St Anselm’s Abbey School — an AP mill?

[Anonymous]

Pot/kettle

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Anonymous wrote:Private schools don't like APs because it looks really bad when their students do poorly. Raises too many questions of, "what exactly am I paying for, again?" Schools generally hate tests that allow parents to objectively compare their students to those at other schools.

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Why don't they rank their students? Why don't they publish where their students get accepted to college? Why don't they publish their average SAT scores? See above. Same reason as why they avoid AP tests.

[Anonymous]

They avoid the AP tests because they don't offer any advantage to the student and the teachers, particularly the good teachers, dislike/hate them. They don't "publish" exmissions to the world but do so internally and obviously the parents/students are quite happy because they keep using them. Yes, they could rank the class but why inflict something like that on the student body when it doesn't do much more than add stress.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They avoid the AP tests because they don't offer any advantage to the student and the teachers, particularly the good teachers, dislike/hate them. They don't "publish" exmissions to the world but do so internally and obviously the parents/students are quite happy because they keep using them. Yes, they could rank the class but why inflict something like that on the student body when it doesn't do much more than add stress.

And sometimes the parents don’t want objective measures of how their children stack up either!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They avoid the AP tests because they don't offer any advantage to the student and the teachers, particularly the good teachers, dislike/hate them. They don't "publish" exmissions to the world but do so internally and obviously the parents/students are quite happy because they keep using them. Yes, they could rank the class but why inflict something like that on the student body when it doesn't do much more than add stress.

Ranking a class is in infliction? Would you say it’s a form of oppression? Students these days are so fragile. Maybe they should learn how to handle stress.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They avoid the AP tests because they don't offer any advantage to the student and the teachers, particularly the good teachers, dislike/hate them. They don't "publish" exmissions to the world but do so internally and obviously the parents/students are quite happy because they keep using them. Yes, they could rank the class but why inflict something like that on the student body when it doesn't do much more than add stress.

St. Anselm's publishes all this data, and explains that class ranking is not done because of the very small graduating class sizes and the small differences between those students' performances.

[Anonymous]

+1. And the point is that there is no need for class ranking. Obviously the (good) colleges don't care or they would not put up with not ranking top to bottom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I guess some SAAS parents are insufferable, thin-skinned, and unable to debate a topic without getting defensive and lashing out for no good reason.

No school is perfect, nobody was putting down the school, yet only voicing concern about the high emphasis on AP’s in light of all the criticism and concern over AP focused teaching in recent years. SAAS is no more special than any other top school in the areas, so stop being so petty when others bring up topics of concern.

I really don't understand this post at all. Yes, SAAS is more special. it is a quirky wonderful place. If you don't have a child there, why do you think you know how their AP classes are run? It seems to me that you are making assumptions about the school without any knowledge. And, yes, the school isn't perfect. It would be better if it had girls and would be better if less Latin were required. But the APs just are not a problem. Why do you refuse to believe this when no SAAS parent seems to think they are?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:+1. And the point is that there is no need for class ranking. Obviously the (good) colleges don't care or they would not put up with not ranking top to bottom.

Speaking of pointless rankings, why do we rank who finishes first in swimming or running races? What’s the point? Especially when the difference, especially at the Olympic level, is so small? Can’t everyone get a gold medal?

[Anonymous]

It's not swimming. One person's in the pool and the other is throwing a discuss.

[Anonymous]

Np that wonders why so many call it quirky. My child isn’t what I’ve ever described as quirky. He is brilliant, great at sports, and very social. When people qualify it as quirky or the kids a quirky, it reminds me of the land of misfit toys. Nothing wrong with it, but that isn’t necessarily a positive either. Smart =\= quirky.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Np that wonders why so many call it quirky. My child isn’t what I’ve ever described as quirky. He is brilliant, great at sports, and very social. When people qualify it as quirky or the kids a quirky, it reminds me of the land of misfit toys. Nothing wrong with it, but that isn’t necessarily a positive either. Smart =\= quirky.

Maybe my choice of the word quirky isn't the best. It is unusual. Walking around it, you wouldn't mistake it for any other private or public school that I know of.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Private schools don't like APs because it looks really bad when their students do poorly. Raises too many questions of, "what exactly am I paying for, again?" Schools generally hate tests that allow parents to objectively compare their students to those at other schools.

This × a billion

Why don't they rank their students? Why don't they publish where their students get accepted to college? Why don't they publish their average SAT scores? See above. Same reason as why they avoid AP tests.

What are your talking about? SAAS publishes where each and every kid is going every year in the parish times.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Np that wonders why so many call it quirky. My child isn’t what I’ve ever described as quirky. He is brilliant, great at sports, and very social. When people qualify it as quirky or the kids a quirky, it reminds me of the land of misfit toys. Nothing wrong with it, but that isn’t necessarily a positive either. Smart =\= quirky.

It is the school that is quirky, not the students. If you are a SAAS parent, you have met the teachers, and you know this is true.

[Anonymous]

Is it because most of the faculty is old?