Editor's Corner
by Megan Besset and Jamie Stark
AP Literature vs. AP Language & Composition
In the field of high school newspaper editing, there are two types of editors; those who study AP Literature and Composition, and those who study AP Language and Composition. These are their stories:
Megan: So, James, how’s Mrs. VanRemortel’s class treatin’ ya? I heard you just eat donuts and complain about Tuesdays.
Jamie: Umm…no. How about you go read a book and then talk about your feelings?
Megan: Well, at least I won’t show up on Dr. Phil twenty years from now for all my suppressed feelings. Plus, I bet Mrs. V doesn’t have as many witty sayings.
Jamie: Pfffttttt…. First of all, Dr. Phil is gonna be dead because of too many doughnuts, so I guess I’ll have to settle for Oprah. And secondly, I don’t need sadistic comments spewed every which way. I have AP terms that will help me succeed in life and earn 35% more on average than an AP Lit graduate.
Megan: That’s ok, because 67.5% of statistics are made up on the spot.
Jamie: Well, you caught me. But that’s rare, because AP Lang teaches students to be worldly and creative and junk like that. You know, stuff that gets you cash-money and happiness.
Megan: Read, discuss, write. That’s all you need in Lit-Land.
Jamie: That’s more boring than Tuesdays without doughnuts, or an unoriginal essay written by an AP Lit student.
Megan: Who you calling unoriginal? Besides, Mrs. Sylvester teaches us the importance of existential philosophy. I bet you can’t even pronounce CAMUS!!
Jamie: Sure I do, it’s Ka-moose. But that’s not as important as All the King’s Men. Willie Stark is both “the man” and my grandfather, making him twice the man of any other man. It’s no book about a bunch of crazies.
Megan: Birds, if you will.
Mrs. Kreuser (James and Meggerz’ BFF): Stop it you two! I love them both! Now go fight about this across the hall, I have to do more important things, like Academic Decathalon and Advanced Language Arts 10.
Jamie: Only if I get the last laugh!
Megan: CAMUS!