AP World History

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It has been my professional experience that the students who forge through and make it in AP world are set for the rest of their high school career.

Yes, it is a college level course. In college, there’s no hand holding by parents.

Trust me, if the kid does the reading, pays attention in class and sticks with it, they will do well! And there’s that matter of the college credit that can be earned which is no small thing.

I also recommending that if you are complaining so much about the teacher, you need to talk to the teacher. Posting your angst on this forum is not going to help anyone.

There is nothing to pay attention to in this class, unless the SAQs are going to be about the teacher's grandkids or something.

If there is one thing I have learned from being in the school system, it's that absolutely nothing is going to change from complaining to anyone about the quality of instruction. The good teachers have always done their job, and the bad ones can't be forced to be better teachers. At least by posting here, we know that our kids are not exaggerating about the state of affairs, and can commiserate.

They'll live through this, they'll learn, and they'll probably get their 4s/5s on the AP exam, but it will be because they are well supported at home, not because of their instructors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It has been my professional experience that the students who forge through and make it in AP world are set for the rest of their high school career.

Yes, it is a college level course. In college, there’s no hand holding by parents.

Trust me, if the kid does the reading,pays attention in class and sticks with it, they will do well! And there’s that matter of the college credit that can be earned which is no small thing.

I also recommending that if you are complaining so much about the teacher, you need to talk to the teacher. Posting your angst on this forum is not going to help anyone.

DD started college as an academic sophomore--back when they started AP as juniors. I never helped her with her homework and, obviously, she scored well on her tests and received college credit for all that she took. I wonder if this push younger is too young.

But, then, maybe PP who is complaining about the teacher has always helped her child.

Support is one thing. Help is another.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It has been my professional experience that the students who forge through and make it in AP world are set for the rest of their high school career.

Yes, it is a college level course. In college, there’s no hand holding by parents.

Trust me, if the kid does the reading, pays attention in class and sticks with it, they will do well! And there’s that matter of the college credit that can be earned which is no small thing.

I also recommending that if you are complaining so much about the teacher, you need to talk to the teacher. Posting your angst on this forum is not going to help anyone.

There is nothing to pay attention to in this class, unless the SAQs are going to be about the teacher's grandkids or something.

If there is one thing I have learned from being in the school system, it's that absolutely nothing is going to change from complaining to anyone about the quality of instruction. The good teachers have always done their job, and the bad ones can't be forced to be better teachers. At least by posting here, we know that our kids are not exaggerating about the state of affairs, and can commiserate.

They'll live through this, they'll learn, and they'll probably get their 4s/5s on the AP exam, but it will be because they are well supported at home, not because of their instructors.

+100 I’m the other parent and this is spot on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It has been my professional experience that the students who forge through and make it in AP world are set for the rest of their high school career.

Yes, it is a college level course. In college, there’s no hand holding by parents.

Trust me, if the kid does the reading,pays attention in class and sticks with it, they will do well! And there’s that matter of the college credit that can be earned which is no small thing.

I also recommending that if you are complaining so much about the teacher, you need to talk to the teacher. Posting your angst on this forum is not going to help anyone.

And make our kids targets?! You’re an idiot!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It has been my professional experience that the students who forge through and make it in AP world are set for the rest of their high school career.

Yes, it is a college level course. In college, there’s no hand holding by parents.

Trust me, if the kid does the reading, pays attention in class and sticks with it, they will do well! And there’s that matter of the college credit that can be earned which is no small thing.

I also recommending that if you are complaining so much about the teacher, you need to talk to the teacher. Posting your angst on this forum is not going to help anyone.

There is nothing to pay attention to in this class, unless the SAQs are going to be about the teacher's grandkids or something.

If there is one thing I have learned from being in the school system, it's that absolutely nothing is going to change from complaining to anyone about the quality of instruction. The good teachers have always done their job, and the bad ones can't be forced to be better teachers. At least by posting here, we know that our kids are not exaggerating about the state of affairs, and can commiserate.

They'll live through this, they'll learn, and they'll probably get their 4s/5s on the AP exam, but it will be because they are well supported at home, not because of their instructors.

+1 there are no lectures or notes or anything. There are simply reading assignments and taking notes on their own. Occasionally there may be an additional assignment added on to it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Generally ap world history is the first ap kids take. From a work and content perspective, it is probably the hardest it gets before calculus and physics. As a sophomore, you’re being asked to essentially learn from the dawn of time to the present day for the world.

A great ap world teacher doesn’t curve because they know what’s required for the course. Someone said their kid got a 5 and a B. That kid is gonna be golden in other APs, I guarantee it. Because that kid didn’t just learn history, they learned the commitment to time management, study skills, reviewing, asking questions, and all the things that you need to be successful. Ap world is a great litmus for can I do this.

This class was modified quite awhile ago and now begins in the 1300s. It used to be a lot more difficult.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It has been my professional experience that the students who forge through and make it in AP world are set for the rest of their high school career.

Yes, it is a college level course. In college, there’s no hand holding by parents.

Trust me, if the kid does the reading, pays attention in class and sticks with it, they will do well! And there’s that matter of the college credit that can be earned which is no small thing.

I also recommending that if you are complaining so much about the teacher, you need to talk to the teacher. Posting your angst on this forum is not going to help anyone.

There is nothing to pay attention to in this class, unless the SAQs are going to be about the teacher's grandkids or something.

If there is one thing I have learned from being in the school system, it's that absolutely nothing is going to change from complaining to anyone about the quality of instruction. The good teachers have always done their job, and the bad ones can't be forced to be better teachers. At least by posting here, we know that our kids are not exaggerating about the state of affairs, and can commiserate.

They'll live through this, they'll learn, and they'll probably get their 4s/5s on the AP exam, but it will be because they are well supported at home, not because of their instructors.

lol!!!!!

[Anonymous]

DD tells me that he told them that he was planning to grade the SAQs on Monday but couldn’t because of the AWS outage. And that that should not affect the retake anyway because that was only MCQs. I hope that the kids that did the retake did well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD tells me that he told them that he was planning to grade the SAQs on Monday but couldn’t because of the AWS outage. And that that should not affect the retake anyway because that was only MCQs. I hope that the kids that did the retake did well.

Yep. What a lousy excuse! He’s had two weeks and he’s just now getting started?!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Nope. There is no teaching in any of her AP classes this year.

How do you know this?

Are you in class with her?

One of them posts videos of their “lessons”. If you listened to them, you’d unlearn even the things you used to know. The second posts nothing, other than ‘Do this, do that, you have a test on date X’. There are no lessons, no study guides no material. The third does post their slides. [/b]There are generally about 5 slides per 30 page chapter, and it’s missing significant portions of what’s in the textbook, the material that they get tested on.

So, she’s watching YouTube videos, we’re buying resources, and she’s self teaching.

At my son’s back to school evening the APUSH teacher explained that students got their first tests back and he is aware that most students are used to getting above 100% on tests because they get extra credit and are shocked that they got below 70 percent on the first test.

He said students come up to him and say, “but I watched extra YouTube videos, I listened in class, I reviewed my notes, I made 100 flash cards and got a C or D. [b]And he tells them what he told them the first day- This is a college level class where you are required to read the textbook. There is no substitution for actually reading every single one of the assigned pages.”

So now I can see what he is talking about. There are only 5 slides because your kid is expected to independently read the 30 pages.

This is precisely what the kids have been doing. They are reading and taking notes. But because there is no one going over the material (the 5 slides is in a different class), discussing it, contextualizing it, etc. in class, retention is poor. At least for my kid, her studying involves reading and taking notes, listening to at least two separate YouTube teachers who teach the class (their emphasis is slightly different, so she gets more out of it than listening to one), then using supplemental material I bought to go over overarching themes, SAQs, MCQs, etc. It's like that for all 3 of her AP courses this year. She would do just as well if she never attended a single class; in fact, she'd probably do better since she'd have a few extra hours to go over the material.

She is doing fine in terms of grades so far. In one of her classes, her teacher asked her to come to him after class, and asked her what material she was using to study because she got the highest grade he has ever given out on that particular unit test. She is just incredibly stressed because teaching yourself a whole day's worth of material after coming home is incredibly time consuming and exhausting.

Mom - you need to back away…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nope. There is no teaching in any of her AP classes this year.

How do you know this?

Are you in class with her?

One of them posts videos of their “lessons”. If you listened to them, you’d unlearn even the things you used to know. The second posts nothing, other than ‘Do this, do that, you have a test on date X’. There are no lessons, no study guides no material. The third does post their slides. [/b]There are generally about 5 slides per 30 page chapter, and it’s missing significant portions of what’s in the textbook, the material that they get tested on.

So, she’s watching YouTube videos, we’re buying resources, and she’s self teaching.

At my son’s back to school evening the APUSH teacher explained that students got their first tests back and he is aware that most students are used to getting above 100% on tests because they get extra credit and are shocked that they got below 70 percent on the first test.

He said students come up to him and say, “but I watched extra YouTube videos, I listened in class, I reviewed my notes, I made 100 flash cards and got a C or D. [b]And he tells them what he told them the first day- This is a college level class where you are required to read the textbook. There is no substitution for actually reading every single one of the assigned pages.”

So now I can see what he is talking about. There are only 5 slides because your kid is expected to independently read the 30 pages.

This is precisely what the kids have been doing. They are reading and taking notes. But because there is no one going over the material (the 5 slides is in a different class), discussing it, contextualizing it, etc. in class, retention is poor. At least for my kid, her studying involves reading and taking notes, listening to at least two separate YouTube teachers who teach the class (their emphasis is slightly different, so she gets more out of it than listening to one), then using supplemental material I bought to go over overarching themes, SAQs, MCQs, etc. It's like that for all 3 of her AP courses this year. She would do just as well if she never attended a single class; in fact, she'd probably do better since she'd have a few extra hours to go over the material.

She is doing fine in terms of grades so far. In one of her classes, her teacher asked her to come to him after class, and asked her what material she was using to study because she got the highest grade he has ever given out on that particular unit test. She is just incredibly stressed because teaching yourself a whole day's worth of material after coming home is incredibly time consuming and exhausting.

Mom - you need to back away…

NP. No she doesn’t.

[Anonymous]

Well we have one more week left in the quarter and SAQs from nearly 3 weeks ago are still not graded. I guess there will be no retake of that portion before the quarter ends? Also, the reading quiz from Unit 3 hasn’t been entered.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well we have one more week left in the quarter and SAQs from nearly 3 weeks ago are still not graded. I guess there will be no retake of that portion before the quarter ends? Also, the reading quiz from Unit 3 hasn’t been entered.

DD said that was not for a grade? She did quite well, so the probability that it doesn't count is high.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well we have one more week left in the quarter and SAQs from nearly 3 weeks ago are still not graded. I guess there will be no retake of that portion before the quarter ends? Also, the reading quiz from Unit 3 hasn’t been entered.

DD said that was not for a grade? She did quite well, so the probability that it doesn't count is high.

The reading quiz won’t count? Ugh. We needed that one.

[Anonymous]

There’s an open note reading quiz on Unit 4 next Friday. I wonder why he’s now making it open note…could it be he realizes his non teaching method doesn’t work? Gasp.