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[quote=Anonymous][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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God I love this post. 
My DS is a freshman and insisted on taking APUSH this year because “so many people are.”  I tried talking him out of it but he insisted. He’s still managing a B but struggling. I said “why on earth are you putting yourself through this your freshman year?!?”  They get the idea that if everyone else is  doing it, they should too. 
I’m hoping he learned his lesson. [/quote]

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