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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]APUSH - anybody's child take this freshman year and change to Honors level? Was it too hard or was it just the overall transition pains plus advanced topic combination that made it a hard subject to master? I'm hearing 2 opinions, Don't do APUSH in 9th because its so hard and the other side saying APUSH will be the only hard subject in 9th grade so go for it. Thoughts/suggestions from those who have been there? TIA![/quote]

Do a search on this forum-- I've seen some other descriptions of APUSH in other threads.

I think both opinions are true-- just depends on the kid and capabilities.  My 9th grader is in APUSH and first quarter was HARD.  I talked to DD's friends, and they all said their kids were up very late studying for the tests, which come quickly and are quite difficult.  I don't know the grade distribution, but there were a fair number of As and a lot of Bs, but I've also heard of Cs and a few Ds.  A lot of kids dropped in the first month because of the workload.  It seemed to get easier in second quarter (dd's scores are about 3 percentage points higher this term) but she tells me that third quarter is seen as the most difficult.

So it is hard and if your kid isn't a fast reader, it may be too much.  At the same time, none of my DD's other classes took much time at all.  I think this is probably why our school offers APUSH in 9th-- kids have the time to devote to it then.  DD doesn't much like history and I've already told her I probably won't push for AP-World History.  She says she's heard that is more difficult.  I don't know if that's true.  But by junior year, she'll probably be in a few other APs so if it's the same workload as APUSH she may just not have time to do it at that point.  In that way, I'm glad she's getting it out of the way in 9th, plus it is teaching good study habits.[/quote]

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