Chantilly High Team Taught World Civ

[Anonymous]

The English teacher is very calculated in her speech. If she's talking, it's either relevant to the curriculum or relevant to a life lesson about executive functioning, drive, or empathy. She knows what she's doing and she is an outstanding teacher.

The History teacher is not grumpy. He just doesn't have tolerance for disrespectful or disruptive behavior. That seems like a good trait for a high school honors teacher to have.

My daughter only had two great English teachers from 7th to 12th grades, and three great History teachers in that same time frame. The two English teachers were in 7th and 9th grades, and the History teachers were 7th, 9th, and 11th grades. The CHS World Civ teachers are two of those, as were her AAP 7th grade English and History teachers at Franklin. She still talks about those five teachers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The English teacher is very calculated in her speech. If she's talking, it's either relevant to the curriculum or relevant to a life lesson about executive functioning, drive, or empathy. She knows what she's doing and she is an outstanding teacher.

The History teacher is not grumpy. He just doesn't have tolerance for disrespectful or disruptive behavior. That seems like a good trait for a high school honors teacher to have.

My daughter only had two great English teachers from 7th to 12th grades, and three great History teachers in that same time frame. The two English teachers were in 7th and 9th grades, and the History teachers were 7th, 9th, and 11th grades. The CHS World Civ teachers are two of those, as were her AAP 7th grade English and History teachers at Franklin. She still talks about those five teachers.

Did your daughter take Civ in 10th too? You forgot to list them in 10th grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The English teacher is very calculated in her speech. If she's talking, it's either relevant to the curriculum or relevant to a life lesson about executive functioning, drive, or empathy. She knows what she's doing and she is an outstanding teacher.

The History teacher is not grumpy. He just doesn't have tolerance for disrespectful or disruptive behavior. That seems like a good trait for a high school honors teacher to have.

My daughter only had two great English teachers from 7th to 12th grades, and three great History teachers in that same time frame. The two English teachers were in 7th and 9th grades, and the History teachers were 7th, 9th, and 11th grades. The CHS World Civ teachers are two of those, as were her AAP 7th grade English and History teachers at Franklin. She still talks about those five teachers.

Did your daughter take Civ in 10th too? You forgot to list them in 10th grade.

She did not. There was a personal reason why, which had nothing to do with school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The English teacher is very calculated in her speech. If she's talking, it's either relevant to the curriculum or relevant to a life lesson about executive functioning, drive, or empathy. She knows what she's doing and she is an outstanding teacher.

The History teacher is not grumpy. He just doesn't have tolerance for disrespectful or disruptive behavior. That seems like a good trait for a high school honors teacher to have.

My daughter only had two great English teachers from 7th to 12th grades, and three great History teachers in that same time frame. The two English teachers were in 7th and 9th grades, and the History teachers were 7th, 9th, and 11th grades. The CHS World Civ teachers are two of those, as were her AAP 7th grade English and History teachers at Franklin. She still talks about those five teachers.

This is awesome to hear - thanks for sharing! Excited about this course!

[Anonymous]

We are zoned to Chantilly, my kid is in upper ES. I sure hope these teachers and course are still around by the time they get there. It sounds wonderful.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:On the *First Day* (2nd) y'all were mad they didn't do anywork now they are doing too much, Is an honors class if they can't handle it they can switch.

Reading is fundamental.

I was not the poster that complained about lack of work on the first/second day. In fact, I responded to say that my daughter had plenty of work.

If you read what I posted, I'm concerned that there is not a lot of work assigned yet, although other classes that are not the combined world civ courses are apparently ploughing through. My daughter specifically told her counselor that she did not want this class (because of teacher reputation), and now doesn't want to switch out because she's worried that after missing a week of the other classes, she would be seriously behind and there won't be a way to catch up.

Seriously behind and can't catch up after less than a week? Get real.

That is absolutely a valid concern in honors and AP classes. They move quickly and assign tons of work even in the first week! What planet are you on?!

[Anonymous]

Wondering if anyone else has kids doing this, and how things are doing. DC is worried because the History teacher keeps saying they're seriously behind, but not doing any teaching (kids are reading and taking notes, and have watched one YouTube video on content in 3 weeks), and apparently they ended up 8 weeks behind last year, so just skipped a bunch of content.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wondering if anyone else has kids doing this, and how things are doing. DC is worried because the History teacher keeps saying they're seriously behind, but not doing any teaching (kids are reading and taking notes, and have watched one YouTube video on content in 3 weeks), and apparently they ended up 8 weeks behind last year, so just skipped a bunch of content.

So what if they skip a bunch of content? What difference does it make.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wondering if anyone else has kids doing this, and how things are doing. DC is worried because the History teacher keeps saying they're seriously behind, but not doing any teaching (kids are reading and taking notes, and have watched one YouTube video on content in 3 weeks), and apparently they ended up 8 weeks behind last year, so just skipped a bunch of content.

So what if they skip a bunch of content? What difference does it make.

Honestly. This has been a problem with history classes since I was in high school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wondering if anyone else has kids doing this, and how things are doing. DC is worried because the History teacher keeps saying they're seriously behind, but not doing any teaching (kids are reading and taking notes, and have watched one YouTube video on content in 3 weeks), and apparently they ended up 8 weeks behind last year, so just skipped a bunch of content.

So what if they skip a bunch of content? What difference does it make.

It makes a difference when you're taking an AP course, because the AP exam covers that missing content. So now the kids have to teach themselves the content by reading and watching YouTube videos, in which case, what's the point of having a teacher in the first place?

[Anonymous]

We are sort of concerned too. The amount of reading assigned to be due at the next class for history during last week was crazy. It was nearly 40 pages and they had to take notes and were given 2 nights to do it. Other times not much is assigned. They don’t seem to discuss any of the material. I heard the unit test on 1&2 is soon? I’m trying to trust the process but am worried.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are sort of concerned too. The amount of reading assigned to be due at the next class for history during last week was crazy. It was nearly 40 pages and they had to take notes and were given 2 nights to do it. Other times not much is assigned. They don’t seem to discuss any of the material. I heard the unit test on 1&2 is soon? I’m trying to trust the process but am worried.

You heard?

A little advice: back off.

Complaining about 40 pages over two nights? Maybe child does not belong in an Honors class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are sort of concerned too. The amount of reading assigned to be due at the next class for history during last week was crazy. It was nearly 40 pages and they had to take notes and were given 2 nights to do it. Other times not much is assigned. They don’t seem to discuss any of the material. I heard the unit test on 1&2 is soon? I’m trying to trust the process but am worried.

Forty pages in 2 nights is not unreasonable. This is an AP class, so a college level class. A child in this class should be able to read and take notes on 40 pages in 2 nights. If you are worried about it and your child seems overwhelmed then maybe they should be in the honors class and not the AP class. There is nothing wrong with that, it moves at a different pace and there is no college credit available.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are sort of concerned too. The amount of reading assigned to be due at the next class for history during last week was crazy. It was nearly 40 pages and they had to take notes and were given 2 nights to do it. Other times not much is assigned. They don’t seem to discuss any of the material. I heard the unit test on 1&2 is soon? I’m trying to trust the process but am worried.

Forty pages in 2 nights is not unreasonable. This is an AP class, so a college level class. A child in this class should be able to read and take notes on 40 pages in 2 nights. If you are worried about it and your child seems overwhelmed then maybe they should be in the honors class and not the AP class. There is nothing wrong with that, it moves at a different pace and there is no college credit available.

No need to be rude. I was comparing it to the separate AP class and English HN class. The separate AP World classes are absolutely not being assigned 40 pages to do in two nights. I also checked in with someone over at Oakton - AP World over there is doing even less - 1 section only of reading each time and then a quiz. Not sure if this is because it’s the combo class or what. I’m just trying to figure out expectations. I am a little worried but my child is happy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are sort of concerned too. The amount of reading assigned to be due at the next class for history during last week was crazy. It was nearly 40 pages and they had to take notes and were given 2 nights to do it. Other times not much is assigned. They don’t seem to discuss any of the material. I heard the unit test on 1&2 is soon? I’m trying to trust the process but am worried.

Forty pages with notes over two nights isn’t a lot at all, especially in a high school honors course. That should take no more than 90 minutes to 2 hours, which is not much over two nights.