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IIRC, honors classes tend to give less homework because they expect you to already get the basic material, whereas in a regular class, everything gets reviewed. At least, that's how it went over here.
 
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If that was the case, I wish I was in your school, Zyflair. In my school honors is the exact same as the normal classes but with more homework. In other words they spend more time than you need in school doing the normal stuff, then you do everything "advanced" for homework. Its made me consider dropping out of some honors courses simply to get more free time...
 
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Zyflair said:
IIRC, honors classes tend to give less homework because they expect you to already get the basic material, whereas in a regular class, everything gets reviewed. At least, that's how it went over here.
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WOW!
Lucky...

In my honors, we have about 10 essays a week, and we have A day, and B day's. We only go to one a day... And I posted this essay... and I got a 24/30... I was like WTF!

MrGatr said:
If I were to have three wishes, I wouldn’t like them to not affect my life, after I use them. I would want them to come in a way, that wasn’t expected. I would also like if I could have, a small item that would make the wish. So that I could make myself, unnoticed, when I use my wishes. If I had the wishes, they wouldn’t have an effect on my life. In other words, they would be wasted!
My first wish would be, for another three wishes. I would use the three wishes I receive for small items. It would go something like this; I would wish for a taco, when I’m hungry during class. I would then wish for the assignment to be done, with a 100% grade. Then I would want three more wishes, to go with my real second wish. This stuff wouldn’t affect my life, as much as wishing for wealth, or immortality!
My second wish, would have three more wishes going along with it, from my first wish. I would then use my second wish for another three wishes. My first one would say, I wish for a nice laptop, for me, and only me. This wouldn’t have a negative out-come… I mean come on, what is the worst that could happen? My other wish, would be for this essay to be done, so I didn’t have to do it. My third wish would be for something nice, like some nice new shoes. My fourth, and fifth would be the same… Freezing time, so I could do whatever I wanted, and get away with it! My sixth, is going to be for three more wishes, to go along with my real third wish.
My third wish, would have nine wish co-implying with it. This would help me get, what I wanted for a couple years. My first, second, third, and fourth would all be about food! I would want food for when I was in school. My fifth would be for me to have control of temperature for just one day! I would use my sixth wish, for another nice laptop. It would make me have an even better life! My seventh wish would be to save the rest, and pass them onto my kids, and wife. This would let the wishes live on, all the way through the family.
With these wishes, I wouldn’t have an issue with ruining my life. They would only benefit me in a small way, and not in a large way, unlike 2000 pounds, costing a Childs life! They would be able to live on, and keep going down through the family. My wishes would be just what I needed. If only this was real… If only!
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Can any of you find the mistakes I most have made...
 
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Yeah honors/AP classes in my experience have been the same with more homework. And for some reason the school I took geometry at only taught proofs first semester Geometry Honors...and not in the regular geometry class.
 
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If I were to say what's wrong, it would be that you use way too many extra commas.
If I were to have three wishes, I wouldn’t like them to not [Double negative] affect my life, [Comma splice] after I use them. I would want them to come in a way, [Comma splice] that wasn’t weren't expected. I would also like if I could have,[Comma splice... I'll just scratch the rest out without repeating this] a small item that would make the wishes come true. So that I could make myself, unnoticed, when I use my wishes. If I had the wishes, they wouldn’t have an effect on my life. In other words, they would be wasted!
My first wish would be, for another three wishes. I would use the three wishes I receive for small items. It would go something like this; I would wish for a taco, when I’m hungry during class. I would then wish for the assignment to be done, with a 100% grade. Then I would want three more wishes, to go with my real second wish. This stuff wouldn’t affect my life [They still do. They just make your life easier], as much as wishing for wealth, or immortality!
My second wish, would have three more wishes going along with it, from my first wish. I would then use my second wish for another three wishes. My first one would say, "I wish for a nice laptop, for me, and only me". This wouldn’t have a negative outcome [It's one word]… I mean come on, what is the worst that could happen? My other wish, would be for this essay to be done, so I didn’t have to do it. My third wish would be for something nice, like some nice new shoes. My fourth, and fifth would be the same… Freezing time, so I could do whatever I wanted, and get away with it! My sixth, is going to be for three more wishes, to go along with my real third wish.
[By the way, this all affects your life, lol.]
My third wish, would have nine wish(es?) co-implying [<- What does that mean?] with it. This would help me get, what I wanted for a couple years. My first, second, third, and fourth would all be about food! I would want food for when I was in school. My fifth would be for me to have control of temperature for just one day! I would use my sixth wish, for another nice laptop. It would make me have an even better life! My seventh wish would be to save the rest, and pass them onto my kids, and wife. This would let the wishes live on, all the way through the family.
With these wishes, I wouldn’t have an issue with ruining my life. They would only benefit me in a small way, and not in a large way, unlike 2000 pounds, costing a Childs life [Stopping time is not a large way?]! They would be able to live on, and keep going down through the family. My wishes would be just what I needed. If only this was real… If only!
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I never took honors courses, so I have no idea what they were like myself. Classmates I knew who did, said that they were about the same as the regular classes, but covered advanced material in-depth more.
 
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Apollo said:
Classmates I know who did said they were about the same as the regular classes, but covered advanced material in-depth more.
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Apollo... Using... Bad.... Grammar...
I think this is a sign of the end of the world...

MrGatr runs to panic room!
 
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I don't see that... Did I miss a word, or does the phrasing just seem off? Last I checked, that wasn't so much bad grammar as non-standard phrasing... :/
 
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Lets see:
Classmates I know who did said they were about the same as the regular classes, but covered advanced material in-depth more.
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Other than that, an ambiguous pronoun reference ("They" refers to classmates or classes?), and a comma splice (the "but" doesn't signal another independent clause, so no need for the comma), I think it's an okay sentence. =3
 
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Okay, I see it now. It's rare, but sometimes I'll mistakenly write stuff like that.
 
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You mean "incorrectly," as "mistakenly" implies you didn't mean to write the sentence at all, but we understand. |3
 
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*POP*
A random Clarification Nazi appeared...

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I never took honors courses, so I have no idea what they were like myself. Classmates I know who did said they were about the same as the regular classes, but covered advanced material in-depth more.
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I have never taken Honors courses, so I have no idea what they are like. Classmates [friends?] who have taken them said that they were about the same as regular classes, but covered more in-depth, advanced material.

There, all better...

Sorry, I have this spastic habit of just randomly clicking on threads and replying to whatever the topic is...
 
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You kept the comma splice and ambiguous pronoun reference in there. -_-
 
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At least it flows better...

I have never taken Honors courses and I have no idea what they are like. Some friends of mine who have taken them said that they were about the same as regular classes, covering more in-depth, advanced material.

Better? I'm seriously working on my grammatical skills, considering that I am an awful writer...
 
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How about:
I have never taken Honors courses and thus have no idea what they are like. Classmates of mine who have taken these courses said that they were about the same as regular classes but covered more material.
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Nasty, nasty philosophy...
Ugh, I may agree Henry David Thoreau on Civil Disobedience, but why did he have to make it so wordy?
bleh...

Writing an analysis journal entry isn't very easy...

Have any of you ever read it?
 
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