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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our private school assist students to sign up for AP exams and they take place on campus. They just don’t teach to it. [/quote]

I mean the Calc Exam has calc on it. What does your school teach?  Of course they "teach to it". They might not follow some particular plan to the letter but they teach the subject whether its Math, Physics, History, French, whatever.[/quote]

True except for history and some of the sciences -- not all private schools cover the breadth and depth of a college preparatory AP course (which is designed to be the college freshman survey course in a subject). They go slower and have a narrow focus, often of whatever slice of history the teacher likes best. A lot of historical context and content is left out, so these kids will need the freshman survey courses in those subjects, which is fine. They'll just take it as a part of a liberal arts core. It mostly holds back the STEM college kids who prefer to test out of the really basic core courses, but it's not the end of the world. They'll be fine.[/quote]

+1000. Our biggest rub is the lack of content covered. We feel it hinders kids from knowing context and figuring out passions. They only get presented with the narrow passions or mission of the school or teacher. Not wide exposure and develop their own taste.[/quote]

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