Is APUSH or Hon US History in 9th?

[Anonymous]

https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/about-ap-scores/score-distributions

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Anonymous wrote:I’m really glad my freshman is taking APUSH. It’s the first class in MCPS that has made him work and taught him study skills and I’m glad he’s finally getting that. That said, while he’s a stem-oriented kid he really likes history (apush has contributed to that), likes to read, and has always been efficient about getting his work done. After a bumpy first test he’s been doing well. All that said, I don’t think we’ll push it for my second kid who is equally smart but slow and doesn’t like to read. Just doesn’t seem like a battle worth fighting/stress worth causing freshman year.

Agree with this. APUSH is by far the hardest course all of my kids have had in freshman year... but it works because several of the other courses tend to be far too easy/little work. So there's time to spend on APUSH in 9th.

Newbie here - which courses are far too easy/little work? TIA.

[Anonymous]

It depends on the school which you take first. Some do APUSH, some do US History. Both are graduation requirements.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m really glad my freshman is taking APUSH. It’s the first class in MCPS that has made him work and taught him study skills and I’m glad he’s finally getting that. That said, while he’s a stem-oriented kid he really likes history (apush has contributed to that), likes to read, and has always been efficient about getting his work done. After a bumpy first test he’s been doing well. All that said, I don’t think we’ll push it for my second kid who is equally smart but slow and doesn’t like to read. Just doesn’t seem like a battle worth fighting/stress worth causing freshman year.

Agree with this. APUSH is by far the hardest course all of my kids have had in freshman year... but it works because several of the other courses tend to be far too easy/little work. So there's time to spend on APUSH in 9th.

Newbie here - which courses are far too easy/little work? TIA.

Honors bio, honors English, Spanish 2, even algebra II. As far as I can tell he has no homework (or plenty of time to get homework done during class), no major assessments, or need to otherwise study in any of those classes. APUSH has been a breath of fresh air - and he actually talks about what he’s learning, which isn’t true of any of the others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m really glad my freshman is taking APUSH. It’s the first class in MCPS that has made him work and taught him study skills and I’m glad he’s finally getting that. That said, while he’s a stem-oriented kid he really likes history (apush has contributed to that), likes to read, and has always been efficient about getting his work done. After a bumpy first test he’s been doing well. All that said, I don’t think we’ll push it for my second kid who is equally smart but slow and doesn’t like to read. Just doesn’t seem like a battle worth fighting/stress worth causing freshman year.

Agree with this. APUSH is by far the hardest course all of my kids have had in freshman year... but it works because several of the other courses tend to be far too easy/little work. So there's time to spend on APUSH in 9th.

Newbie here - which courses are far too easy/little work? TIA.

Honors bio, honors English, Spanish 2, even algebra II. As far as I can tell he has no homework (or plenty of time to get homework done during class), no major assessments, or need to otherwise study in any of those classes. APUSH has been a breath of fresh air - and he actually talks about what he’s learning, which isn’t true of any of the others.

Yeah because every high school student would love to talk to their parents about the difference between sin, cos and tan function. Love to talk to their parents in Spanish when they can’t understand it. Love talking about the the theme of some random passage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m really glad my freshman is taking APUSH. It’s the first class in MCPS that has made him work and taught him study skills and I’m glad he’s finally getting that. That said, while he’s a stem-oriented kid he really likes history (apush has contributed to that), likes to read, and has always been efficient about getting his work done. After a bumpy first test he’s been doing well. All that said, I don’t think we’ll push it for my second kid who is equally smart but slow and doesn’t like to read. Just doesn’t seem like a battle worth fighting/stress worth causing freshman year.

Agree with this. APUSH is by far the hardest course all of my kids have had in freshman year... but it works because several of the other courses tend to be far too easy/little work. So there's time to spend on APUSH in 9th.

Newbie here - which courses are far too easy/little work? TIA.

Honors bio, honors English, Spanish 2, even algebra II. As far as I can tell he has no homework (or plenty of time to get homework done during class), no major assessments, or need to otherwise study in any of those classes. APUSH has been a breath of fresh air - and he actually talks about what he’s learning, which isn’t true of any of the others.

Yeah because every high school student would love to talk to their parents about the difference between sin, cos and tan function. Love to talk to their parents in Spanish when they can’t understand it. Love talking about the the theme of some random passage.

My daughter and I have had some pretty cool talks about nand gates and 3D printing. But I'm also kind of a dork.

FWIW OP, my kid did AP US Gov in 9th and APUSH in 10th at Poolesville.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m really glad my freshman is taking APUSH. It’s the first class in MCPS that has made him work and taught him study skills and I’m glad he’s finally getting that. That said, while he’s a stem-oriented kid he really likes history (apush has contributed to that), likes to read, and has always been efficient about getting his work done. After a bumpy first test he’s been doing well. All that said, I don’t think we’ll push it for my second kid who is equally smart but slow and doesn’t like to read. Just doesn’t seem like a battle worth fighting/stress worth causing freshman year.

Agree with this. APUSH is by far the hardest course all of my kids have had in freshman year... but it works because several of the other courses tend to be far too easy/little work. So there's time to spend on APUSH in 9th.

Newbie here - which courses are far too easy/little work? TIA.

Honors bio, honors English, Spanish 2, even algebra II. As far as I can tell he has no homework (or plenty of time to get homework done during class), no major assessments, or need to otherwise study in any of those classes. APUSH has been a breath of fresh air - and he actually talks about what he’s learning, which isn’t true of any of the others.

Yeah because every high school student would love to talk to their parents about the difference between sin, cos and tan function. Love to talk to their parents in Spanish when they can’t understand it. Love talking about the the theme of some random passage.

Both my 8th grader and 11th grader are in Alg 2. Sin, Cos, tan, limits are all topics of dinner conversation. They bond over mom not having any idea what they’re talking about.

[Anonymous]

Anyone's kid ever take Honors US History in 9th, then do well in AP Gov and World in 10th and 11th, and decide to take APUSH in 12th?

[Anonymous]

APUSH is offered in 9th at a few MCPS HSs but is more common in 10th. Blair magnet kids are encouraged not to take it on top of the magnet courseload, but some still do. Magnet kids typically have 2-3 hours of hw per night, so adding APUSH to the mix makes it more like 4-5.

[Anonymous]

Our school does AP Gov 9tt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:APUSH is offered in 9th at a few MCPS HSs but is more common in 10th. Blair magnet kids are encouraged not to take it on top of the magnet courseload, but some still do. Magnet kids typically have 2-3 hours of hw per night, so adding APUSH to the mix makes it more like 4-5.

This was not accurate for my magnet Freshman who took APUSH. It was all fine and definitely not that much homework.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My Blair magnet kid decided not to do APUSH because they were told repeatedly how much with it was. Seems to be regretting it.

this - getting the A is not that tough but the AP exam at the end is....so again take it and stress about the test or don't - at the end of the day it gets you with the right cohort (in MCPS anything honors is really just regular now) and looks good on the transcript

I think it depends on the teacher. There is a teacher at Churchill that pretty much gives every student an A but they don’t necessarily to well on the AP exam, 2s and 3s. Take the class and take the exam. You don’t need to report the score.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:APUSH is offered in 9th at a few MCPS HSs but is more common in 10th. Blair magnet kids are encouraged not to take it on top of the magnet courseload, but some still do. Magnet kids typically have 2-3 hours of hw per night, so adding APUSH to the mix makes it more like 4-5.

This was not accurate for my magnet Freshman who took APUSH. It was all fine and definitely not that much homework.

It’s a shame that you didn’t listen to the magnet coordinator and pushed your kid to take it against the advice of the school. Some parents are extremely pushy.

[Anonymous]

It’s better to take AP Government in 9th and the APUSH in 10 but some schools don’t allow it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:APUSH is offered in 9th at a few MCPS HSs but is more common in 10th. Blair magnet kids are encouraged not to take it on top of the magnet courseload, but some still do. Magnet kids typically have 2-3 hours of hw per night, so adding APUSH to the mix makes it more like 4-5.

This was not accurate for my magnet Freshman who took APUSH. It was all fine and definitely not that much homework.

It’s a shame that you didn’t listen to the magnet coordinator and pushed your kid to take it against the advice of the school. Some parents are extremely pushy.

My kid is in a magnet program at PHS and we don’t always listen to the advice of the counselors/magnet coordinator either. It doesn’t mean we are pushy, but we know our kid best.