GOPO is not that rough but you should expect somethings you didn't have in middle school. I hate to say it, but you should expect to have homework almost every night. He will never assign more than ten pages to read a night. The reading is not that bad all you have to do is read the pages he assigns and take notes on them. Next you should expect to have to write two midterm essays. Before Christmas he will give you the due date, the topic, and the rules for the essay. The rules will be things like, amount of words, double space, and other format things. You should also expect to write and tell your own speech to the class. It is only 3-4 minutes and you write about your own topic, it also counts for a big part of your grade. Lastly you should expect to have a great time in Brocks class!