With a new school year around the corner, the New Trier academics department has released a collection of all new courses to be added. These courses have yielded both good and bad reactions, which might instigate confusion amongst students. Thankfully, The Near True News can help! Here is a catered list of classes you might want to avoid this coming year.
- AP Awful Books
- This course prioritizes worst-sellers over classics and Keurig manuals over Shakespeare. If you want books so bad they harm you mentally, emotionally, and physically, this class is a great choice for you. Dive into heavy hitters like: The Waffle House Menu, pamphlets for the Dr. Pepper Museum, and street signs.
- Introduction to Real-World Culinary Mathematics: A Crossroads In Explorations of Chicago History and Applied Human Anatomy. (Early Bird) (1 Semester) (2 Semester Latin Requirement)
- This course is in high demand, so get your application in quick!
- Unskilled Trades and Disappearing Careers
- In this course, students will explore various low-paying, low-demand, or low-skill occupations. Highlights of this course include horseshoe maker, witch, court jester, monastic scribe, and thumbtack sharpener.
- Strengthen Air Conditioning
- Though it began as a typo, this course found great success in preparing students for the sweltering heat of summer break by teaching students how how lift, repair, and install cooling units into their
- College
- Many New Trier students strive to take as many college-level courses as possible, which has led to trouble with scheduling or workloads. This new course, College, gives these students a different option through an eight-period long college level course. Tuition fees apply. This course fulfills all graduation requirements.
- Plain Geometry
- Just your average, regular, every day, plain old geometry. Course content includes circles, trapezoids, and even squares! But no triangles. If you want triangles, refer to…
- AP Triangles
- Both △ and ▽ will be covered.
- Strategic Digital Assistance
- Gain a strategic edge in academic projects through this new course. Learn “ethical” integration of tools like ChatGPT to enhance your project quality, ensuring a seamless blend of your ideas with AI assistance for academic success. Disclaimer: This course description was written with the aid of ChatGPT
- Deathtime Activities
- In this course, students will be prepared for the all-encompassing experience of death. Activities include holding your breath, laying still for hours in a coffin, and “The Haunt”—A four week long field trip to god knows where. Requires permission slip signed by a parent or guardian.
- Applied Capitalism
- In this course, students will learn the entire process of prospecting, buying land, fracking for oil, and covering up ecological disasters and public health crises. Students perform all these tasks as independent contractors not associated with FrackHug, a megaglobal corporation.
