TOW # 30 Letter to a New APELC Student

Dear New APELC Student,

I hope you are ready for an interesting class. This class is not like your other classes. Expect to get really bad grades on your first few essays. Mr. Yost is grading you on the AP scale, and will be until the end of class. Expect to be disappointed with your test scores, you are going to see some grades and not like them at all. They will be C's and D's all throughout the class. However, if you play your cards right you can make it in the class by getting a B in the overall class.

What worked for me in the class is to pay attention. This seems like a no brainer, but it is very important and I can not stress it enough. The things that Mr. Yost go over in class are going to be on the tests that he gives you. You will not have to think abstractly in the class. All the knowledge that you need in the class is to think like the AP graders and then right an essay in which fits the rubric. There is nothing to it, except that it is extremely hard to pull off successfully.

What did not work for me in class is not being a part in the class discussion. It is imperative that you be a part of the class discussion. That is the only solid way that Mr. Yost knows that you are paying attention in class. He hands out worksheets and has projects to see if you know what you are doing, but asking questions and answering his questions are the best. If you afraid of being wrong in his class, don't be because you are in school to learn and being wrong is okay.

I think something that I would have liked to hear in the beginning of the class would be that this class will can be fun. I went into this class thinking that it would be really hard and that you would just be dragging through the mud trying to finish the class. During the Plato part of the year, it is pretty fun and during the year there are some times where I enjoyed being in the class.

The class is hard, but fun.

Sincerely,

An old APELC student

TOW 29 Good ol Freda

In the documentary one of the ideas is that Freda Kelly was an important person to the popularity of The Beatles. A main focus of the movie it elaborates in many ways. Kelly is a quiet character in The Beatles's history. One who has stuck to the shadows and has been someone who has helped from afar. Through here persistence and maintaining the fan club and at working on the magazine that was sent out every month kelly was the unsung hero that has finally reached the spotlight after many years.

One main aspect of improving The Beatles popularity was the constant work in The Beatles fan club. Freda Kelly was the secretary for the club and she made it her job that all the little girls and the boys would get letters back saying that The Beatles had received it. The club was always on top of their job and Freda kelly was said to have run quite an operation among her workers. Kelly would even take home letters to her apartment to work on them. She was dedicated and hardworking. Allowing The Beatles rise to fame smooth.

Another thing that Kelly did that was extremely helpful and revolutionary to the music world was that kelly had created a Beatles magazine. This was a magazine that held the most up to date things on everything Beatles. It was a new way that artists could get in touch with their fans.  Kelly invented this new mode of interaction and kept up with it all the way until The Beatles dissolved.

A major player in the growth of the most important band in the world. Freda Kelly was the secretary the helped propel The Beatles into golden status.