Survival
This is the exact number of tabs AP Seminar students have opened by the beginning of April.
What is "way too many"?
This source looks perfect until you realize it was written in 2007.
What is outdated, unusable, worthless, terrible.
This teammate's biggest contribution is changing the font size.
Who is the group project freeloader?
This is what Ms. Kovat calls an opinion supported by evidence.
What is a claim.
This caffeinated drink is loved by our AP Seminar teacher
What is coffee.
This mythical creature claims they'll start the paper "tomorrow."
Who is the procrastinator?
The feeling when JSTOR finally gives you an article that isn't 47 pages long.
What is happiness.
This person says "I did research" but has exactly one source.
This is what students accidentally do when they find one article and decide their research is finished.
What is confirmation bias.
This sentence immediately raises cortisol levels by 300%.
What is "We need to talk"?
The moment you discover your source perfectly supports your argument, AP Seminar students call it this.
What is a miracle?
This source appears in every student's bibliography at least once.
What is "the first thing that showed up on Google"?
This student volunteers to present because they enjoy hearing themselves talk.
Who is the future politician.
This is a magical brain activity that almost no AP Seminar student uses at least once.
What is common sense.
Teachers call this "constructive feedback." Students call it this.
What is Emotional Damage
This phrase is spoken by every AP Seminar student at least once a week.
What is "Wait, what exactly is our research question?"
This source is cited with confidence despite nobody fully understanding it.
What is that one academic journal article?
This classmate starts every sentence with "Actually..."
Who is the person who doesn't know anything but debating.
This is the AP Seminar way of saying, "It's complicated."
What is considering multiple perspectives?
The teacher says, "This won't be graded harshly," and the class receives this.
What is a collective trust issue.
This emotion appears when you accidentally delete three pages of work.
What is pure panic and terror.
After 45 minutes of research, you discover all your sources say this.
What is "more research is needed"?
This teammate disappears for three weeks and suddenly returns asking, "What did I miss?"
Who is the ghost.
The more AP Seminar research you do, the more you realize this.
What is "nobody actually knows anything"?
This phrase is a well-known phrase that this teacher says.
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