Expert: Mollee - 5/18/2009

Question
I'll be attending High School next school year. My middle school did not have IPC so I decided to get some physics and chemistry books myself. I read about the same thing in nearly each one- scientific method, SI, etc.

The questions that I'd run into at the end of the paragraphs or chapters in the textbooks have questions that differ from the "5 questions per section" that I normally get in my middle school textbooks. I'm nervous about starting school and not being able to answer questions that maybe everyone else in the classroom can. If the textbooks I'll have in High School be different from the ones I have now in middle school, how much should I study to be prepared for such a change or do I not worry at all?

Answer
DONT WORRY. :] its not going to be a big deal. Tons of people come from different middle schools that may not have the exact same classes. Plus the first year of high school science is essentially just a fat run through of everything that you have learned in science in middle school. You're just learning it all over again. You aren't really expected to remember all that much. And as for textbooks, I havent had a SINGLE class in high school that goes by text book (and i have gone to three different high schools), maybe every month or two they'll say read this in your textbooks, but thats it. Trust me, you have nothing to worry about, they'll teach you what you  need to know. Hope this Helps.