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[quote=Anonymous]Wow.
I've heard that American kids are only taught 50-60% of the material compared to many other countries. Gullible Americans assume their kids is bright, but actually years behind their peers from other countries who will be taking their jobs.
There might be kids in honors class who might not be ready for college or for life and there might be kids in "regular" classes who will do great in college. So you want a regular kid who learned material well and and aced the test to get a B because there's  an honors kid out there somewhere who deserves the A for also acing the tests?
So the regular school teaches my kid Spanish. He does well, deserves an A (he is trilingual), but can't get it because A is for honors kids. You don't know what else the regular kid knows. They might know twice as much as the honors kids. Not their fault they are taught less and tested on less (maybe, we don't know that).
A lot more goes into doing well in college than your honors grades.
My sister was told that she needs to go and milk cows because she had Cs in regular class. She did learn how to milk them in 4-yearschool, but she also decided to go to college. She moved to US, graduated cum laude from no name private and got her Masters from Georgetown.
Her teachers were completely unaware what she can accomplish with hard work. She would've never got even an A according to you had there been some honors kids at the private. Doesn't make sense, doesn't seem fair since she did well in her classes and learned the material given.
OP, sorry, but I think you are delusional. How do you know those regular kids are unprepared for college? How do you know what their parents know about their own kids? And when they are given a "B" that means they are prepared? Or that means they know they are not prepared?
I'm just really lost. I'm trying to get your point or be on your side but it's not happening.
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