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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's a messed up game they have to play, or they pay the price for it. My kids have switched if the teacher is not good, or a hard grader, even if they'd prefer the class theoretically. Having a C on transcript would have too much of an impact and create huge amounts of stress.[/quote]

Even with an AP/IB course, you simply shouldn't be taking it if you cannot get a B/B+ in the course.  These are college courses and your kid is still in HS...they are a Kid.  AP/IB should be taken because it's the "next appropriate level or course" for your kid.  Not because "everyone takes 5+ AP courses each year if you want a top college.  
Just like back in ES, if you pushed (or didn't and kid tested there) to get your kid in a 1-2 grade level advanced math, if they are struggling, you are doing them a huge disservice by not pulling them back to the appropriate level.  Life is not a race.  Math is such an important skill to Learn and actually LIKE.  It can mean the difference between a kid wanting a STEM major and them hating anything STEM related because of ES/MS being too advanced. Fact is a lot of Social sciences and Humanities majors need Math as well--STats and data analysis.  So math is a part of life and so you should want your kid to succeed and get As even if it means being "on grade level"

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