Transitioning to High School

It is 2017 and very soon I will make the big transition to high school. A big part of high school is the courses and in this blog, I will talk about the courses I will take.

For math, I definitely will take Academic math. I came to this decision because of my parents and the fact I would like to go to a university. Academic math will be more fast pace and you need to be more independent than the Applied math. However according to what one of my friends, he said Academic and Applied math are the same? either way, I’m going to take Academic math.

For language, I’m also going to take the Academic course. I decided this because my parents wanted me too and I want to get into university. I actually didn’t have much background knowledge of Academic language so I did some digging. After I read this article from peopleforeducation.ca it makes me want to take Academic even more. Turns out A provincial study showed that only 21% of students who took applied courses in grade 9 went on to college after graduating. I got this fact at peopleforeducation.ca by the way. So I’m definitely going to take Academic for this course.

For all the other courses I probably will also take Academic for them as well. The subjects are science, geography, physical education, and french. This only leaves me with the choice of my Electives. In grade 9 I only get to choose two Electives. The Electives I decided on were the Instrumental band and Exploring computer technology. The reason I chose the Instrumental band, was because I already had a musical background and by grade 12 I would have 4 extra credit. I was also told that there wouldn’t be much homework either. The reason I chose Exploring computer technology was because I was always interested in technology. I was actually deciding between Exploring family study and Exploring computer technology. In the end, I chose Exploring computer technology.

So that was my thoughts on what courses I want to choose, my background knowledge, and thoughts of the courses. I hoped this informed you what courses I would like to take.