Advance Placement Reflection

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In taking advance placement (AP) classes I have learned that determination and a good work ethic will allow you to surpass other people’s expectations of your capability. Determination to succeed has allowed me in AP Chemistry- which is more difficult than I originally anticipated- to maintain an A in the class and learn concepts that deals with my future career. I am expected to learn about matter, chemical bonding, physical properties, rates of chemical reactions, laws of thermodynamics, bonding, and much more and apply it to explain answers, interpret models, perform data and error analysis, design and describe experiments, and to solve problems mathematically. In class we perform a different lab weekly to prepare us for the exam. My favorite

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