[DAMomma]

Okay, I would not say easy, but not to overly stressful and hard. I mean I had ALOT of memorization and understanding concepts, but it was not as hard as let’s say, micro. Micro was horribly hard for me .

A friend of mine had a test in A & P this past week. They tested on cell respiration, the Krebs cycle, integmentary (sp?) system, AND the bones…..In my opinion, it seems like her test was all over the place, maybe that is why is hard for her. Another thing, my A & P class was broken down into I and II (15 weeks each) Her class is A & P I and II mushed into 15 weeks.

What are your thoughts?

[stpauligirl]

Originally Posted by DAMomma

Okay, I would not say easy, but not to overly stressful and hard. I mean I had ALOT of memorization and understanding concepts, but it was not as hard as let’s say, micro. Micro was horribly hard for me .

A friend of mine had a test in A & P this past week. They tested on cell respiration, the Krebs cycle, integmentary (sp?) system, AND the bones…..In my opinion, it seems like her test was all over the place, maybe that is why is hard for her. Another thing, my A & P class was broken down into I and II (15 weeks each) Her class is A & P I and II mushed into 15 weeks.

What are your thoughts?

A&P 1 was horribly hard...two students were left to take the final at the end of the semester, I made the A.
Micro....lecture was easier than A&P lecture but the lab was verrrrry hard, luckily I had a good teacher.
I am now in A&P2 and once again... it is HARD. Labtest was fairly easy but the lecture is much tougher.
I believe that the two A&P teachers that I am dealing with at my school are "weedout" teachers who will also put a # of BS questions on the test that don't matter how much you study you may still get them wrong.
It seems like they are playing games that I don't feel I am up to. But once again it may be because they are weeding people out. Only few people get A's in these classes....many are in for repeat or downright fail....averages on the first tests are always frighteningly low, like in the 60's.
To sum it up A&P was harder for me.

[Tweety]

I understood A&P, in fact it wasn't difficult for me at all. But the volume of inforation was indeed tedious and too much.

[sddlnscp]

I think this just goes to show that everyone is different. I actually thought Micro was much easier than A&P! I guess I am the oddball here. I ended up with A's in all of them, but I really had to work hard in both A&P I and A&P II to keep my grades up, while Micro. didn't seem near as time-consuming to me. Perhaps it was because I was more interested in the Micro. processes and how diseases are transmitted and contained.

[stpauligirl]

Originally Posted by DAMomma

Okay, I would not say easy, but not to overly stressful and hard. I mean I had ALOT of memorization and understanding concepts, but it was not as hard as let’s say, micro. Micro was horribly hard for me .

A friend of mine had a test in A & P this past week. They tested on cell respiration, the Krebs cycle, integmentary (sp?) system, AND the bones…..In my opinion, it seems like her test was all over the place, maybe that is why is hard for her. Another thing, my A & P class was broken down into I and II (15 weeks each) Her class is A & P I and II mushed into 15 weeks.

What are your thoughts?

I may add that due to me being from a foreign country doesn't help any...I also had meningitis 5 years ago and was left with learning disability....I need to study twice as hard as the average person to begin with

[Jamie Dale]

I am currently in A&P1 this fall, and it is pure heck. Lab dosn't seem as bad as lecture.The instructor really knows her stuff.And she will flat tell you that if you can't pass her class, she doesn't want you working on her in a hospital. A&P in LPN school wasn't as nit picky as this I'm experienceing now.I'm glad the cell and tissue chapters are over...time to study the bones now.It's neverending.LOL

[goingformydream]

AP was/is just more timeconsuming and stressful for me. Micro on the other hand was so much fun and came fairly easy for me (98% in that class, compared to getting by with a 90% in AP1)

[smattles1of2]

I'm still in A&P but it is a breeze compared to Micro. I had to study every day for micro to stay on top but with A&P I just memorize things here and there and don't really put in alot of time.

Micro was tons more fun though and I didn't mind studying hard for it.

[xt1]

I loved A&P, I think if your truely interested in something it will be easy but if your forcing yourself to do it then not so easy. I found myself asking questions that had me looking up the answer in the latter sections of the book while we were still in chapter one.

[MEO82]

I am in AP1 right now... I wouldn't say it is "hard" just like others mentioned, very time consuming. There is a lot to learn in a short period of time. It is not hard to memorize information (for most people)...just eats up a lot of your time.