My Experience Senior Year in High School

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During you senior year in high school, all you hear is to enjoy it while you can. Many people try to scare you by reassuring you that during college, you are completely on your own. They say that the professors do not care if you pass his or her class, everything is on you, and that they would not even bother to memorize your name. Yes, it is true that you have to be more responsible and that you have to put more effort; however, I have met some amazing teachers during my college years. During high school, I took some AP classes which are high school equivalent to college courses. I tool anatomy and physiology AP during high school and because of my major I decided to take the same class again last semester; Two professors on two different environment with the same material. I would like to focus on the attitude each professor had towards the student and the way the material was thought. Mrs. Camilla Crouch was my AP Anatomy and Physiology teacher at Skyline High School. She had a great relationship with the students because she knew all of us since freshman year. Our high school had clusters, and the students who took A&P were usually from the advance science cluster. Mrs. Crouch was the director of our cluster; Mrs. Crouch was a great part of our high school lives. Even if Mrs. Crouch was close to us, she did not play when it came to her class. We had a daily quiz and homework almost every day. At the time, A&P was a difficult class; the workload was insane and the amount of functions and parts of the body we had to memorize was ridiculous. Her test were straight forward, either you know it or you don’t. She didn’t allow make up test but her test did have a curve. When it came to grades, Mrs. Crouch was very understanding. Sh... ... middle of paper ... ...ral surgeon for many years; anything that has to do with the human body, he knows it. Mrs. Crouch has all of her presentation on power points. She prints the power points for the students and the students just add anything they feel it’s important. She likes to show animation; the animations are very helpful when understanding a broad concept. Mrs. Crouch is also knowledgeable and she likes to take advantage of technology. Even if Mr. Bates and Mrs. Crouch have different techniques and are in different environments, they are both dedicated instructors who are willing to help all of their students. Even if their way of teaching is different; they both have the same goal, to create successful students. They both provide the resources needed and they facilitate the road to success. The different teaching techniques have the same results, happy and successful students.

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