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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well if your daughter is in AP classes and comparing grades with just friends - who I assume are also in AP classes - then you’re looking at a data set of students who all strive for As.

As an APS HS sped teacher, I can say that no, not everybody gets A’s. 15 students across my 5 classes failed for the year, and that includes 1 senior who will not be able to graduate and a junior who had a baby earlier this year.

If you’re looking for an actual answer, I’d suggest you look outside of your bubble and ask the parents of struggling students if “everybody gets As.”[/quote]

Yep, APS is and continues to be focused on the outside the bubble kids.  Which is fine and a conscious choice of this community.  It doesn’t help my kids, however, who are high achieving.  And we as parents will do best for our own kids, that’s the deal.  So I pulled them for private school.   And I’m not the only one.  [/quote]

So this post doesn't even apply to you.  Other bubble kids are doing just fine.  [/quote]

Confused.  Do you mean other high achieving kids are doing fine?   And, if by doing “fine,” you mean they feel good as they are easily earning As then I disagree.   My kid  could also be described as fine when s/he gets to eat cake all day and play video games.  Just because it’s easy doesn’t make it alright for these kids.  I don’t believe that that kind of “fine” is what is best in the long run for my kid or the other high achieving kids.    [/quote]

Yes.  My high achieving kid, who is referred to as being a bubble in this chain, is getting As, scoring 4s and 5s and has high SAT scores.  They are doing fine.  They also don't mess around playing video games b/c they know how to behave in school.[/quote]

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