How involved are you in prep for AP exams?

[Anonymous]

100% hands off with AP tests. Offer to pay for study guides if they want them (one does, one does not).

MCPS sports are nuts, and they don't give a cr*p about anything but fitting in their schedule. Our child had a game moved on the day of the game, from a nearby school to a HS farthest away from our school, for a night game junior year the night before the PSAT. Coach and school and Jeff Sullivan didn't care. My child was a National Merit Scholar anyway, but it pissed me off that no one took it into consideration.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last year my kid studied and got a 2. I think that had something to do with the truncated online school year... And also with their lack of interest in the subject, but from their perspective, they worked hard and didn't do we.

So this year I am hands off. I'm not even sure they're going to take the tests. Im more concerned that they learn something in the classes than pick the right circles...

The IB tests next year, however, they're another story.

Weird my kids were in online school too but managed to get a 5 so that excuse seems a bit thin.

Maybe your kids are smarter than mine. That's what you wanted to hear, right?

I swear, I'd think with all of your predatory drive you'd have a career that left you to busy to post here. But I guess not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last year my kid studied and got a 2. I think that had something to do with the truncated online school year... And also with their lack of interest in the subject, but from their perspective, they worked hard and didn't do we.

So this year I am hands off. I'm not even sure they're going to take the tests. Im more concerned that they learn something in the classes than pick the right circles...

The IB tests next year, however, they're another story.

So the AP test is unimportant, but IB tests are important???

Yes. The IB requires critical thinking. Also, kid has EU citizenship so the IB might actually be useful.

Any other questions?

It's so odd here, it's like you all are terrified to admit that sometimes your kids might fail. Sometimes they might not excel or be the best. Sometimes they might try and fail.

Hell of a way to live, but it probably explains the eating disorders

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last year my kid studied and got a 2. I think that had something to do with the truncated online school year... And also with their lack of interest in the subject, but from their perspective, they worked hard and didn't do we.

So this year I am hands off. I'm not even sure they're going to take the tests. Im more concerned that they learn something in the classes than pick the right circles...

The IB tests next year, however, they're another story.

Weird my kids were in online school too but managed to get a 5 so that excuse seems a bit thin.

DCUM maxim: what works for my kid works for everyone's kid!
And its corollary: what doesn't work for my kid doesn't work for anyone's kid!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last year my kid studied and got a 2. I think that had something to do with the truncated online school year... And also with their lack of interest in the subject, but from their perspective, they worked hard and didn't do we.

So this year I am hands off. I'm not even sure they're going to take the tests. Im more concerned that they learn something in the classes than pick the right circles...

The IB tests next year, however, they're another story.

Weird my kids were in online school too but managed to get a 5 so that excuse seems a bit thin.

NP - I have taught AP courses for 12 years. 2020 was an unusual year. In one of my classes, APUSH, the kids were only allowed to do one essay question to count for their entire score. Some of my best students did not do as well as they would have on the entire exam and some kids who were mediocre, but verbose writers and knew less history did well. It was luck of the draw on the ONE topic that they were asked to write about. I'm sure there was a lot of this on the 2020 exams. Other school districts did not have school everyday last year (2021 exams), and so kids did not get all of the material. Your post is a bit unseemly. Take the 5 and be proud, but don't lord it over others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last year my kid studied and got a 2. I think that had something to do with the truncated online school year... And also with their lack of interest in the subject, but from their perspective, they worked hard and didn't do we.

So this year I am hands off. I'm not even sure they're going to take the tests. Im more concerned that they learn something in the classes than pick the right circles...

The IB tests next year, however, they're another story.

So the AP test is unimportant, but IB tests are important???

Yes. The IB requires critical thinking. Also, kid has EU citizenship so the IB might actually be useful.

Any other questions?

It's so odd here, it's like you all are terrified to admit that sometimes your kids might fail. Sometimes they might not excel or be the best. Sometimes they might try and fail.

Hell of a way to live, but it probably explains the eating disorders

Sorry, I'm a high school teacher, and I would love to have you sit for a practice AP exam in one of my classes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last year my kid studied and got a 2. I think that had something to do with the truncated online school year... And also with their lack of interest in the subject, but from their perspective, they worked hard and didn't do we.

So this year I am hands off. I'm not even sure they're going to take the tests. Im more concerned that they learn something in the classes than pick the right circles...

The IB tests next year, however, they're another story.

Weird my kids were in online school too but managed to get a 5 so that excuse seems a bit thin.

NP - I have taught AP courses for 12 years. 2020 was an unusual year. In one of my classes, APUSH, the kids were only allowed to do one essay question to count for their entire score. Some of my best students did not do as well as they would have on the entire exam and some kids who were mediocre, but verbose writers and knew less history did well. It was luck of the draw on the ONE topic that they were asked to write about. I'm sure there was a lot of this on the 2020 exams. Other school districts did not have school everyday last year (2021 exams), and so kids did not get all of the material. Your post is a bit unseemly. Take the 5 and be proud, but don't lord it over others.

Parent here and same experience. Kid got a 5 in an AP test she had no right to a 5 in-- she didn't know the subject well but lucked out that they chose her best area for the scaled down test. Got a 3 on a test for which she thought she could get a 5 or at least a 4. That year, in particular, was just a crap shoot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last year my kid studied and got a 2. I think that had something to do with the truncated online school year... And also with their lack of interest in the subject, but from their perspective, they worked hard and didn't do we.

So this year I am hands off. I'm not even sure they're going to take the tests. Im more concerned that they learn something in the classes than pick the right circles...

The IB tests next year, however, they're another story.

So the AP test is unimportant, but IB tests are important???

Yes. The IB requires critical thinking. Also, kid has EU citizenship so the IB might actually be useful.

Any other questions?

It's so odd here, it's like you all are terrified to admit that sometimes your kids might fail. Sometimes they might not excel or be the best. Sometimes they might try and fail.

Hell of a way to live, but it probably explains the eating disorders

Sorry, I'm a high school teacher, and I would love to have you sit for a practice AP exam in one of my classes.

You're a high school teacher who doesn't think there's value in failure? Let me guess, W school? IB husband who pays for you?

AND i'd love to sit for an AP. My old high school was ranked ten in the country this year. The entire country, not your county. I mean, I've forgotten a lot of the material since I took them in the nineties, but it would be a terrific academic exercise for me... And it might give you a chance to pick at your nail polish and stare out the window. Like you do everyday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last year my kid studied and got a 2. I think that had something to do with the truncated online school year... And also with their lack of interest in the subject, but from their perspective, they worked hard and didn't do we.

So this year I am hands off. I'm not even sure they're going to take the tests. Im more concerned that they learn something in the classes than pick the right circles...

The IB tests next year, however, they're another story.

So the AP test is unimportant, but IB tests are important???

Yes. The IB requires critical thinking. Also, kid has EU citizenship so the IB might actually be useful.

Any other questions?

It's so odd here, it's like you all are terrified to admit that sometimes your kids might fail. Sometimes they might not excel or be the best. Sometimes they might try and fail.

Hell of a way to live, but it probably explains the eating disorders

Sorry, I'm a high school teacher, and I would love to have you sit for a practice AP exam in one of my classes.

You're a high school teacher who doesn't think there's value in failure? Let me guess, W school? IB husband who pays for you?

AND i'd love to sit for an AP. My old high school was ranked ten in the country this year. The entire country, not your county. I mean, I've forgotten a lot of the material since I took them in the nineties, but it would be a terrific academic exercise for me... And it might give you a chance to pick at your nail polish and stare out the window. Like you do everyday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last year my kid studied and got a 2. I think that had something to do with the truncated online school year... And also with their lack of interest in the subject, but from their perspective, they worked hard and didn't do we.

So this year I am hands off. I'm not even sure they're going to take the tests. Im more concerned that they learn something in the classes than pick the right circles...

The IB tests next year, however, they're another story.

Weird my kids were in online school too but managed to get a 5 so that excuse seems a bit thin.

Maybe your kids are smarter than mine. That's what you wanted to hear, right?

I swear, I'd think with all of your predatory drive you'd have a career that left you to busy to post here. But I guess not.

Best retort ever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last year my kid studied and got a 2. I think that had something to do with the truncated online school year... And also with their lack of interest in the subject, but from their perspective, they worked hard and didn't do we.

So this year I am hands off. I'm not even sure they're going to take the tests. Im more concerned that they learn something in the classes than pick the right circles...

The IB tests next year, however, they're another story.

Weird my kids were in online school too but managed to get a 5 so that excuse seems a bit thin.

Maybe your kids are smarter than mine. That's what you wanted to hear, right?

I swear, I'd think with all of your predatory drive you'd have a career that left you to busy to post here. But I guess not.

Best retort ever.

I was going to say the same thing. Thin Excuse PP can suck it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last year my kid studied and got a 2. I think that had something to do with the truncated online school year... And also with their lack of interest in the subject, but from their perspective, they worked hard and didn't do we.

So this year I am hands off. I'm not even sure they're going to take the tests. Im more concerned that they learn something in the classes than pick the right circles...

The IB tests next year, however, they're another story.

Weird my kids were in online school too but managed to get a 5 so that excuse seems a bit thin.

Maybe your kids are smarter than mine. That's what you wanted to hear, right?

I swear, I'd think with all of your predatory drive you'd have a career that left you to busy to post here. But I guess not.

Best retort ever.

I was going to say the same thing. Thin Excuse PP can suck it.

Thanks )

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last year my kid studied and got a 2. I think that had something to do with the truncated online school year... And also with their lack of interest in the subject, but from their perspective, they worked hard and didn't do we.

So this year I am hands off. I'm not even sure they're going to take the tests. Im more concerned that they learn something in the classes than pick the right circles...

The IB tests next year, however, they're another story.

So the AP test is unimportant, but IB tests are important???

Yes. The IB requires critical thinking. Also, kid has EU citizenship so the IB might actually be useful.

Any other questions?

It's so odd here, it's like you all are terrified to admit that sometimes your kids might fail. Sometimes they might not excel or be the best. Sometimes they might try and fail.

Hell of a way to live, but it probably explains the eating disorders

Sorry, I'm a high school teacher, and I would love to have you sit for a practice AP exam in one of my classes.

You're a high school teacher who doesn't think there's value in failure? Let me guess, W school? IB husband who pays for you?

AND i'd love to sit for an AP. My old high school was ranked ten in the country this year. The entire country, not your county. I mean, I've forgotten a lot of the material since I took them in the nineties, but it would be a terrific academic exercise for me... And it might give you a chance to pick at your nail polish and stare out the window. Like you do everyday.

OK, I know what an IB diploma is, but what the heck is an “IB husband“?

[Anonymous]

ZERO. My kid even got into a top-25 school after not passing a few AP exams.

[Anonymous]

Well, my kid is newly diagnosed with ADHD, so we are revamping all study strategies on the fly. We decide the first AP test would be a good learning tool for the new study system that accounts for all that has been going wrong to this point. Finger crossed. With the other kids we just bought the books if they asked for them.