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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honors is also a good way to get your kid a better peer group in schools where the non-honors can be trouble[/quote]

This.

Note that the teachers can't say this at the school events discussing HS course selection.

This is what I've heard from countless actual high school students, and it infuriates me. Honors is meaningless and is basically the regular level since the majority of students land there. The more type A students end up in APs (even freshman year), and the kids who couldn't care less about school are placed in regular classes.

The homework is ridiculous. Too much, especially for regular kids. Those kids would be better served in regular classes, but then they have to deal with the disruptive students (the stories I've heard are shocking).

I'm conflicted (oldest is in MS). I know a bright kid who should have been in honors classes with his peer group, but his parents enrolled him in regular for freshman year...and he's earning straight As. It's not easy...there's still tons of homework. I'm sure someone will comment on weighted gpa and college admissions, but if the goal is to end up at umcp (whether directly or after a semester at MC) does it matter?[/quote]

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