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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter is in 8th grade HIGH and complains she's seen most of it before, and that the books are for the most part, badly written and not well used in class - the topics are interesting, but she feels better books could have been chosen. But then, she has an older brother who is a history buff and they both spend time watching Youtube history videos and reading historical books outside of class that are apparently more interesting... so they're super picky. I would say, for the average student, that HIGH in middle school provides a nice overview of how the modern world came about, and is certainly more complete and thought-provoking than regular social studies.

Elementary and middle schools are an exercise in patience anyway, for the easily-bored. If you have a choice, get your kid in all the most advanced tracks. It's probably the best way of preparing him or her to take APs in high school. If they do well in HIGH, they can take AP US Gov in 9th, AP US History in 10th, AP World History in 11th, and then other stuff like AP European History or AP Micro/Macroeconomics in 12th.

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The books are "kinda boring" said our DC. They enjoy reading but as PP, do .more outside of school than through the novels in the Global classes. AP classes though are better than Honors at HS, but AP classes teach to the AP test students can choose to take in the Spring.[/quote]

Just noting that for college admissions purposes, AP coursework is a large step above Honors. Compared to a generation ago: Regular is the new remedial, honors is the new regular, and AP is the new honors. Just FYI.[/quote]

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