Ugh, I hate when people get like that D<. It makes me want to throw a muffin at their head >o<. I think the only time I give people credit for being in an AP class(es) is when:
1. They're not failing it. Because anyone can fail an AP class
2. They don't complain about how terrible their life is just because they're in that class
3. They don't brag about how "amazing intelligent" they are because they're in that class and don't act superior to those in lower classes.

I probably couldn't make it in an AP class though xD. I got recommended for an AP speech class but I turned it down because I'd probably work my butt off for a C =/. I'd rather get an A in regular and still be slightly challenged >x<.

And like you said, it all depends on how easy something is for you. For example, I'm only a freshman in high school but I think it can still apply. You see, one of my other freshman friends is in Geometry (year ahead math) and I was in Algebra 1 (regular math), but it's a prep school and I just came from a public school so it was a huge adjustment for me. That and, math just isn't my subject. I'm more of a artsy sort of person xD. So anyway, I was getting a C in Alg 1 and she was getting a B- in Geo and started complaining at me to why I was getting a C. I mean, math is a challenging subject for me. Just because she's talented at math and can cruise through it, that doesn't mean I can. I was actually working just as hard (if not harder) than her because math is tough for me to comprehend D: .

So, although it's great to be in AP classes, if people brag about it and act completely superior then I respect people in regular classes a lot more :l

I take IB classes (which can be arguably MUCH harder and more rigorous than AP classes) and would never treat anyone like that. :( What is easy for me may not be easy for others, and I recognize this. I just hope you won't categorize everyone who takes high level classes by these weirdos. :lol:

The truth is, they have no way of knowing who's life is harder. The want to feel special by going on and on about how tough their struggle is. The thing I've noticed, when people really do have a hard life, they don't talk about it much.
These girls going on about their lives seems like they just want to feel important and can't find any other way to go about it than the "poor me" route.

Maybe next time you should suggest that if the AP classes are so hard for them, maybe they're not smart enough to keep up and should drop back to regular classes. (Sorry, that's a little bit of my mean side coming out.)

I have a friend... well... not really. That's really the wrong way to start off. Because, while she is my friend, it's not because I like her >.>
Anyway, this friend. Let's call her... Bella. Bella is a nice enough person during the summer. But once the school year rolls around again, it makes you want to punchherintheface.
Bella is smart, I'll give her that easy. She takes a couple of AP classes, a couple of honors classes, and does very well in her other classes. The problem is, she likes to shove it on other people. All. The. Time. Her favorite thing to do is talk about herself, and everything in her life that's going wrong. The truth is, she really doesn't have it all that bad. She lives in a nice house on the North Shore with her mom and brother, she has a job as an assistant to one of our old teachers, and she has people in her family who support her financially with all the extra things she wants to do.
But Bella is dramatic. She loves to tell everyone exactly what happened to her and always manages to relate things back to herself, no mater the subject. She's obnoxious and self-centered, to put it one word. And she thinks she's this golden goddess who is just good at EVERYTHING. When she's really, really not. The sad fact is, if my friends and I ditched her, she really might have absolutely no friends >.>
So yes, absolutely. Sometimes AP students can get quite an ego about how hard their life is and why they have so much more to do than anybody else. But it is my personal opinion that much more of that is determined by the person themselves, not what classes they're taking.

Bleh.
I say smack those mean girls around.
Not everyone learns at the same level. :|
If they're so intelligent, then they should realize that instead of starting a childish debate about who has a harder life. You make your life more difficult when you argue with people anyways.
And if they thought their life was so hard they should either a) quit their jobs or b) stop taking AP classes.
Make sacrifices to make life easier, obviously.

I personally am in three IB courses, which means I get graded on a world wide standard. :|
I've never made fun of my friends for being in regular classes.
Except once when my friend was in General Chem, she said she could totally handle the IB Chem class. I laughed, she said, "WHAT? We're on the same chapter."
So I gave her a test to develop a lab from scatch, just a title to give you a start. She couldn't come up with a proper procedure to even start the lab. Her teacher spoon fed her every step for their "labs."
:|

That'll never go away. I'm AP, and I know a lot of AP people who have really good attitudes about their intelligence, but some, especially boys, are so egotistical and convinced that they're smarter than everyone else.

Sometimes AP people don't know how to act as much as they know other things.

Although your friend is working, you can't really compare AP classes to working or vice versa...because they're quite different things, depending on which AP and what type of work.

I mean...working at Starbuck's for example, for 10 hours a day is cake--I've done it before. It required no brainpower whatsoever and excluding lunch and breakfast and late night, there are not that many people; you have breaks of about 40 minutes without any heavy traffic flow of people, and a latte is made the same way every single time...

A job at say, teaching something, reshelving things, or folding and returning a godzillion clothes...that's a little more tiring..

AP classes you can't compare that easily either. For those who are native speakers of a second or third language, AP languages are easy. AP World History, AP US History, and AP Govt. Econ were all easy in our school..

AP sciences and maths, however, were much more difficult...

I honestly don't see how you can compare one AP class to another and come up with an exact number, like say, "Oh, AP US History is 1/2 as hard as AP Chemistry"..cause that's not feasible...much less compare school to work. Both can be difficult in their own right.

I don't think you should hate people who take AP classes though, but try to understand that they're taking courses that are annoying as hell also, doing essays sometimes till 2-3a.m., still cramming for finals, etc... If they diss you, explain to them that work isn't that easy either, but no reason to get extremely pissy about it. Let them know what exactly your job entails, etc.

Successful people aren't necessarily those that went to the most school, or those that work the most, although slackers rarely succeed...

Successful people are those that are humble enough to agree to try to learn from other people's experiences, and incorporate them in their own life. Think about it for a second. You do not have an eternity to live, but there is so much to learn. Since you cannot experience everything firsthand, if you are willing to learn from other people's experiences, you gain a lot and you can help them in return. Learn from other people's successes and mistakes, find out how to work not the "most" but how to work or study efficiently, effectively.

People that brag a ton...well, in the long run they will lose out if they're so arrogant that they don't understand, appreciate, or attempt to understand different aspects of life and constantly snub those that don't do exactly as they do--they'll severely limit their network to only those in their range.

Network across all areas--make friends as you go; not to use them, but to enrich your life and make you happier and understand different situations better.

Yeah people can get like that. They always have the tendency to say they are higher than others. Well, their ego has gotten ahead of themselves but don't let it get to you. Let them think what they want to think. There is no use talking them out of it. Especially when they're fogged by their views.

It's best not to argue with these people. For they hate to lose. They'll just push you up the wall until you say that they're right.