As part of this year’s course review column, The Backword is excited to analyze Allderdice’s newest class: AP Brainrot. As the most recent addition in the College Board’s history section, it is described as a comprehensive overview of brainrot and its effects throughout the digital age. Even more exciting, Allderdice was blessed to be the only pilot school selected by College Board to run the class.
Of course, Allderdice legend Ms. Hennessy was immediately handpicked by the administration to teach the course. While she had to drop all other courses altogether, her commitment to the history and development of brain rot is quite incredible.
Unlike other AP courses, the class terminology was changed to fit the course’s subject. For example, the roster for its inaugural year consisted of 1 facultuzz, 35 stuzz, and of course, 4 “where my hug at” super-senior TAuzz. Question names were also changed specifically for the course. The SAQ was altered to the “Skibidi ahh question,” with topics ranging anywhere from Livvy Dunne, John Pork, and Kai Cenat.
Additionally, the DBQ, now the “Daddy Bron Question,” is very image-oriented rather than long excerpts of text. This is so that students whose attention spans have been completely rotted throughout the course of the year can still take the final exam. Initial studies have shown that there is actually an inverse relationship between AP Brainrot “stuzz” who score a 5 and reading comprehension.
Furthermore, the class follows a very strict timeline. Years are measured only in the glorious king Lebron Raymond James’ lifetime. BB, DB, and AB all refer to Before Bron, During Bron, and After Bron (the latter of which the course makers hope they will never have to add). James takes up a significant portion of the course as such an important figure in the brainrot canon, and somehow fitting his GOAT case into any essay will guarantee it the extra sophistication point.
The Backword got the opportunity to sit in on the period 9 class. Surprisingly, it was the most engaged we had ever seen students during an AP course. The 5-minute communal Instagram reel warm up was one of Ms. Hennessy’s smartest additions to the class; it immediately got everyone’s attention to the front of the room, especially while her JBL speaker was blasting Fetty Wap. Following the end of the school day, we interviewed Ms. Hennessy and a few of her “stuzz” to get opinions on the class and how their year was going.
She believes this was her most influential class yet, saying, “I really loved my APUSH, Human Geo, and Sociology classes, but this brainrot class spoke to me in a different way, just as Baby Gronk spoke to the heart of Livvy Dunne. At first, I wasn’t confident I had what it took to teach such an intensive course. However, after seeing my past students’ test scores and brain samples, I realized I am truly skilled at damaging students’ brain capacity while I teach!”
An anonymous 6’7 Red Head who took the class said, “It was the greatest school experience of my life. Hennessy only taught us face to face, never giving us a friggin packet yo, cause some kids don’t learn that way! It’s the first 5 I ever got on any of my APs.”
Other students weren’t as enthralled about the class. One anonymous senior explained they dropped the course because it wasn’t “a real history class. There was too much blah blah blah. All I wanted was to talk about the political and economic state of the world!” he said.
With recent confirmation from the College Board, the class will be renewed for another year. It was also selected to participate in Harvard’s prestigious college in high school program due to Ms. Hennessy’s incredible teaching performance.
