alright so first week of school i got AP world history 1 for first period (as recommended by my 9th grade teacher) and i'm completely cool with that. the thing is that i've been having personal problems in the class: on the 4 day of school or whatever, she gave us a 6 page assignment along with an essay that we have to complete within about 45 minutes of class. no one in my class finished it and so she moved the due date back about a week so that's fine with me. this kinda bothers me since everyone in the class is pretty much in their second year of high school and it feels like college level work for me given the fact that we had such a short due date and no notice of the assignment whatsoever. the other problem is that the class is always so quiet and i don't feel very comfortable in such a learning environment as this. i typically work better where it's less quiet and have some group work now and then. the teacher is also quiet and this kinda freaks me out a bit. also, lastly, i don't feel that she is really teaching us anything directly. it feels like she is just giving us the work and telling us to learn the stuff ourselves (she didn't actually say that but it feels that way). just a few days ago, she, instead of giving us a class lecture of what we're supposed to learn about the course in class, she instead showed us a video of some other guy teaching us about the course. the man in the video is almost as equally boring as the teacher herself. i apologize for writing such a long essay-like detail for the topic but what should i say to my guidance counselor about my problems in her class? having my friends in my class isn't really an issue because i make friends pretty easily but it's just that im feeling very uncomfortable just being in her class. i don't really want to bring my parents in to talk to the counselor because they are already busy enough at work and i don't want to stress them out too much so i just want to talk to my counselor by myself. thanks for any and all answers!