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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I happened upon your title in Recent Topics, despite not having a kid in VA (we're in MD), but this resonated. Last year in 11th grade, DS had an AP teacher who must have failed about half the class. It was rough. DS worked day and night and clawed his way to an A, and a 5 at the exam, but it took way too much out of him and I nearly complained to the Principal.[/quote]

AP classes are college level courses that are supposed to expect college-level work. It's not appropriate for an 11th grader (or their parent) to complain that it was a lot of work and very challenging. Not every good high school student is already prepared for college work. That's one reason to challenge one's self by taking an AP class.  Now, before you say your son has taken other AP classes that weren't as rough as this one, maybe this is the one AP teacher/class that had the expectations and challenge it's supposed to have.  Maybe the teacher wasn't good; but consider that maybe the teacher was treating it like a college class.[/quote]

I teach college, and if my more than half my class was legit failing, I would have to look at my pedagogy. College is supposed to be rigorous, not (nearly) impossible.[/quote]

Yes - if half of your college class was failing.  But this is high school. Either expectations need to be adjusted, or students need to be at the top of the game. I'm just suggesting that there are two possibilities here, not just a bad teacher.  It can be ineffective teaching, OR it's the students.  Personally, I'm betting it's a bit of both.[/quote]

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