Why are Honors Classes

[IAmCrystalHeights]

less dramatic/crazy/stupid than "regular"-leveled classes.

Regular classes are lower than average-leveled classes. It's not Academic, so it's just a class you take that just gets you to graduate high school. If you take an Academic or Honors class you can go to a four-year school directly after high school, instead of going to the junior college/community college for two years and then a four-year school.

In the Regular classes there's a lot of kids who talk about stupid things and there's a lot of drama and whatnot. Now I could be in Honors if I applied myself but I'm lazy and I was very regretfully immature in my past high school years, now being a senior I realize that. There's always talk about what race you are (omg why dont u work with those mexican kids!!!!!) and kids that say "n-gga" a lot, and people who just wanna be an asshole for no reason. There's good funny kids in the class sure, but even they can be idiots too. I hear in the Honors class, there's little to none of that stuff and they're mostly kids with bright futures, at least according to most people.

I've taken a Video Production class which was an Academic class and it was of all kinds of people in that class, and the teacher always yelled at our class because a lot of us acted up and were silly. A student in that class who said was in his Honors FIlm class says he never yelled at the class and everybody was serious.

[LardLord]

Students who take honors courses care about their future

[Astronesthes]

Not sure what you mean, sir. Honors classes are just as ridiculous as the rest in most schools. Take a tip from myself, and never let your schooling interfere with your education. If you haven't already noticed by now, you don't need the info you're getting at highschool, you just need the diploma to keep going. What you should be doing is using your free time to school yourself at home about things you want to know.

Generally I suppose honors classes would be less dramatic because they are under the idea that what they are doing is important. Whether you think this is right or not, that's most likely the cause.

[MegamanZero360]

During my day as a Freshmen, I go through many classes where I have honors classes such as Geometry and English, but then there are classes where I don't have honors, like Biology, or Marketing Management. Anytime there's a class where it's not a Honors class its hectic. Although, my Honors classes are still fun, there's just a bunch of nerds. I personally hate my Honors classes, if I weren't so smart and mature for my age I'd be exactly as the next stupid teen pothead. I switch off from being a chill guy to being smart throughout my day.

[Astronesthes]

At 2/26/11 12:53 AM, MegamanZero360 wrote: if I weren't so smart and mature for my age

Hah..hahah..hah...heh...

[MegamanZero360]

At 2/26/11 12:57 AM, Astronesthes wrote:

At 2/26/11 12:53 AM, MegamanZero360 wrote: if I weren't so smart and mature for my age

Hah..hahah..hah...heh...

It's true.

I played off as an 18 year old for some bitch in Canada.

[basherboy357]

Honors classes are pure and straight BS, I could apply myself and get a straight "A" in all of my classes and I still somehow wouldn't be allowed into them.

[6r0undZ3r0]

Probably because smarter people tend to take the honors classes. Thus, instead of dramatizing everything about the class, students actually are there to learn or get decent grades.

[TheDunwichHorror]

less minorities

[IAmCrystalHeights]

At 2/26/11 02:07 AM, TheDunwichHorror wrote: less minorities

No doubt there are less Latinos and blacks in Honors classes than other classes from what I've seen, but there are more Asians in Honors classes than other types of classes as well. I'm that Asian kid (half-Chinese) who isn't in an Honors class :(

[grime-reaper]

At 2/26/11 01:57 AM, basherboy357 wrote: Honors classes are pure and straight BS, I could apply myself and get a straight "A" in all of my classes and I still somehow wouldn't be allowed into them.

you tell yourself that.

[Arthuria99]

I was a student of honour class, we do pay more attention at class, every teachers seem to respect us better than any regular students and our grades were clearly higher than them, the regular class mostly waste their time doing useless thing even though the final exam is near, but it couldn't have been worse than social students, they're jackass, smoking at school toilet, making fun of teachers and students, breaking our school's alma mater by fighting with students from another school

[TheStacheMan]

In my high school, honors classes are somewhat similar to regular, except one crucial thing: People care more about their work (This includes the students and the teacher(s)).
If they care more about their work, they focus much more on it, and thus, a much more dedicated and respectful class is made.
But it also depends on the kind of class it is.

[DP]

Here's what I have come to understand.

White kid in CAS/AP classes: average student.

Black kid in CAS/AP classes: smart student.

White kid in mainstream classes: bad student.

Black kid in mainstream classes: average student.

At least this is what it was like in my city's public school system.

[steph2568]

Because for the most part the are more mature kids who can control themselves in Honors classes.

[Squidbit]

I don't feel like reason all these long posts to see what has and hasn't been said.

I've been in all honors classes my whole life, but my freshman year I failed science, cause I'm fucking lazy and that teacher asked a lot of us. So the next year I had to take the same class again, but the regular one, not honors. It's pretty weird how much of a difference there is between honors and regular classes. Honors classes can get out of line and stuff, but we always get that same "You guys are in an honors class! You aren't supposed to act like this!" line, which I find pretty fucking stupid, but whatever. But in a regular class, it's pretty much always like an honors' bad day. And the teachers don't say shit about it.
At least from my experience.