology. Picking classes as an upcoming freshman, not know what to do, I stupidly picked biology over life or earth science. First of all I've never been good at any type of science. Earth science, physical science, Life science, experimental science, you name it and that will be my most challenging class. I have to say if I had a better teacher in science except for stupid Mr. Jones, I definately would have a better grade in his class. I go to his class on the first day of school and the first thing he says is "Welcome to your nightmare." I just thought to myself "whatever." Just thinking he was another of those stupid teachers who wanted to scare freshmans on thier first day. Little did I know that he was actually right. After a few days I got to seeing what kind of teacher he was. He was the total opposite of what I expected. He was the type of teacher that just went on and on and on and on and on about stuff that I couldn't even understand even if I tried. He talkes like we are in college... not like a whole bunch of 9th graders just trying to pass the class. After a month he is gone for 4 weeks due to a knee surgery and leaves a sub that knows nothing about biology. Hard enough Biology is my worst subject but I now have a sub that probably knows less than me about biology and he is supposed to teach us about it and make us understand it... well that didn't work outs that well. Finally, when Mr. Jones returned from his operation we were way behind and had to cram everything in 3 weeks plus finals. With one week left of school I found out I had a C+ in his class. I've never gotten a C before! And I did not want a C so..... I asked him how I could bring my grades up because I was diving for straight A's and he said I can do an extra credit essay for him. If I get an A on it, it raises me a whole grade. If I get a B on it, it raises me half a grade and if I get a C or lower it doesnt count towards my grade. He said it was very hard and only 1 person has ever gotten an A or B on it. He explained it had to be in 10 time new Roman font and 10 pages long APA standards College essay. I thought to myself " I can do it..." So I did it. It was due the week after thankgiving break and I had a week to do it. So that meant I wouldnt have a fun thanksgiving break at all. And nope I did not! I finally finished and I felt like a LOAD had been lifted from me.I passed biology with a B+! That means even though I didnt get straight A's my hardwork payed off and I got an A on my essay which brought my grade up a whole grade! The bad news is I have biology and the same teacher another semester. Although it will be easier no having volleyball everyday after school and games every week, I know it will still be a challenge. Biology has shown me how hard I have to work towards achieving my goals, such as straight A's.
