At the end of the first day of class, Mr. Francis had given out a "review" homework sheet, consisting of molarity problems.
I had gotten an A in 10th grade chem so I wasn't worried. The problems on this homework sheet seemed hard, so I did what
I could and figured that if I had problems, so did everybody else. On the third day, Mr. Francis handed back the homework,
featuring a big, red "Get help" at the top of the page. Still not worried, I went up to his desk after class, figuring there would be
a bunch of students there. Nope, I was the only one. "Are you sure you're up to this class, Mike?" he asked as nicely as he could.

    I stuck it out and after nine months of hard work, I finished the class with a B (our school had no plusses or minuses so I
don't know whether it was a low or high B). Since Mr. Francis only gave out two or three A's, I was happy with the B. And
I got a 5 on the AP Exam.

    The point to this story is that you shouldn't worry if you think that everyone except you is breezing through the homework.
Get help from me, work with other students, then get more help from me. AP Physics may or may not be for you, but there's no
way to tell on the basis of a few homework assignments. Good luck!


Click here to see a scan of the actual worksheet, which I have saved all these years for good luck.