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Anonymous
Lies. No one is teaching in June. At least nothing of note. Don’t come here and lie. |
Anonymous
Uh, yeah, the AP test is a final exam. I have taught all my curriculum by the second week of April, cram 2 weeks of intense review, and they take the AP test the first week of May. Then I have FIVE WEEKS with no additional standards to cover. I invent projects and activities but I only have 1/3 of my class any given day in May due to other AP/IB tests (so I can't teach/assess new content, even if there were any), and then seniors disappear the end of May, and then I'm limping through June with 5 or 6 students each class period. It's a waste. I would be 100% for starting August 1 and finishing June 1. |
Anonymous
The post I quoted said, "I don't think the weeks in June should count towards the legal requirement," so at least one person is saying thy "shouldn't count." |
Anonymous
It is not a lie. The first week of June, I always teach writing an effective counterargument, and we always read one of three short stories. My students are held accountable for writing a persuasive essay about the text, and there is a requirement to write an effective counterargument within their essay. Thise lessons are certainly of substance and "of note." |
Anonymous
I don't treat the AP exam in my class as a final, for there are additional skills we cover that are not tested on the exam, particularly how the material is relevant within our local jurisdiction. |
Anonymous
So you get a medal for being the exception. No one else is teaching anything of interest. |
Anonymous
I am, so at least 2 are the exception - and I’m sure it’s more. |
Anonymous
In kindergarten we are learning until the end. 
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Anonymous
I’m not the PP, but all of my kids (with the exception of my senior) had final exams the last week of school. |
Anonymous
| My kids learn until the end. What else are they supposed to do? |
Anonymous
Geometry, Algebra 2, and Precalculus teacher here. I am teaching up until the final exams during the last week of school. |
Anonymous
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My HS junior has had final exams in June since she started taking HS classes in 7th. Who are these HS teachers who stop teaching before June and how can I get my kid in your class????
To be honest I wish they'd treat AP exams as finals. It's so stressful on the kids to do both. Mine do it and excel but it's a lot. Clearly, my kids got all the hard teachers. |
Anonymous
Same here in third grade. We try to keep instruction going as up until as close to the last day as possible. |
Anonymous
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I teach until the last week with my non-AP classes. Those classes take a final exam, we teach up until the end. In reality though, once early may hits I am missing 25% of even my non-AP classes each day thanks to testing schedules for SOLs, AP tests, IB exams, kids being pulled to do oral presentations in foreign language classes, etc. It's all review once that starts, because it's not fair to teach new content when so many are out. So by mid may I'm done with the curriculum, I try to hold their attention with 3-4 weeks of cumulative review, and then they take their final exam.
In AP though? What is the point of a final? A final is a cumulative test of everything learned all year--that's exactly what the AP test is. Kids who opt out of the AP test owe me an alternative project the day of the AP test. After that, we do fun(ish) stuff utilizing content we've already covered until seniors bail 3 weeks later. I can't teach new stuff unless i am not going to assess it in any way, because again, too many are out. My class is 95% seniors though, if it was a sophomore AP class I might handle it differently. |
Anonymous
Do you always have to be right? You must be fun. Ok, ONE person did. Most people are not. |