James Logan High School Reviews
1800 H Street, Union City, California 94587, United States
I have Dolgin as my tennis coach. This will be my third year on the team. Advice that I have for people that want to succeed on the team is to work hard and dedicate a lot of time for practicing. This is not only playing tennis but also working out and making sure that you are keeping yourself in shape. Working on weaknesses and practicing strengths will make the process of improving a lot easier. Stay open minded and committed. Improvement takes time and it takes a lot of focus to reach goals. I have had a great experience on the team and have met a lot of people that I was able to bond with as well.
Read your textbook a lot, the textbook is your must helpful person. Having someone to practice your chinese with is also incredibly helpful. Since just learning the characters and pinyin isn't as helpful as actually practicing speaking the language..
Writing was basically essential in this class. He also really wanted to make sure you had goals for the semester. This review isn't gonna be helpful since he retired, but I thought I'd share a few thoughts.
As a student in his pre-calc class, the first semester was definitely difficult. Trust me, it gets easier the second semester. My big tip would be to actually do the homework it's great practice. The most studying I did for tests was reviewing the practice time multiple times. Understand the concepts of the practice test and you should be fine on the test if you need more practice I would look in the textbook for more problems. Another tip is not to use the cheat sheet if possible since it deducts a lot of points. If you really need it then I'd say go for it but I never used one. It's definitely not easy to get an A but it is possible and his teaching stuck with me. If you are confused email him and he will reply with a video to help you better understand the problem which I found super helpful. He is entertaining at times and as much as I was suffering the first semester the second semester wasn't nearly as bad. The final is a bit tough you will need to study a lot.
No curves on tests, homework is graded on correctness and not completion so be prepared to not get 100s on hw, lectures are boring, the AP exam is much easier compared to his classes as his tests are pretty difficult, on average a lot of seniors fail his class first semester and drop out second semester.