Senioritis or Stress? (Blog 15)

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Normally, I wouldn't complain about my studies but for the beginning of the 4th quarter of my senior year, I have been under unusual amount of stress. I have only three AP Courses (Psychology, Literature, European-History), but they are making me go insane. Although, I will practically have nothing to do in these classes after the AP exams, they are cramming the work for the whole quarter in approximately two weeks. On top of all that, I have H-Precalculus. Math, only the sound of it can make me run a 100 miles away. I hate Math, for all of the people who love math and actually understands math, lucky for you. I have nothing against technology or sciences but I am never going to be a scientist or God forbids a math teacher. Maybe, the reason why I hate it so much is because I haven't been exposed to it for a long period of time like most of the students at the school. But anyhow, I don't understand the need to know trigonometric equations or anything out of the ordinary. Ask anyone that is working and not a math person, they will never remember the stuff they learned in their trigonometry class but they might still be successful in life. Here is the thing; Math explores some real life problems, but the problems they explore are mostly out of the ordinary. No one in mind is going to wonder how high the bird is from the ground when it's on a tree. If a bird is on a tree, it's on a tree; it's a very simple logic. But for some bizarre reasons you wonder how high the bird is from the ground then trig functions and such will be very useful to you. I believe in simple and very basic math such as adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing. I believe in those because I use it in my everyday life, such as spending and making money. Money is a luxury that we all work to have, because without it, we will never be able to live. So I ask myself, why did I take this unnecessary math class in my senior year? And I now know the answer. Some colleges that I was applying to recommended that I take pre-calculus in high school. But now, I have committed to Wheaton College and I don't want to have to worry about that class but I am scared and afraid that if I fail that class, the college will have to review my case and in some extreme situations, can rescind their offer. So this time of a high school senior that is in a situation like me, is no time for senioritis but only stress.